Parkwood Christian Academy (Lilburn, Georgia)

Parkwood Christian Academy (Lilburn, Georgia)

Parkwood Christian Academy (PCA) is a private school located in Lilburn, Georgia, USA.

It provides supplementary classes at the elementary through high school level (3rd - 12th grades) for homeschooled and formerly home schooled students. PCA is accredited by the [http://www.acisga.com/ Accredited Commission for Independent Studies (ACIS)] .

PCA was founded in 1994 by its current headmaster, Phyllis Maxwell, who offers academic and career counseling in addition to her duties as headmaster. [http://parkwoodchristianacademy.com/courses.htm Classes offered by PCA] are taught by certified and/or degreed teachers, and include: biology, chemistry, life and earth sciences, pre-algebra, algebra I & II, trigonometry & pre-calculus, U.S. and American government/economics, high school English, elementary and high school Spanish, . Home schooled students who have taken classes at PCA are enabled through its accreditation to apply to public colleges in Georgia without the additional testing procedures sometimes required of home schoolers.

Parkwood Christian Academy also offers an SAT preparation course, PSAT testing, a Drug and Alcohol program, and Private tutoring.

The mascot of PCA is the eagle.

Additional facts

* Some students continue to refer to PCA as "The Basement," due to the school's humble location at inception.
* Although the official mascot is the eagle, Pepper, the dog owned by the Maxwell family, periodically goes into the basement to see everyone there. And through this has been considered the true mascot by some students.
* PCA has been considered harder than some colleges, I.E. GPC and Gwinnett College.

External links

* [http://parkwoodchristian.com/ Official Parkwood Christian Academy Website]
* [http://www.acisga.com/ Accredited Commission for Independent Studies (ACIS)]


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