Principal Alden Meade (Interim) Number of students 1,450 (2014–2015) | Opened 1989 Headmaster Rick Burslem Phone +1 859-422-5700 Colors White, Royal blue, Silver | |
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Lexington Christian Academy is a nondenominational evangelical Christian school in Lexington, Kentucky, accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school serves preschool through 12th grade. Total enrollment is around 1,600, with about 200 junior high school, and 460 high school students. As a requirement for teaching at LCA, all teachers must profess Jesus Christ as their personal savior.
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History
Lexington Christian Academy was founded in 1989 with the merger of The Lexington Christian School, founded as an elementary school in 1975 by Gardenside Christian Church, and The Academy, founded in 1983 offering preschool and kindergarten. At the time of the merger, the newly combined school, known then as The Lexington Christian Academy, had 565 students, ranging from kindergarten to twelfth grade and spread across three campuses at churches. As enrollment grew, the school expanded to seven campuses, and in the mid-1990s the school purchased 80 acres (32 ha) of land on Reynolds Road to begin consolidating. In 1998 the school formally took its current name, and in January 1999 the high school opened at the Reynolds Road facility, termed the "Rose Campus" after James L. Rose and his wife Judy. In 2003, the junior high school and an elementary and preschool moved to the Rose Campus.
Athletics
As a Kentucky High School Athletic Association member, Lexington Christian Academy competes in cross-country, football, golf, soccer, and volleyball in the fall; basketball and swimming in the winter; and baseball, softball, tennis, and track in the spring.
Baseball
LCA won the State Championship in 2005. Garrie Krueger was named the tournament MVP. http://scoreboard.12dt.com/scoreboard/riherds/kyba5
Golf
LCA won the 2010 and 2011 State Championship.
Football
LCA won the KHSAA 1A state championship in 2009.
Cheerleading
The LCA cheerleading squad has had recent success. With a region championship in 2015, and many division championships, they are showing that they can compete. Even bouncing off a five-girl roster from 4 years earlier in 2011.
Soccer
The LCA girls team won the 2010 and 2012 All A state tournament. They were runners-up in the 2010 all schools state tournament. They are a very good team year after year.
Basketball
LCA won the KHSAA girls' basketball state championship in 2007, and won the Kentucky All "A" state tournament in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Fine arts
The fine arts department at LCA includes a chorus, a band, an orchestra, multiple art classes focusing on different areas, and a yearly musical.
Art
Students have the opportunity to take basic and advanced art classes focusing on specific areas such as drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, design thinking, and art technique, as well as Independent Study and AP Art Studio classes.
Chorus
The LCA chorus is a non-auditioned group of over 90 high school students, including both male and female, in addition to separate men's and women's choruses. The choir performs four concerts a year, as well as participating in local, national, and international competitions; regional music festivals; and community events. The choir is conducted by Daniel Wesley, a graduate of the University of Kentucky, and accompanied by Meredyth Davis.
Drama
The high school Drama program is led by Daniel Wesley and involves students from all grade levels. Past shows include Peter Pan, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Bye Bye Birdie, The Music Man, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Seussical the Musical, The Wizard of Oz, Shrek the Musical, and Fiddler on the Roof. In November 2016, they performed another rendition of Seussical the Musical.