Caption: Freshman students face final exams for the first time in their high school career as the first semester comes to an end. [by Valentina Porto] By Valentina Porto The pressure is on for high school students at the Pan American Christian Academy (PACA), submit all their assignments and projects for the second quarter grades,…
Caption: Mrs. Dorcas begins reading instructions to the next class assignment and her students respond with excitement and anticipation. [Paula-Chloe Asare-Duah] by Paula-Chloe Asare-Duah Although this is Dorcas Asara-Duah’s second year at PACA, it is her first year in the role of the third grade teacher; which has proved challenging on many levels due to…
Caption: Hult Business School has university campuses around the world in which students can enroll. [Photo provided by Ivy-International.org] by Felipe Wilcken On Wednesday, November 5th, PACA highschoolers had the chance to welcome Hult University representatives to our campus during their normally scheduled seventh period class. The representatives from the school were able to share…
Caption: Junior Luke Meier, 7th grader Seth Spinola, and Junior Ethan Spinola look through a SCAD brochure together. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] By Grace Meier The 2025 SCAD College visit that happened on October 30 at PACA’s auditorium brought students and teachers together to take part in the SCAD workshop. Different from most of the…
Caption: Portuguese teachers, Dani Lima, Renata Portella and Fernanda Cirino, lead the students in an expressive underwater lullaby to grab the attention of the elementary children during the Reading Contest. [by Enzo Viccari] by Paula Asare-Duah & Grace Meier [in collaboration with Annabelle Harper] PACA’s 2025-2026 Reading Contest for elementary’s theme is “Under The Sea”…
Caption: The 6B students enter their new classroom excitedly and wonder what it would be like now having a smaller class. [by Nathanael Agcaoili] by Nathanael Agcaoili For the 2025-2026 school year, the leadership at PACA had decided to split the sixth grade into two classes officially at the beginning of the second quarter to…
Caption: Mr. Zuercher checks in on a student’s independent work in one of the ninth grade physical science classes. [by Rafaela Miglio] by Rafaela Miglio At Pan American Christian Academy, science teacher Brian Zuercher started his 25th year of teaching with two sections of 9th grade science, two AP science classes and an AP math…
Caption: New Bible and Portuguese teacher, Davi Manço, Ph.D., gets ready to take attendance and start his Special Portuguese class. [by Samuel Volkart] by Samuel Volkart São Paulo – David Miguel Manço is not just a secondary teacher who is finishing his first quarter of teaching at PACA. His background brings a unique quality to…
Caption: Ms.Twilley talking to her students after their World History test on Wednesday. [by Felipe Wilcken] by Felipe Wilcken Ms. Sarah Twilley, who is more commonly known as “Ms.T”, is a new secondary teacher at PACA, who arrived at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year and filled more than just a spot as a…
Caption1: Arthur Lobato presenting a speech on “How To Make Pancakes” to the 2nd grade class. [Grace E. Meier] By Grace Meier The high school Speech Class visited first through fourth grade from Wednesday through Friday, September 24-26, to present their Demonstration speeches to elementary grades giving them experience in presenting their speeches to a…