- Washington Christian Academy
Infobox High School
name=Washington Christian Academy
logo=
motto="Reverent, Adventurous, Academically Serious: in the Historic Reformed Tradition"
established=1960
type=Private
grades=K-12
location=Olney, Maryland
campus= Suburban
colors=White, Blue
nicknames= Wildcats
website=http://washingtonchristian.org|Washington Christian Academy (often abbreviated as WCA) is a small private non-denominational Christian school temporarily located in
Silver Spring, Maryland . Coming next year, the school will relocate to a permanent campus inOlney, Maryland that is currently being constructed. The school is known for its small, tightly-knit community that has been developing over the past 40-plus years of its existence.Washington Christian Academy is currently a member of
Christian Schools International History
Formation
Washington Christian Academy was formed when local families from Presbyterian and Christian Reformed churches in the area felt the need for a strong, biblically based and diverse school in the
Washington, DC area. For the time, the school defied cultural values and created a school that specifically named diversity as one of its top qualities. ["WCA Transcends Racial Boundaries: Why WCA [http://washingtonchristian.org/page02a2.shtml] ] The school was formed as Washington Christian School in 1960 for grades K-4. WCS stayed small until 1996 when it merged with the nearby Silver Spring Christian Academy (a school for grades 9-12), forming Washington Christian Academy (Pre K-12). They continued to grow and were housed at that time in a public school building on Franwall Avenue inBurtonsville, Maryland .Building Changes
Washington Christian Academy has recently moved into a new building in Olney, MD which will better accommodate the growing student population.
New Building
Since April 2007, Washington Christian Academy has been in the process of constructing a new facility in
Olney, Maryland . This new building will increase the space available drastically and increases opportunities for the school to expand. While it is in a beautiful, seemingly remote location on the outside of Olney, it is a short three mile drive to the heart of the area, and right next to Georgia Ave. and the futureIntercounty Connector . The building is scheduled to complete sometime in the summer of 2008. [The Future at WCA, Phase 1. Information about the first phase of the new WCA campus [http://washingtonchristian.org/page05c4.shtml] ] It is built on approximately 60 acres of land and has a baseball field and soccer field.Athletics
Basketball
occer
Baseball
Volleyball
Tennis
oftball
Cheerleading
Track
ee also
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Olney, Maryland
*Christian Schools International
*Montgomery County, Maryland References
External links
*http://washingtonchristian.org
*http://csionline.org
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