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Christian Life Academy –Since 1975

Christian Life Academy is a private, Pre-Kindergarten -12 Christian School located in Seneca Pennsylvania in Venango County. As an independent, board operated school, students are drawn from more than forty area churches. CLA is located in the Christian Life Academy Building (formerly Cranberry High School). Our campus houses the pre-kindergarten, Elementary, Junior High, and High School programs. We are blessed with a full-size gymnasium, a 675 seat auditorium, soccer field, high school labs and a fully furnished cafeteria and kitchen.

Christian Life Academy is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International and operates in full compliance with all regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Purpose and Mission

Purpose
The purpose of Christian Life Academy is to provide high quality academic training in an environment where the Lord Jesus Christ has pre-eminence in all things.

Mission
Christian Life Academy supports Christian families by providing a biblically based education that develops individual academic excellence. We seek to form young men and women who will know and serve the Lord Jesus Christ with all their heart, mind and strength.

History

After graduating from Penn State, Princeton Seminary and Prairie Bible Institute, Earl F. Tygert (Brother Earl) founded Life Ministries, Inc. in 1938. The Lord's International Faith Enterprise ("Life") was established as a faith supported ministry with the express purpose of proclaiming and promoting the Word of God. Brother Earl and Mrs. Tygert ministered extensively in the Orient, spending a total of 18 years in Japan as well as preaching to missionaries in China and Korea.

In 1967 the Lord led the Tygert family back to the United States. In 1969 Life Ministries acquired the property at River Ridge, near Franklin, with the hopes that a Bible school, Christian day school, and a missionary and conference center might someday be established.

Christian Life Academy had the first meeting of inquiry during the late winter of 1974; and the school doors opened at Life Ministries' (the "Castle") on the River Ridge property the next September, with a modest six students. In the next four years the school grew to more than 120 students. God continues to keep His hand of blessing upon our school.

In 1983 the Academy joined the Association of Christian Schools International. ACSI is the largest Christian school association and serves its members in the United States and around the world by offering conventions, conferences, school and teacher accreditation, student activities, and various other services designed to improve the quality of Christian education. In 1996, after two and one-half years of in-depth study, preparation, and committee observation, the elementary received accreditation from Association of Christian Schools International.

In 1991 the Lord enabled us to purchase the former Cranberry Area High School. This facility has allowed the school to be accessible to busing from nine neighboring school districts. The outstanding fine arts and gymnasium facilities enable CLA to offer a broad program. CLA continues to initiate new academic programs and co-curricular activities to meet the spiritual and educational needs of the students.

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