The History of Penticton Christian School...
In the fall of 1986 a group of interested
parents met to form the new school society. Plans were laid
to begin the following year. Everything was put into place
except the facilities of where to start. The old forestry
building on Carmi was the intended facility but the school
was unsuccessful in securing it.
The First Baptist Church congregation allowed
the school to begin using their facilities. Due to lower than
expected enrollment the school did not start until the fall
of 1988. A thanksgiving dinner was celebrated that year in
their gymnasium, an added blessing for the school.
During the the next few years the enrollment
and the number of grades grew and the school acquired 4 portable
classrooms. They were set up on rented property across from
the church, which is where the new health unit is now. Notice
to move came to us in 1993 for the following year.
Twenty acres of land was purchased at the
racetrack on Carmi Ave. and plans were made to move the school
to that site.
Unfortunately, that was the year of the
fire which delayed the move only 3 weeks before the planned
move. Other difficulties challenged us but through prayer
the Lord opened up another avenue through the Christian Reformed
Church.
Having been a solid supporter of the school
since its beginning, they out did themselves. They practically
turned over their entire facility to the school when we moved
there in 1994.
Plans moved forward towards the move up
to the race track, but problems surfaced with escalating costs
and the drain on human resources. Due to the fire and resulting
problems with runoff, the decision was made to abandon that
plan and the track was sold.
In 2000 the school appeared to have a permanent
home at the former home of a Baptist Church on South Main.
The portables were moved to the new site and joined together
and those facilities served the school well for 6 years.
In 2002 a new School was started on Edmonton
Ave to meet the needs of the High School grades. Penticton
Christian Secondary as it was known, operated independently
for the first two years, and in its third year, worked together
with Penticton Community Christian School sharing the new
Principal.
The new school year began in Sept 2005 as
a K-12 school under a new name, and continued to occupy the
facilities on South Main. Due to the sale of the South Main
property by the owner to a third party, construction plans
were set in motion for a new campus for the school. The new
permanent facility is now on the property of New Beginnings
Church on Edmonton Ave. Phase one is now ready and the new
school year of 07/08 has begun.
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