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Palmetto Christian Academy Announces 2025 Open House Events

Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Oct. 02, 2025) — Palmetto Christian Academy (PCA) invites prospective students and their families to its fall 2025 Open House events. The series will offer an opportunity to explore the campus, meet faculty and staff, and learn how the school prepares students for success, rooted in Christ and ready for life.

“We welcome you to find out why PCA is the best choice to educate your child,” said PCA headmaster, JD Zubia. “You can trust our educators to guide your child to a worldview that provides the best opportunity to tackle the challenges and embrace the opportunities they will encounter in life. We can't wait to share our program overview with you!”

The fall Open House schedule is as follows:

• High School Open House: Thursday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m.
• Preschool & Kindergarten Open House: Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 9 a.m.
• Lower School Open House: Thursday, Nov. 6 at 9 a.m.
• Upper School Open House: Thursday, Nov. 6 at 10 a.m.

For more than 30 years, PCA has served as a pillar of the Mount Pleasant and greater Charleston community, providing exceptional academics, athletics and arts that nurture students’ faith, intellect and abilities so they can become critical thinkers and responsible members of a global community.  

A current PCA parent shared, “Palmetto Christian Academy provides us the opportunity to partner with them to train, equip and launch our children into this world with the skills to make a difference and stand up for what they believe in.”  

Families interested in attending are encouraged to RSVP by visiting the school’s website at palmettochristianacademy.org/admissions/admissions-events. For more information, please contact the admissions office at

ABOUT PALMETTO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

Palmetto Christian Academy is a Christ-centered, independent school in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, serving preschoolers through 12th grade. Rooted in the mission of "Equipping students to pursue Jesus Christ passionately as they impact the culture," PCA is dedicated to providing a rigorous academic program within a nurturing environment. For more information, visit palmettochristianacademy.org. Palmetto Christian Academy is also on Facebook, Instagram and Vimeo.

Creating Jesse Trees Brings The Christmas Story To Life!

The first graders in Mrs. Jessica Hanzsche’s class are taking on a special project this Christmas season - creating Jesse Trees to track the lineage of Jesus. By going straight to scripture, these young students are learning about the truth of the Christmas story and gaining a deeper understanding of the Old Testament and New Testament. The students are keeping the Bible stories and characters they encounter in chronological order, starting from Creation and progressing all the way to Jesus being born in a stable. Each story and character is symbolized as an ornament and is placed on their Jesse Tree, allowing them to visually retell the story.

“Our prayer for our students is that this story will come alive to them each and every year,” says Mrs. Hanzsche. “That the Lord will reveal Himself to them in new ways and that it will never get old. Our thought and hope is if we teach them how this story came to be, it will mean a bit more to them and give them the ability to share confidently with others what Christmas is really about.” 

Mrs. Hanzsche says this project helps our first graders focus on the one and only "reason for the season" - Jesus. He is what it's all about, and He makes all the difference, not just during the Christmas season, but throughout the entire year. Mrs. Hanzsche says she has been touched by the students’ reactions to the project “as they make connections to the stories they’ve heard before, and respond to the power of the Word.”

Through their Jesse Trees and their growing knowledge of scripture, these young students are being equipped to confidently proclaim the message of Jesus' birth and share the joy and hope that it brings.