Pacific Academy
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Pacific Academy is a private Christian school
in Surrey, British Columbia
, Canada
that spans from preschool to Grade 12. The school generally has 3 or 4 classes per grade, and has over 200 staff members as well as 1500 students. It was started by Jim Pattison
, a billionaire who donated money to create Pacific Academy. Pacific Academy also has an outreach program that spans the far reaches of the globe.
As stated on the school's main website:
The campus includes buildings for each of the four divisions, i.e. Primary, Intermediate, Middle and High School. In addition, the Creative Arts Building provides specialist areas for Art, Home Economics, Technology Education and Music and the newly-opened Media Centre provides exciting opportunities for media/communications. A 350-seat cafeteria is available for students' use. Many playing fields and an all-weather athletic track support the school's sports program.
Recent construction of a new gym started at the beginning of 2008, linking to the Middle School's original gym. This new facility's construction began after the demolition of Pacific Academy's Maintenance Garage, and was completed in October of 2008. The grand opening ceremony for the new gymnasium was held on February 25, 2009.
Christian school
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in Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District...
, Canada
Canada
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that spans from preschool to Grade 12. The school generally has 3 or 4 classes per grade, and has over 200 staff members as well as 1500 students. It was started by Jim Pattison
Jim Pattison
James Allen "Jim" Pattison, OC, OBC is a Vancouver-based Canadian entrepreneur who is the president, managing director, chief executive officer, chairman and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group, the third largest privately held company in Canada...
, a billionaire who donated money to create Pacific Academy. Pacific Academy also has an outreach program that spans the far reaches of the globe.
As stated on the school's main website:
- "Pacific Academy is an independent (in partnership with Jim Pattison), co-ed, Christian school for students in Preschool through Grade 12. The school is operated by the Pacific Pentecostal Education and Communication Society, an independent non-profit society. Founded in 1985 by a group of Christian pastors and laymen, the school opened in Coquitlam with an enrollment of 200 students. In January 1991, Pacific Academy moved to new facilities on 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) in Surrey. In September 2004, Pacific Academy High School became an International Baccalaureate World School."
The campus includes buildings for each of the four divisions, i.e. Primary, Intermediate, Middle and High School. In addition, the Creative Arts Building provides specialist areas for Art, Home Economics, Technology Education and Music and the newly-opened Media Centre provides exciting opportunities for media/communications. A 350-seat cafeteria is available for students' use. Many playing fields and an all-weather athletic track support the school's sports program.
Recent construction of a new gym started at the beginning of 2008, linking to the Middle School's original gym. This new facility's construction began after the demolition of Pacific Academy's Maintenance Garage, and was completed in October of 2008. The grand opening ceremony for the new gymnasium was held on February 25, 2009.