Shalom Christian Academy

Shalom Christian Academy was established in 1976 with a goal to provide Christian education from an Anabaptist perspective for the Cumberland Valley. SCA is an independent preschool-12th grade Christian school governed by an eleven member board of directors who can serve two (2) four-year terms. Parents are members of the Association that affirms board members.

The school was begun by individuals who had ties to the “historic peace churches”(Brethren in Christ, Church of the Brethren, German Baptist, Mennonite, and Old Order River Brethren). About 70% of the student body and faculty attend churches of those denominations.

The school opened with 87 students in grades kindergarten to eight. Each year grades were added with the first class graduating in 1980.

In 1979 an addition was built to accommodate the growing number of students. The “Fulfilling God’s Purpose” campaign in 1987 created new high school classrooms, the gym, library and office areas. There was also an unfinished area that was completed in 2006.

Shalom Christian Academy received its accreditation from the Association of Christian Schools International in 1984. The school received a dual accreditation from Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in 1999.

• Accredited by:

• Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
• Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA)

• Members of:

• Mennonite Schools Council
• Mid-Atlantic Christian Schools Association
• National Institute of Learning Disabilities