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Caption: Freshmen Lucas Steinberg and Arthur Lobato clean up trash by the beach at Represa Guaraipiranga for community service hours. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Nathanael Agcaoili Every semester, PACA provides community service tasks, for a designated day, so that high school students can serve at a local ministry. The opportunity is called “Outreach Day,”…

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: Sophomores lead “Reckless Love”, their first song chosen for Chapel. [By: Dr. Meier] By Aline Dobashi On Tuesday, November 11, the sophomore class at PACA hosted the eighth period chapel, a weekly meeting that happens every week for PACA high school students to help them focus on spiritual matters. The chapel was divided into…

Caption: Students and teachers from PACA lining up to purchase items at LeGusta in the Cafeteria. [Screenshot by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Rafael Oliveira Ever since October 8, when PACA announced that the LeGusta Snack Bar would be opening in the school’s cafeteria, students at PACA have been noticing major improvements in the food offerings…

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: 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…

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…

Ben Bolanta’s Connections Group meets every Friday during 5th period to have a time of sharing and talking about life and God. [by Cristina Meier] by Nathanael Agcaoili Sao Paulo, Brazil – Pan American Christian School (PACA) started its middle and high school connections groups by the end of the second week of school showing…

by Karina Lee On Friday, May 16th, during the 7th and 8th period classes, the school held its annual Mother’s Day Tea in the PACA gymnasium that had been specially adorned and decorated for this event. This event has always been a special way to honor the moms in our school community and the women…

by Isabella Kim On May the 16th of 2025, Josiah Queen, American Christian contemporary musician, released his newest song “Two Wooden Beams”. Josiah Queen is best known for his song “The Prodigal” and was a nominee for the New Artist of the Year of the 2024 GMA Dove Awards. “Two Wooden Beams” is a song…

Caption: A Brazilian marmoset hangs out at the PACA campus in the midst of a busy school day. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Karina Lee Every year, according to PETA there are 110 million animals that are killed in the name of scientific research and human advancement. These animals include mice, rats, frogs, fish, birds,…

Caption: PACA provides colored recycable bins outside the cafeteria to help students organize the items they are recycling. [by Isabella Kim] by Isabella Kim “It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live,” said Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. And he is…

Air conditioning similar to this type will be installed in classrooms. This one is found in the “Big House” at PACA. [By Alec Hayashi] by Alec Hayashi Thanks to the Walkathon fund-raising efforts, the air conditioning equipment for middle and high school classes will arrive in the next 30 days and installation will be completed…

Caption: Adriano Silva surveys the food supply during the busiest lunch period of the day. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] by Felipe Candido One of the things that PACA can be proud of is a full-service kitchen that serves hot, fresh Brazilian style meals to their students, staff and visitors on every school day. The kitchen…

Caption: Filipe Cruz, Davi Magalhães, Esther Lima, Ligia Penteado and Pedro Souza, meeting in the locker area at the end of eighth period is part of the normal routine for 11th graders. [by Dr. Cristina Meier] Byline – Lucas Abreu Recent studies (LINK HERE) in the United States show that public schools are opting out…

Caption: Online advertisements encourage Americans living outside the U.S. to participate in the elections through the absentee ballot system. [Provided by the US Embassy and Consulates.] by Felipe Candido The U.S. Presidential elections are coming up on Tuesday, November 5. Voters in America will have the opportunity to go to their local polling place to…