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Religious affiliation(s)
  
Seventh-day Adventist

Grades
  
K-12

Phone
  
+1 207-865-4747

Principal
  
Brendan Krueger

Enrollment
  
136 total

Faculty
  
12

Pine Tree Academy

Type
  
Christian, Day, Boarding

Established
  
1961 (modern) 1921 (historical)

Address
  
67 Pownal Rd, Freeport, ME 04032, USA

Motto
  
"Ye are the light of the world." Matthew 5:14

Color
  
Blue and white ; Formerly green and white

Similar
  
North Yarmouth Academy, Freeport High School, Maine Coast Waldorf S, Yarmouth High School, Brunswick High School

Profiles

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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. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system. The school is located in Freeport, Maine, north of Portland.

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Pine Tree Academy was founded in 1921 on a farm near Auburn, Maine. The school closed in 1933 because of The Depression. In 1961, the academy reopened as Pine Tree Memorial School in Freeport. In 1973, the school began offering all four years of the high school grades. Today, the academy is the oldest academy in the Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The academy is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and by the Adventist Accrediting Association.

The academy has two sports programs—basketball and soccer. The basketball teams are members of the Maine Principals' Association. The soccer teams are members of the Maine Christian School Sports League.

Pine tree academy senior wedding 2015


Academics

The required curriculum includes classes in the following subject areas: Religion, English, Oral Communications, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Physical Education, Health, Computer Applications, Fine Arts, and Electives.

Spiritual aspects

All students take religion classes each year that they are enrolled. These classes cover topics in biblical history and Christian and denominational doctrines. Instructors in other disciplines also begin each class period with prayer or a short devotional thought, many which encourage student input. Weekly, the entire student body gathers in the auditorium for an hour-long chapel service. Outside the classrooms there is year-round spiritually oriented programming that relies on student involvement.

Notable alumni

Jereme Holiman: Co-Founder and COO of UrbanStems, an online flower delivery start-up in Washington, DC and New York, NY

Cody Lounder: Maine game warden and star of the hit Animal Planet television series, North Woods Law.

References

Pine Tree Academy Wikipedia