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'''Pine Castle Christian Academy''' ('''PCCA''') is a small Christian [[private school]] in [[Pine Castle, Florida]], an area that sits on a border between [[Belle Isle, Florida|Belle Isle]] and [[Orlando, Florida]]. The school was founded by Spencer Goerler under the name Methodist Country Kindergarten; PCCA has been an K-12 [[academy]] since 1983, when it received its current name. As of Spring 2008, it had 687 students.

'''Pine Castle Christian Academy''' ('''PCCA''') is a small Christian [[private school]] in [[Pine Castle, Florida]], an area that sits on a border between [[Belle Isle, Florida|Belle Isle]] and [[Orlando, Florida]]. The school was founded by Pine Castle United Methodist Church under the name Methodist Country Kindergarten; PCCA has been an K-12 [[academy]] since 1983, when it received its current name. As of Spring 2008, it had 687 students.

==History==

==History==

In 1954, PCCA's parent organization, Spencer, founded the school as a ministry exclusively for [[kindergarten|kindergarteners]], then called Methodist Country Kindergarten. The kindergarten became an academy in 1983, when the church opened PCCA to first through sixth grade students. Each year after that, it successively introduced one more grade level, until, in 1990, the first senior class graduated.<ref>[http://www.pccaonline.org/AboutPCCA_History.htm PCCA: History<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In 1954, PCCA's parent organization, Pine Castle United Methodist Church, founded the school as a ministry exclusively for [[kindergarten|kindergarteners]], then called Methodist Country Kindergarten. The kindergarten became an academy in 1983, when the church opened PCCA to first through sixth grade students. Each year after that, it successively introduced one more grade level, until, in 1990, the first senior class graduated.<ref>[http://www.pccaonline.org/AboutPCCA_History.htm PCCA: History<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

To accommodate its broadened range of students, the Academy constructed the Family Life Center (FLC) in 1985 as its primary campus building, and the Family Life Center in [[2000]] as its elementary and middle school building. The academy also acquired a small facility adjacent to the main campus to house elective classes. [[The Beacon Foundation]], a non-profit group that supports PCCA, and the admissions office are located inside the Beacon House, an early-1900's Florida "[[cracker (pejorative)|cracker]]" style house. Many school functions occur on the adjacent Crawford field or in the Pine Castle United Methodist Church Sanctuary.

To accommodate its broadened range of students, the Academy constructed the Family Life Center (FLC) in 1985 as its primary campus building, and the Family Life Center in [[2000]] as its elementary and middle school building. The academy also acquired a small facility adjacent to the main campus to house elective classes. [[The Beacon Foundation]], a non-profit group that supports PCCA, and the admissions office are located inside the Beacon House, an early-1900's Florida "[[cracker (pejorative)|cracker]]" style house. Many school functions occur on the adjacent Crawford field or in the Pine Castle United Methodist Church Sanctuary.