The secondary students and faculty consistently exceed national and state standards. A college preparatory curriculum that includes Latin, Spanish, Calculus, Chemistry, Physics and several Advanced Placement and Pre-AP and Dual Credit classes has produced many students recognized as finalists and scholars by the National Merit Program.

The Academy's philosophy of shaping the entire individual - body, mind and spirit - has a positive impact on students. Spiritually, the students are challenged daily to live as committed followers of Jesus Christ. The spiritual growth of secondary students as disciples is greatly enhanced by extracurricular activities including various mission opportunities locally, nationally and internationally.

Graduation Requirements

Beginning with Grade 9, students must earn 26-29 credits in order to graduate. The number of credits may vary due to Bible credits earned*. PCA follows the State of Texas Recommended Program, which requires more credits than some other schools, whether they be public or private. In order to graduate from Pantego Christian Academy, students must earn passing grades in the following:

  

Bible	1 credit for each year enrolled at PCA
English	4 credits (College Dual-credit English 1301/1302 and 2301/2302 is available to juniors and seniors with teacher approval and testing requirements; Pre-AP English l & ll is available to qualified freshman and sophomores.)
Math	3 credits (Algebra I***, Geometry***, Algebra ll***, Pre-Calculus, Pre-AP Pre-Calculus, Pre-AP Geometry, Pre-AP Algebra II, AP Calculus, College Algebra and Math lV; Dual Credit Math 1301/1302 and 1324, Dual Credit Calculus I)  For students graduating 2011 and after, 4 credits needed.
Science	4 credits (Physical Science***, Biology***, Chemistry***, Physics, Anatomy & Physiology, Pre-AP Biology, and AP Biology)
Speech	½ credit
Social Studies**	4 credits (World History, U.S. History, Government/Economics, AP U.S. History, World Geography, AP Government)
Health	½ credit
Physical Education	1 ½ credits (Athletics, dance team, and/or cheerleading may be substituted.)
Computer**	1 credit (Applications, Programming)
Fine Arts	1 credit (May be either Art l, Art II, Art III, AP Studio Art, Band, Theater Arts, Newspaper, Digital Photography, or Darkroom Photography.)
Foreign Language	3 credits (Latin, Spanish - must be 3 credits in same language)
Electives**	½ credit (may include courses such as Senior Math, Anatomy and Physiology, Theater Arts, Art l, Art ll, AP Studio Art, Yearbook, AP Psychology, Computer-Aided Design, Computer Programming, Photography, and Dual Credit courses: Business 1301, Religion 1321, and Philosophy 1313.)

*Students transferring to PCA are not required to have Bible credits for those semesters they were not enrolled in PCA.
**Some courses will be offered based on teacher availability and scheduling.             
***Required courses.

PCA offers a number of advanced options for motivated students.  Some of these options require a student 
to be enrolled in a specific course during a specific year of high school.  Honors courses in Math would be an 
example of this.  Other advanced options require a student to be enrolled in a specific course that 
terminates in a College Board Exam.  Our AP courses fall into this category.  Still other advanced options
lead directly to transferable college credit and therefore require specific SAT or Accuplacer scores in
order to be eligible to enroll in the course.  Our Dual-Credit courses fall into this category.  Finally there are 
some honors options that occur within the regular classroom, but they are carried out by contract
between the student and the instructor.

All of the honors and advanced options factor into the student's GPA with a weighted value depending
upon the catefory assigned to the course.  The categories are Honors, Pre-AP, Advanced Placement,
and Dual-Credit.

As the advanced options at PCA are continually expanding, a current list of courses offered can be obtained 
from the high school guidance counselor.  For more information about the college courses taught on our
campus, contact the high school guidance counselor or our Dual-Credit Liaison.

High school classes may be with mixed grade levels due to students transferring to PCA who need a 
required course.