Washington Christian Academy

Washington Christian Academy (WCA) is a private Christian school, established in 1960, in Silver Spring, Maryland, and located in Olney, Maryland, at a new campus that was completed in 2008.[2]

Washington Christian Academy
Address
16227 Batchellors Forest Road

Olney
,
Montgomery County
,
Maryland
20832

United States
Coordinates39°07′16″N 77°04′09″W
Information
Other nameWCA
Former nameWashington Christian School
TypePrivate
MottoReverent, Adventurous, Academically Serious: in the Historic Reformed Tradition
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
Established1960 (1960)
CEEB code210963
NCES School ID00580078[1]
Head of schoolW. James Armistead
GradesK-12
CampusSuburban
Campus size57.63 acres (23.32 hectares)
Color(s)White and Blue   
NicknameWildcats
Team nameWildcats
WebsiteWashingtonChristian.org

History

Formation

Washington Christian Academy was formed when local families from Presbyterian and Christian Reformed churches in the area felt the need for a strong, biblically based and diverse school in the Washington metropolitan area. For the time, the school defied cultural values and created a school that specifically named diversity as one of its top qualities.[3] The school was formed as Washington Christian School in 1960 for grades K-4. WCS grew gradually, and in 1982 it leased a larger building from the county on Franwall Avenue in Silver Spring, which allowed it to add a middle school and offer instruction through the eighth grade. WCS expanded again in 1996 when it merged with the nearby Silver Spring Christian Academy (a local high school formed by parents of WCS alumni), forming Washington Christian Academy (Pre K-12).[4]

Transition

During the 2004-2005 school year, Washington Christian Academy was notified that it would need to leave the rented facility the following year as the building was to be torn down to construct a new public school. For the three years from the fall of 2005 through the spring of 2008, Washington Christian Academy rented space for its elementary school in Colesville Baptist Church off of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, and likewise rented space for the middle and high schools in Global Mission Church on Georgia Avenue in nearby Aspen Hill. During this transition period, Washington Christian Academy was able to purchase land and build a new facility, which opened in the summer of 2008.

WCA's building and grounds, 2009

New Campus

Washington Christian Academy opened its newly constructed facility in Olney for the fall semester of 2008. The new building provided the school with an increase in available space and opportunity for future expansion. The new WCA property is 57.63 acres (23.32 hectares) in size, with about 22 acres (8.9 ha) of land currently developed, including the new building, gym, baseball and soccer fields and parking areas.[5]

Athletics
WCA Wildcat

With the opening of its new Olney campus, WCA also gained a number of modern athletic facilities: including a gymnasium with a hardwood basketball court and seating for up to 300, a multi-purpose athletic field employed for soccer and numerous other sports and a baseball field.

WCA offers the following sports: boys soccer, girls soccer, girls volleyball, boys basketball, girls basketball, cheerleading, baseball, softball, coed track team, coed cross country team and coed golf. WCA has competed in the Maryland Independent Schools Athletic League (MISAL) for many years, but has now accepted provisional membership into the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference (PVAC) for the 2012-2013 school year. Many teams have had success in the MISAL and hope to continue that success in the PVAC.

The WCA Men's Varsity soccer in 2010-11 won the championship game.

After a few years of rebuilding, WCA's soccer program was able to get back on its feet. Within 2015-2017, the Varsity Boys won back-to-back; the PVAC Division along with the PVAC Championship capped off with two Maryland Christian State Tournament (MCST) Championship final appearances which one game was won. In 2017, they won the Championship Final of the MCST versus Holly Grove Christian School. Within the new expanded PVAC Conference of 11 teams, the boys finished fourth behind Washington International School, Sandy Spring Friends School, and Berman Hebrew Academy.

In recent years, WCA teams have won the following:

2018-2019

  • Varsity Boys Soccer Maryland Christian State Tournament Champions

2017-2018

  • Varsity Boys Soccer Maryland Christian State Tournament Champions

2016-2017

  • Varsity Girls Soccer PVAC Division Champions
  • Varsity Boys Soccer PVAC Division Champions
  • Varsity Boys Soccer PVAC Tournament Champions
  • Varsity Boys Soccer Maryland Christian State Tournament Runner-Up

2015-2016

  • Varsity Boys Soccer Division Champions

2014-2015

  • Varsity Softball League Runner-Up

2013-2014

  • Varsity Volleyball Conference Runner-Up
  • Varsity Boys Soccer Conference Runner-Up
  • Varsity Softball League Championship

2012-2013

  • Varsity Girls Soccer Conference Championship

2011-2012

  • Varsity Softball League Championship
  • Varsity Volleyball League Championship
  • Middle School Boys Basketball League Championship

2010-2011

  • Varsity Boys Soccer League Championship
  • Middle School Baseball League Championship

2009-2010

  • Varsity Boys Basketball League Championship
  • Varsity Girls Basketball MCST D1 Championship
  • Varsity Girls Basketball League Championship
  • Varsity Softball League Championship
  • Middle School Boys Basketball League Championship

2008-2009

  • Varsity Boys Basketball MCST D1 Championship
  • Varsity Softball League Championship

Affiliations

See also

References
  1. "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for WASHINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved Mar 3, 2019.
  2. "Our History: Washington Christian Academy". WashingtonChristian.org. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. "WCA Transcends Racial Boundaries: Why WCA
  4. http://washingtonchristian.org/page05a2.shtml
  5. Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, Real Property Data Search
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