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5 Ideas for Helping Your Pre-teen Learn and Practice Empathy

…healthy school culture and community. This is all enabled by a commitment to teaching empathy to your children. Guiding our middle schoolers through this growth area is both exciting and…

Mondays with Mike: Calling, College Decisions, and Faithful Next Steps

…recent Mondays with Mike conversation with our Director of Calling, College, and Careers, Nate Hasty. This episode is not only for families with seniors. It is for all PCA families—those in Lower School, Middle

Alumni Stories: Danielle Brackett ’17

…the staff that had invested in me. I loved high school, and I know that not many kids coming out of high school say that, but it is entirely true….

Mondays with Mike: Welcome Week! — Interview with our Dean of Academics

…doing in this school year.  Key Takeaways: A successful school year begins with a solid start. Dr. Lawrence has expertise and wisdom in helping you and your child benefit from…

PCA Voted Best Private School of the Seacoast

…Runey, PCA’s Head of School, says, “We’re celebrating our 40th anniversary this year as a school. To be recognized with these two awards affirms the vision that was cast four decades…

PCA Senior Chapel and Sendoff Celebrates the Class of 2021 

…the Upper School community singing and clapping together to ‘All the People Said Amen’ before sending the seniors off to the Lower School.  The Lower School community was ready to…

Mondays with Mike: The Strength of a School — Our Teachers

…it in your favorite podcast app.) Key Takeaways The strength of a school is its teachers. Programs, facilities, and schedules matter, but the daily experience of students is shaped most…

Finding the Right Fit: A Mom’s Perspective on School Choice

…one-size-fits-all options? Do we send our children to public school or charter school? Do we brave the task of homeschooling? Could we even afford the possibility of a private school?…

Faculty Feature: Miss Sue

…community that the school offered for her children. That role quickly expanded when Sue began to fill needs in morning and after-care and substitute-teaching during the school day. Sue remembers…

PCA Announces the Winners of the Upper School Food Drive

The Upper School students at PCA participated in a school wide food drive competition to benefit Operation Blessing in Portsmouth, NH. This event was put on by the PCA Missions…