Prestonwood Christian Academy

Prestonwood Christian Academy (PCA) is a private Christian school that serves more than 1,600 students enrolled at three campuses: PCA Plano in Plano (Pre-Kindergarten 3 through 12th grade), PCA North in Prosper (Pre-Kindergarten 3 through 9th grade as of Fall 2019; PCA North will continue to add a new grade with the Class of 2023 planned as the first high school graduating class) and PCAplus Virtual Academy.

Prestonwood Christian Academy
Address
6801 W. Park Blvd

Plano
,
Texas
75093

United States
Information
TypePrivate, Christian
Motto"Ad majorem Dei gloriam" (For the Greater Glory of God)
Religious affiliation(s)Protestant (Southern Baptist)
Established1997
Head of schoolLarry Taylor
GradesPreK – 12
Enrollment1,600
Color(s)Navy and Gold          
NicknameLions
WebsitePrestonwood Christian Academy

It is affiliated with Prestonwood Baptist Church[1] and is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International. The school has been recognized as having one of the strongest Christian education programs in the country providing intentional biblical worldview training and integration. PCA values students' spiritual health in addition to their scholastic endeavors and co-curricular activities. In addition to PCA's spiritual development plan, the school follows a Liberal Arts academic program. The graduating class of 2017 was offered more than $10 million in scholarship for academics, arts and athletics from universities and other institutions of higher learning.

PCA also operates a school system (of sorts): in addition to PCA, PCA North, and PCAplus, the system also includes St. Timothy Christian Academy, a K-12 school for students with learning challenges (St. Timothy is located at the Prestonwood Plano campus)[2], and The King's Academy (TKA), a private school which began operations in Fall 2019 in the Bonton area of South Dallas with K4-1st grade, the intent is for TKA to open a new grade every year thereafter.[3]

Educational Philosophy

PCA operates on a philosophy called "Kingdom Education", which it defines as follows:[4]

Kingdom education is defined as the lifelong, Bible-based, Christ-centered process of leading a child into a new identity with Christ. Kingdom education works to develop children according to their specific abilities so that a child will be empowered to live a life characterized by love, trust and obedience to Christ. The ultimate goal of Kingdom education is to develop a mature disciple of Jesus Christ whose life glorifies God.

The philosophy is undergirded by ten principles, which it considers to be Biblically-based and required in all aspects of life (not just school) in order for it to be effective. The ten principles are:

  • Parent's Responsibility (parents are ultimately responsible to God for their children's education, even if provided by others)
  • Lifelong Education (training children must be a consistent effort, not just at school)
  • Salvation & Discipleship (the only goal with true meaning is for the children to ultimately know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior)
  • God's Word (all studies must be scrutinized through the lens of Scripture)[5]
  • Importance of Christ (Christ is to be preeminent in everything--even the education of children and youth)
  • Generational ("Are our children being taught anything that will draw them away from Jesus?"--this must be applied to everything taught and everyone who is teaching the children)
  • Biblical Wisdom (education must not provide just knowledge, but lead to true wisdom and understanding by causing children to see the God-intended meaning in everything they learn)
  • Educational Permission (only those who fear God, love truth and hate covetousness, should be teaching their children)
  • Biblical Worldview (as one's worldview, either God-centered or man-centered, is primarily determined by the worldview of teachers, only those with a God-centered worldview should be teaching their children)
  • Eternal Perspective (the education of children and youth must not only prepare them for a life of service here on earth during their lifetimes, but also to stand before God for eternity)

Athletics

Prestonwood Christian Academy competes in the 6A classification (in football, 11-Man Division I) of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS).[6][7]

Volleyball,[8] basketball, baseball and golf are also played by students at the school.

Notable alumni

References
  1. http://www.prestonwood.org/about/our-school
  2. https://www.staplano.org/
  3. https://www.prestonwoodchristian.org/about/school-news/post-details/~post/new-private-school-to-open-in-bontonsouth-dallas-this-fall-20181212
  4. https://www.prestonwoodchristian.org/about/kingdom-education
  5. As Prestonwood Baptist is a conservative Southern Baptist congregation, holding to the 2000 edition of the Baptist Faith and Message, PCA thus holds that Scripture is inerrant and infallible in what it says.
  6. http://www.texasfootballratings.com/Playoffs/PastStateChampions1.html
  7. https://www.dallasnews.com/high-school-sports/2019/08/18/dallas-area-teams-have-dominated-tapps-football-and-the-district-of-doom-is-still-loaded-with-talent-heading-into-2019/
  8. https://www.dallasnews.com/high-school-sports/2018/11/11/tapps-state-volleyball-prestonwood-rallies-from-two-sets-down-to-claim-6a-title-grace-prep-wins-4a-championship/
  9. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2016/01/14/21-year-old-lewisville-native-anne-winters-pursues-acting-dream-in-los-angeles/
  10. https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/cole-missimo/2XzXmo0KEeOzMAAmVebBJg/default.htm
  11. http://www.prestonwoodchristian.org/uploaded/docs/News/Press_Releases/Julius_Randle_Kentucky_Release.pdf
  12. https://www.latimes.com/sports/nba/la-sp-nba-best-game-ever-20190126-story.html
  13. https://www.dallasnews.com/high-school-sports/2019/03/13/well-travelled-cameron-rupp-of-prestonwood-christian-keeps-pushing-for-major-league-job/


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