Three ninth grade students, Isabella Bruniera, Joyce Choi, and Marianne Meikle, learn new skills in the cinema elective class by filming a scene for their class project. [by Karina Lee] by Karina Lee Second semester began with new opportunities for high school students’ electives, such as the new cinema class. Held during the sixth period,…
Caption: Vanessa Flurry, one of the PACA librarians reads “Cowboy camp” to a group of elementary students who came to a library story time session as part of an elementary reading contest activity. [by Michelle Chang] by Vitor Silva The reading contest began on Monday September 30, bringing a month of reading activities and challenges…
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: Humphrey Agcaoili is the Biology teacher for the high school level class. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Isabella Bruniera This year’s AP Biology class began with a record enrollment. Out of 27 currently enrolled students, 17 of them chose to take AP Biology over the high school level class. AP Biology and high school…
Caption: Omna Pande, a grade 12 senior poses during P.E class before starting her badminton lesson. [by Gustavo Hirschifield] by Luisa Almeida Physical Education (P.E.) can be a fun class, but getting an A takes effort. For high school students at PACA, P.E. happens during the eighth and final period of the day. At this…
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….
Caption: Juniors Davi Magalhães and Alec Hayashi take advantage of an air-conditioned classroom in SR1 (formerly known as H01) to study for their Portuguese entrance exams. [Dr. Cristina Meier] by Hideki Yoshikawa Sometimes students need the perfect place to do homework, but can’t find it. It takes testing, but this testing has been done for…
Caption: Luisa Almeida and her friends captured the moment when she and her friends bought matching Crocs at the mall. [by Luisa Almeida] by Miguel Ribeiro The new comfortable and fashionable trend nowadays, wearing crocs with socks, has gained the hearts of many students at PACA and has become a normal item to wear in…
Caption: MAP testing takes place in schools all around the world. This image was created by iLeadExploration which is a homeschool group based out of California. [@iLead California] by Emily Jung The first round of MAP testing for students in kindergarten through eighth grade is now complete. As explained in the PACA weekly news, these…