Coach Matheus Ratke shows the 3rd through 5th grade participates of Little Warriors Basketball how to dribble the ball properly during a Monday practice session. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Rafaela Miglio The Little Warriors Program for the 2025-2026 school year began enrollment during the second week of school and weekly practices began meeting on…
Coach Ze begins practice with some encouragement and inspirational words. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Felipe Wilcken The 2025-2026 PACA’s athletics program began their first semester of sports with a new rule that will change the team dynamics for who will be eligible to participate on the two levels of teams available to secondary students….
Caption: The Varsity Boys Volleyball Team pose with their trophy and metals after winning silver at Final Four at PASB. [by Renato Santos] by Alec Hayashi The Boys Volleyball Team competed at PASB (Pan American School of Bahia) on Sunday, May 25, placing second at Final Four in a gut-wrenching game against the Escola Americana…
Junior Felipe Morales jumps to block the ball from the Graded attack during an away game on March 11, 2025. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] By: Alec Hayashi (Scores as of Thursday, March 20, 2025, are found below) The second semester season of varsity futsal and volleyball has been one of great anticipation and great frustration…
Coach Guilherme Lima coaches the team during a game (Photo credit: Dr. Cristina Meier) By Kevin Dai The high school Knowledge Bowl team traveled to Brasilia to represent PACA at the 2025 High School Knowledge Bowl tournament hosted by the School of the Nations on February 13 through 14 in order to test their basic…
Caption: The ball tips toward Chapel’s offense as the game begins between the PACA Varsity Girls team and Chapel. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Enzo Viccari On Thursday, September 26, the Varsity Basketball Game brought Chapel to the PACA campus for both the boys and girls teams. Both teams started off with a strong and…
Elementary students gain valuable experience on the court. Caption: Matheus Ratke, the Little Warriors basketball coach, guides the elementary kids in a dribbling exercise involving teamwork in groups of threes. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Anita Silva Basketball is a fundamental sport taught at schools around the world, including the Pan American Christian Academy (PACA). …
Caption: Varsity girls, Julia Fernandes and Ysabel Flurry work together to find an opportunity to regain control of the ball. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] By Isabelly Carvalho On Friday, September 20, the gym at St. Paul’s School was the location for a highly anticipated match between the varsity basketball teams of St. Paul’s and PACA….
Paca Teams Face Chapel: Girls Win 3-1, Boys Lose 3-0 Caption: The Varsity Girls soccer team and the Chapels team going to greet each other after a tough match. [Picture taken by Rafael Meikle] by Maria Luiza Oliveira Tuesday, Sept. 24 – Paca’s varsity girls’ soccer team triumphed over Chapel with a score of 3-1…
Caption: Coach Ratke practices basic drills and passes with his junior varsity athletes in the back court after school. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Filipe Cruz As a basketball coach at PACA, Matheus Ratke brings a lot of experience with him when training the student athletes at PACA. His primary role is to coach the…
