Caption: Cintia Kuhn submits midterm grades in her office for all the teachers to review. [by Valentina Porto] By Valentina Porto The first quarter midterm grades for all PACA students were made available to families on Monday, September 8, providing an opportunity for students to reflect on their current academic efforts and to assess the…
Caption: Jared Meier supervising reading time with the 5th grade reading groups. [by Grace E. Meier] by Grace Meier 2025 graduate and PACA alumni, Jared Meier, has returned to PACA as a fifth grade teacher’s aide (TA) during the 2025-2026 school year. All the while, he is being an online student at Liberty University. If…
Caption: Students from the performing arts class do a warm up exercise during one of the rehearsals during the 8th period elective class. [by Ana Luisa Helfer] by Ana Luisa Helfer One of the current traditions in the PACA Performing Arts Department is for the drama committee to come together to choose the annual play…
Caption: Senior Ligia Penteado finds the preK playground is a fun spot to meet with her Kinder Buddy, Chiara Brant. [by Michelle Chang] by Nathanael Agcaoili September 3 brought the PACA Senior Buddies and Kinder Buddies together, for the first time in the 2025-2026 school year, to start their program with a strong relationship building…
Caption: Ms. Sarah Twilley and freshman Grace Meier discuss her topic for the social studies honors project. [by Annabelle Harper] By Annabelle Harper This year’s high school students at PACA are taking on the challenge of the Honors program in the hopes of bumping up their GPA (Grade Point Average) for their future college applications…
Caption: Chromebooks have become the symbol of academic success as its use is integrated into more classes at PACA. [by Felipe Wilcken with the assistance of Benjamin Portella] by Felipe Wilcken Since the 2023-2024 school year began, the use of technology by students and teachers at PACA has skyrocketed. This was the time when secondary…
High school students compete against each other in the practice rounds of Knowledge Bowl practice which takes place in the art room on Mondays and Fridays during first practice. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] Byline: Benjamin Oliveira PACA’s high school Knowledge Bowl team, starting practices after the first week of school, started with one goal in…
A Media Arts student asks a question to the teacher, Gui Moises, during class discussions. [by Enzo Vicarri] By: Rafael Oliveira At PACA, students are discovering creativity in new ways through the Media Arts elective, a class that was introduced to the high school curriculum in the first week of classes of the 2025–2026 school…
Secondary students were met with the high school locker area and the senior lockers decorated by the senior moms this year. [by Dr. Meier] By: Grace E Meier The 2025-26 PACA school year started on Thursday, July 31, with a new schedule where PACA students experienced two assemblies, a 45 minute homeroom period, and still…
Caption: Students from 6th grade began their school day with MAP testing in the PACA Library. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Melissa Fernandes Fourth quarter brought more than final projects and assignments of the school year to the middle schooler and elementary students of PACA. MAP tests began during the week of April 22-25. Each…