Harrisburg Christian School

Harrisburg Christian School
Address
2000 Blue Mountain Parkway , Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17112
Information
Type	Christian high school
Established	September 13, 1955
Headmaster	Mr. Phil Puleo (2009)
Staff	47
Enrollment	290 (2007-2008)
Membership	Association of Christian Schools International Middle-States Association's Committee on Institutional-wide Accreditation
Website	http://www.harrisburgchristian.com/

Harrisburg Christian School is a private, coeducational Christian elementary, middle school and high school, located on the north side of the greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area in the village of Linglestown, Pennsylvania. The school was founded in 1955 by parents who believed "responsibility for the educational instruction of their children according to Scripture was theirs, not the states".^[1] Harrisburg Christian School is not operated by a local church, but has independent status, being “owned” by The Christian School Association of Greater Harrisburg. School parents and employees make up the membership of this Association.

The school was located in as many as five different rented locations around the greater Harrisburg area between 1955 and 1965 before building its own elementary school building on its current location at 2000 Blue Mountain Parkway in Linglestown^[1]

Over the next forty years additions to the original building, the construction of two new buildings, and improvements to the school grounds have created an attractive and safe school campus.

Harrisburg Christian School offers an educational program that integrates the historic Christian Faith into a college-preparatory academic program of instruction. HCS employs 30 full and part-time teachers with a total employee base of 47. The student enrollment for the 2007-08 school year is 290. HCS’s teacher-student ratio is 1:12.

References

1 2 "The History of HCS". Harrisburg Christian School. 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-21.

2. Celebrating God’s Vision and Faithfulness: A 50 Year History of Harrisburg Christian School. Joseph D. Fausnight, Jr., author.

3. Primary source: HCS school personnel records

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Schools

Main School Districts

Central Dauphin	Central Dauphin High School Central Dauphin East High School

Derry Township	Hershey High School

Halifax Area	Halifax Area High School Halifax Area Middle School

Harrisburg	Harrisburg High School Harrisburg University of Science and Technology High School

Lower Dauphin	Lower Dauphin High School

Middletown Area	Middletown Area High School

Millersburg	Millersburg Area High School

Steelton-Highspire	Steelton-Highspire High School

Susquehanna Township	Susquehanna Township High School

Upper Dauphin	Upper Dauphin Area High School

Other Schools

Charter schools	Capital Area School for the Arts Infinity Charter School Premier Arts and Science Charter School Sylvan Heights Science Charter School

Private schools	Berrysburg Christian Academy Covenant Christian Academy Emmanuel Wesleyan Academy Harrisburg Christian School Middletown Christian School Milton Hershey School Wordsworth Academy

Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg	Bishop McDevitt High School

Susquenita School District (partially located in Perry County)	Susquenita High School

Williams Valley School District (partially located in Schuylkill County)	Williams Valley Junior/Senior High School

Coordinates: 40°21′07″N 76°48′22″W / 40.352°N 76.806°W / 40.352; -76.806

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