Pine Tree Academy (also known as Pine Tree or PTA) is a

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, co-educational

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for boarding and day students in grades K–12. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system. The school is located in

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, north of

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. Pine Tree Academy was founded in 1921 on a farm near

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. The school closed in 1933 because of

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. In 1961, the academy reopened as Pine Tree Memorial School in Freeport. In 1973, the school began offering all four years of the high school grades. Today, the academy is the oldest academy in the Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.PTA History. Pine Tree Academy. http://www.pinetreeacademy.org/article.php?id=45 (accessed May 15, 2010).

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* Adventist secondary schools in the United States Private elementary schools in Maine Private middle schools in Maine Private high schools in Maine Schools in Cumberland County, Maine 1921 establishments in Maine Educational institutions established in 1921 {{Maine-school-stub

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