Mount Pleasant Magazine July/August 2017

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
Helping Students
Pursue Excellence
PALMETTO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
Palmetto Christian Academy provides
a liberal arts, college prep education
in a Christian atmosphere where
students are encouraged to find their
individual strengths and use them
for the benefit of the community. In
fact, many of the school’s employees
found their positions when they enrolled their children
at PCA, discovering a learning
environment that welcomes
biblical teaching and fosters kindred spirits among the
faculty and staff.
Sally Pascutti is the
guidance counselor
at Palmetto Christian
Academy. Like so many
mothers, she volunteered in
classrooms before making
the transition into teaching,
working as an English
and English as a second
language instructor. As a
lover of the written word,
she recognized “stories
that have stood the test of
time … include the theme
of redemption,” which
confirmed her Christian
beliefs. An Isle of Palms native, she moved her family back
to the Lowcountry over a decade ago and found Palmetto
Christian Academy to be a perfect fit for her family.
Pascutti helps students “understand work as a
purposeful, valuable, creative service to the larger
community. In an age when people can expect to change
careers at least five times, education is really about
preparing students’ hearts and minds for what their life’s
work will be so that they can do well in whatever situation
the Lord assigns to them.”
Toward that goal, she directs programs including “How
to Make High School Count” discussions, “Christ in the
Marketplace Career Day,” an 11th grade College Focus
class and college tour, and community service.
Christ in the Marketplace showcases professionals who
share with students the details of their professions as well
as “the unique privileges of following Christ in a work
environment.” In College Focus, students prepare college
applications, resumes and essays and also research colleges,
careers and majors. Community service – high school
students perform 20 hours annually – is volunteerism
focused on areas of each student’s potential career.
Interested in teaching? Try it at Vacation Bible School
or summer camps. Love science or engineering? Water
Missions or the South Carolina Aquarium is a good place
to exercise those skills. And for health care, the Seacoast
Dream Center health
clinic, as well as area
hospitals, offer volunteer
spots in the medical field.
Palmetto Christian
graduates are currently
attending a wide variety
of colleges, including
Clemson, College of
Charleston, USC-
Columbia. Wofford,
Furman, UNC-Chapel
Hill, Notre Dame,
Columbia University,
Sewanee, Liberty, Flagler
and Anderson. Clemson
tops the list for the class of 2017, with more than a third
of the class accepting offers there. This year’s graduates
were offered almost $2 million in scholarships, including
seven Palmetto Fellows. Scholarships were earned for
academic merit, Christian ministry, leadership, community
service, military, athletics and fine arts. SAT scores for the
top 25 percent averaged 674 in math and 711 in reading,
with the entire class earning an average of 592 in math and
601 in reading. ACT top 25 percent scores averaged 29,
with the class average being 25.7.
Palmetto Christian Academy is located at 361 Egypt Road
in Mount Pleasant. To learn more, call 843-881-9967 or
visit .
BY GINGER SOT TILE
Photo courtesy of Palmetto Christian Academy.
Palmetto Christian graduates are currently attending a wide variety of
colleges, and this year’s graduates were offered almost $2 million in
scholarships, including seven Palmetto Fellows.