Pinecrest Academy (Georgia)

Pinecrest Academy
Address
955 Peachtree Parkway
Cumming, Georgia, (Forsyth County) 30041
United States
Coordinates 34°8′11″N 84°10′11″W / 34.13639°N 84.16972°W / 34.13639; -84.16972Coordinates: 34°8′11″N 84°10′11″W / 34.13639°N 84.16972°W / 34.13639; -84.16972
Information
Funding type Privately funded
Motto Semper Altius
(Always Higher)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1993
Opened 1993
Status Open
Oversight Legionaries of Christ
School code 110926
President David Steffy
Principal Ed Lindekugel, Denise Cress, Madeliene Flanagan
Chaplain Matthew Kaderabek
Grades PreK3-12
Gender co-educational campus with gender separate classes
Enrollment 807 (2015)
Campus Suburban
Campus size 68 acres (280,000 m2)
Color(s) Green and Gold         
Athletics conference GHSA
Sports basketball, baseball, swimming, cheer leading, cross country, football, volleyball, soccer, lacrosse, golf, and tennis
Mascot Paladin (Medieval Knight)
Team name Paladins
Rival Mount Pisgah Christian School, Kings Ridge Christian School
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Average SAT scores 1769
Tuition $14,500, 9-12 $13,420, 6-8 $11,950 K-5
Affiliation Private
Website http://pinecrestacademy.org

Pinecrest Academy is a private, Roman Catholic PreK3-12 school in Cumming, Georgia.[2] It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta. Pinecrest Academy is a gender segregated school (grades 4-12), with separate classes and curriculum for each gender.

Background

The Pinecrest Academy lower school was established in 1993 to serve the north Atlanta area. The high school was added in 2003, graduating its first students in May 2007.[3]

In 1993, a group of Catholic businessmen, educators, and lay leaders, under the direction of the controversial congregation, the Legionaries of Christ, founded Pinecrest Academy as an Catholic, private elementary school. With a first year enrollment of 29 students, the school began in rented facilities in a former Fulton County elementary school in Crabapple, Georgia. In 1995, Pinecrest moved to Dunwoody, Georgia where, by the beginning of its fourth year, enrollment had increased to the facility's maximum capacity of 153 elementary school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. In March 1998, Pinecrest received accreditation status from The Georgia Accrediting Commission, Inc. In August 1998, Pinecrest began its sixth year of growth on its own 53-acre (210,000 m2) campus in a six building, 15-classroom facility near the city of Cumming in south Forsyth County, where it currently resides. In the fall of 2003, the high school opened and the campus expanded by 68 acres (280,000 m2).

In 2007, the school graduated the first high school class. The facilities now include a lower school campus for Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grades, a middle school building for grades 6-8, a high school building for grades 9-12, high school gymnasium with cafeteria, lower school gym, lighted athletic field, cross country course, and two playgrounds. In 2007, Pinecrest received a donation to build and compete their Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. Other developments which occurred that year include an amphitheatre, baseball field, and soccer/football fields. The baseball field was completed in the Spring of 2007 and is considered the premier high school playing field in Forsyth County. Future plans include additional seating and concession facilities. When fully completed, the campus will feature separate buildings for lower, middle, and high schools, additional athletic fields, a commons building, fine arts, and media centers. The buildings will house computer and science labs, as well as chapels in each building to enhance studies and spiritual growth.In April 2012 the then three-year-old school band composed of 6-12 grade students performed at Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The athletic department also purchased an inflatable tunnel and smoke machines so that the football team could run through it before games, enhancing school spirit. A 2014 Blue Ribbon School, Pinecrest has been a School of Excellence, as named by the Cardinal Newman Society, for eight consecutive years.[4]

Controversy

Controversy surrounds the school, as reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), with several priests being suspiciously removed, reports of over zealous influence into religious vocations, and the admittance of only students with affluent families to further the school's goals.[5]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Institution Summary, AdvancED, Retrieved 2012-07-10
  2. ↑ "Contact Us." Pinecrest Academy. Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ PCA. "Pinecrest Academy History". Retrieved 2007-05-11.
  4. ↑ Nation’s Top 50 Catholic High Schools Announced
  5. ↑ Legion of Christ: Turmoil in Atlanta
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.