Excellence is no accident.

Pine Forge AcademyCase for Support

1946

PINE

FORGE ACADEMY

PINE FOR GE PE N N SYLVANIA

2014 - 2019

Our School History

Pine Forge Academy is a leader in providing academic excellence to African American students from across the nation and the Caribbean. The school has a yearly gradu-ation rate of 100%. Of its 3,500 alumni, 98% have gone on to enter and finish college. Established to provide a holis-tic approach to learning, Pine Forge Academy focuses its education on the heart, the head and the hand. “Pine Forge Academy saved my life,” Samara, class of 2016, declares: “My grandmother sends me to Pine Forge on a pension and a prayer. She sacrifices for me and the teachers of Pine Forge Academy meet her sacrifice with blood, sweat, and tears of their own. They pour themselves into me so I can become the young woman I know I can be.”

Our Campus: After the Civil War, nearly 100 African-American

boarding schools existed across the United States, according to St. Petersburg Times columnist Bill Max-well. These academies were known for providing ex-cellent education and sending hundreds of their grad-uates to leading universities and colleges and into the larger arena of community and professional life.

Currently, Pine Forge Academy (PFA) is one of only four historically Black boarding schools remaining in the Unit-ed States, holding true to the aforementioned mission.

PFA is located on historical property once owned by Thomas Rutter, an abolitionist iron miller, whose proper-ty was deeded to him by William Penn in the early 1700’s.

Our Learning Community: In the 1940s John H. Wagner envisioned a board-

ing school in the North where African-American high school students could attend without the racial chal-lenges faced by Blacks in Southern schools. News spread that 575 acres of land near Pottstown, Penn-sylvania was for sale. President Wagner and Dr. Grace Kimbrough visited the Rutter Estate. Immediately upon seeing the property they knew their prayers had been answered. The boarding school would first be called Pine Forge Institute and it opened its doors on September 9, 1946 with 90 students.

Pine Forge Academy is a priceless heritage and en-during legacy. The Academy has a rich history of de-veloping today’s students and tomorrow’s leaders by focusing on building Christian character and a com-mitment to service! We are dedicated to the harmo-nious development of a student’s heart (integrity and character), head (intelligence), hand (practical skills).

Our Mission: Pine Forge Academy, a co-educational Seventh-day

Adventist school, serves grades 9-12. It is committed to providing a Christ-centered curriculum in a safe, caring environment, to prepare students spiritually, in-tellectually, physically, and socially for service to God and man.

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A Closer Look atthe Students We Serve

NEW JERSEY 31 students

MARYLAND 31 students

NEW YORK 13 students

PENNSYLVANIA 11 students

CONNECTICUT 10 students

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 4 students

DELAWARE 4 students

MASSACHUSETTS 4 students

GEORGIA 3 students

ALABAMA 3 students

TEXAS 3 students

FLORIDA 2 students

CALIFORNIA 1 student

NORTH CAROLINA 1 student

ILLINOIS 1 student

KENTUCKY 1 student

MISSISSIPPI 1 student

MISSOURI 1 student

TENNESSEE 4 students

OHIO 11 students

Typical Student Home Residency

Average Student Population = 140

Single Moms85%

Single Dads9%

Grandparents6% 10th

18%

11th34%

9th24%

12th24%

2/3 Honor RoleAchievement

Our Alumnae Are:

JudgesSurgeons

Technology LeadersMulti-Media Specialists

Entrepreneurs

100% College AcceptanceOur Alumni Are:

PastorsLawyers & DoctorsU.S. Capitol ChaplainBroadway ActorsSDA Conference Executives

Single Parent Households

How Can You Help Our Students and Our School?

· We will fundraise to fully renovate our residence hall restrooms. We need $1.2 million for this project.

· We will fundraise to renovate Kimbrough and Handy Halls. Our dorm renovations may include computer labs, laundry facility, leadership lounge, recreation room, dorm café and kitchens, etc…. We need $1.5 million for this project.

· We will invest in our local, regional or national com-munity. We are seeking $400,000 to fund 20 students from at-risk urban areas to attend our Academy.

· In partnership with the Pine Forge Academy Founda-tion, we will erect the Paul R. Jones building. We need $5 million for this project! The building will include:· Performance Auditorium· Choir Practice Space· Classrooms · Community Service Offices· National Honor Society Offices· STEM Labs· Student Cafeteria· United Student Movement Offices

· Our renovated dorm bathrooms will enhance our com-munity service so our dorms can be used for summer camp events and activities, in which the local com-munity can participate as the targarted audience.

· Renovated dorms will enhance our community en-gagement as we seek to increase the percentage of urban-city students who enroll in our Academy. We will seek partners and investors to provide a high quality high school education to students of color from histor-ically low-wealth urban communities.

· Our Paul R. Jones building will enhance our communi-ty engagement by providing the space and resources to offer the following services to our local community:· Disaster Relief Education Center · After School Care Program· Biweekly Farmer’s Market· Community Choirs· Community Health Food Snack Bar· Community Resource Center· Community Senior Citizen Garden· Family, Women and Children Fitness Classes

How we use our donations:

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For our CampusFor our Students

of every Pine Forge Academy tithe designation goes towards our Pine Forge Academy endowment. Our endowment funds student scholarships.

of every dollar donated goes towards the annual fundraising projects in the given year.

Tuition covers 77% of the Pine Forge Academy operating budget, and gifts like yours cover the rest.

Here is How We Honor our Donors

Donate via check.Attn: Development Office

P.O. Box 338Pine Forge, PA 19548

610-326-5800

Donate online at: www.PineForgeAcademy.org

Contact Us For:

1. General Fund

2. Capital Campaigns

3. Gifts of “In Kind” services

Donors directly impact the development of future leaders in our nation and world as well as the quality and quantity of community

service projects our students can lead and complete. We recognize your investment in our students!

GIFTS UP TO $999 Include a personalized thank you letter

from our Development Team.

GIFTS OF $1,000 TO $4,999 Include a thank you letter and call from our Development Team.

GIFTS OF $5,000 TO $9,999 Include all of the above and publication of

donors name on our school website.

GIFTS OF $10,000 TO $24,999 Include all of the above and publication

on our social media sites.

GIFTS OF $25,000 TO $99,999 Include all of the above and plaque placement on campus.

GIFTS OF $100,000 TO $249,999 Include all of the above and naming rights

for a specific room or program.

GIFTS OF $250,000 OR MORE Include all of the above and possible building naming.

Interested supporters should contact us directly to discuss supporting projects mentioned in this document.

www.PineForgeAcademy.org