Pine Tree Academy

Infobox Private School
background = #f0f6fa
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name = Pine Tree Academy


motto = "Vos Estis Lux Mundi" [ [http://www.latinvulgate.com/verse.aspx?t=1&b=1&c=5 Latin Vulgate Bible with Douay-Rheims and King James Version Side-by-Side+Complete Sayings of Jesus Christ ] ]
(Ye are the light of the world. Matthew 5:14)

established = 1961 (modern)
1921 (historical)
[Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia (1996 edition), p. 353, Review and Herald, Hagerstown, MD]
type = Christian, Day, Boarding
religion = Seventh-day Adventist
head_name = Principal
head = Brendan Krueger
city = Freeport
state = Maine flagicon|Maine
country = United States flagicon|USA
campus = Suburban, 81 acre
enrollment = 136 total
faculty = 12
class = 11 students
ratio = 11:1
athletics = 3 sports
colors = Blue and White
mascot = Ocean waves "de facto"
homepage = [http://www.pinetreeacademy.org/ www.pinetreeacademy.org]

Pine Tree Academy (also known as Pine Tree or PTA) is a Seventh-day Adventist, co-educational University preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades K-12. The school is located in Freeport, Maine, north of Portland.

History

Pine Tree was founded in 1974 and is the oldest academy in the Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. They have a basketball team that has made it to tournaments at the Augusta Civic Center. PTA has three sports options (soccer, basketball, and baseball) and they play in the Western Class D Boys Basketball conference. Their team name is Breakers.

Academics and Extracurricular Activities

There are a lot of different subjects that students can learn from in their educational programs. The music program includes band, choir, chimes, hand-bells, and private lessons. There is also an industrial arts building dedicated to teaching woodshop and auto shop.

The high school seniors typically go on missionary trips. Thus far, their trips have led them to the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Africa. The 2006 seniors spent their class trip helping to rebuild Katrina-ravaged areas in the Southern US.

ee also

*Seventh-day Adventist Church
*List of Seventh-day Adventist academies and elementary schools‎

External links

* [http://www.pinetreeacademy.org Pine Tree Academy's website]
* [http://ptasa.blogspot.com Pine Tree Academy's 07-08 Student Association website]

References