Faith Christian Academy (Orange County, Florida)

Faith Christian Academy (FCA) is a private K-12 Christian school in unincorporated Orange County, Florida southeast of Orlando. It had 672 students enrolled (PK-12) in 2018.[1]

Faith Christian Academy
Address
9307 Curry Ford Road

Orlando
,
Florida
Coordinates28.5129586°N 81.2559741°W / 28.5129586; -81.2559741
Information
TypePrivate School
Religious affiliation(s)Assemblies of God
Established1972 (1972)
NCES School IDAA000494
PrincipalAngel Carrington
Faculty43.4[1]
GradesPK-12
Enrollment672 (2016[1])
Color(s)Maroon, Black, White
Team nameLions
Websitefcalions.org

History

Faith Christian Academy was founded in 1972[2] as a ministry of Faith Assembly of God on its Goldenrod Campus. In 2012, along with Faith Assembly, FCA moved to its new, state of the art Curry Ford campus which has allowed significant growth since then due to the new and larger facility.

In 2013, a 12-year-old African American student at the school complained to staff of having been bullied by her white classmates for having afro-textured hair. Rather than addressing the bullying, she was met with a threat of expulsion by school officials, who said her afro violated the school's dress code. The school's official handbook made mention of inappropriate hairstyles in the grooming codes, but none relating to afro textured hair. Administrators asked her to cut or straighten her hair, but she refused, stating, "This is the hair that God gave me and I will not be afraid to show it". After the incident received media attention, the school neither expelled her, nor took action on the bullying allegations.[3][4][5][6][7]

Athletics

Faith Christian Academy is a part of the Florida High School Athletic Association.[2]

Girls Sports
  • Basketball
  • Softball
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball

Boys Sports
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Football
  • Soccer
  • Track and Field

Notes
  1. "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "membership directory". FHSAA. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. "Vanessa VanDyke Could Be Expelled After Having Her Hair Mocked". Huffington Post. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  4. Munzenrieder, Kyle (2013-11-26). "Orlando-area Christian School Threatens to Kick Out Black Girl Over Her Natural Hair". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  5. "Update: African-American girl won't face expulsion over..." www.clickorlando.com. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  6. "Student will not face expulsion for her 'natural hair'". MSNBC. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  7. "School Says They Will NOT Expel Vanessa VanDyke Over Her Afro". MadameNoire. 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
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