Life at PFA provides a unique experience, unlike conventional schooling. Students benefit from outstanding education in a thriving community of like-minded peers, passionate teachers, and autonomy based on Christian principles. Students who attend PFA are more prepared for the workload and self-discipline required in college increasing their chances of success.
The Academy calendar is filled with a variety of activities and social events ranging from trips to the mall, amusement parks, botanical gardens, bowling, skating, and seeing professional basketball games. Our formal affairs include the Christmas and Sweetheart Banquets alternately planned by the dormitories as well as the Junior-Senior Banquet planned by the junior class.
The Academy is committed to broadening each student’s horizons as they develop into mature, independent young adults. Our mission is to provide a variety of programs and activities that will encourage our students to assume various leadership roles and positions as they serve as role models to their peers and cooperate with the Administration in the governance of the Academy.
The purpose of Community Service is to nurture a Christ-like spirit through unselfish acts of kindness, thereby heightening each student’s moral and Christian obligation to help the less fortunate. Pine Forge Academy students are required to perform a minimum of 25 hours of community service each year they are enrolled at the Academy.
Under the leadership of the school chaplain, the Office of Spiritual Life provides weekly services structured to meet the spiritual needs of our students. In addition to the events coordinated by the Office of Spiritual Life, each dormitory also provides daily worship for the students.
Poetry
Pine Forge Dance Club
Chess
Bowling
Art
Debate
Robotics
Dormitory Club
SPARKS (School Newspaper)
FLAME (School Yearbook)
National Honors Society
United Student Movement
Cheerleading
Stomptricity (Step Team)
We are performers and artists. We understand there are many avenues to expression, including the performing arts. Our curriculum includes our Creative Arts Drama Ministry and our world-renowned Pine Forge Academy Choir.
We are athletes. Interscholastic sports is a key component of our diverse extracurricular program. An active member of the Penn-Jersey Athletic League, we offer soccer, basketball, tennis, track, volleyball and golf.
We are engineers. Fostering creative thinking and innovation in each student, Pine Forge Academy offers a robust Robotics and Mathematics curriculum and STEM Club.
PFA offers advanced courses in Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, History, Fine Arts, and Foreign Language (i.e., Spanish). Extracurricular activities include Clubs (i.e., Chess, Debate, Poetry, Directing, Art, and Coding), Accounting Minority Introduction to Health Sciences (MITHS)—an articulation agreement with Loma Linda University, Physics, Website Design, Advanced Placement Courses, and Prep Classes for the PSAT, SAT, and ACT. Find out more about academics at PFA here.
We offer seasonal athletic programs in cross-country, track & field (co-ed), soccer (co-ed), varsity & junior varsity basketball (male and female), volleyball, and badminton. We are members of the Penn/Jersey League. Learn more about our athletics program here.
Fish and small reptiles may be welcomed. Hamsters, rabbits, and guinea pigs have been known to grace the campus. However, students need to get permission before coming to campus. The Academy has hosted Mental Health Days where animals such as goats, horses, dogs, and cats were special visitors for the day—used to encourage and uplift the students.
Our cafe is 100% vegetarian, but the food served will be recognizable to anyone. It’s not strange; it’s very fresh and tasty!
