House of Ice Food Drive for Indians

The EIffel Tower

Balboa Academy has many activities beyond the classroom for not only for the students but the whole family.

PTSO

The PTSO sponsors many family activities for the Balboa community such as: Family movie night, Family skate night, The Fall Festival, Balboa's got talent, Family Field Day and picnic, Family Art Night, and many more. These are great opportunities to meet other parent that have the same common interests. See the PTSO page for a complete list and the dates.

Student Clubs and Organizations

Student clubs and organizations hold many after school or lunchtime meetings and activities. Boy scouts and girl scouts meet at the school weekly and hold weekend outings. The Debate Club travels to debates in Panama City, Central America, and to the Hague in the Netherlands. The French club has traveled to France for a 10 day visit. The Ecology/Science Club has many beach cleanup and other ecological activities and takes many weekend field trips to watch the sea turtles lay eggs, the eggs hatch and the little turtles run to the sea. They go caving and visit many Indian villages, national parks and ecological sites in the interior of Panama while studying the flora and fauna. Every other year the club has taken a 10 day field trip to the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador.

Sister School Dancers at PTSO Fall Festival

The Palace of Versailles

The Art Club in addition to sponsoring several art shows takes a week field trip to New York to visit the galleries and museums. The senior members of the Political Science club visits Washington DC for a week of Close-Up to visit the congress, supreme court, White House, and the many museums and American historical site in the area. The High School Student Council attends an annual leadership conference in Central America where they receive leadership training. The middle school class officer and student council visits our partnership school in Poquoson, Virginia where they visit the middle school and tour the many American Historical sites in the area. These students will host a group of Poquoson students on a return visit to Panama. Tribes and Houses The middle school is organized into tribes. Each tribe consists of students from the 5th through 8th grade and several teachers. The tribes plan organize and carryout intramural physical and academics competitions among the tribes in a monthly field day. The high school is similarly organized into Houses composed of students in 9th to 12th grade and several teachers that also hold intramural competitions in physical and academic venues in a monthly field day. Additionally they participate in community service projects.