Plaza Heights Christian Academy is located in the building that is Plaza Heights Baptist Church, from which it gets its name. It is a ministry of, and is owned, operated, and governed by Plaza Heights Baptist Church.

The Church first formed an Ad Hoc Committee in 1997. That committee held its first meeting on October 9, 1997. Members of that first committee were 15 appointed members of Plaza and the church staff.

At the second meeting of the committee, officers were elected and subcommittees were formed from committee members as well as other church members. The subcommittees were: Student Handbook, Curriculum, Purchasing, Personnel Policy, Fundraising, Publicity, Codes, Budget, and Administrator Search.

An open forum meeting was held with parents and students from both Christian and public schools to gather information. An open forum meeting was also held with teachers from public and Christian schools. This helped the committee in planning and determining needs for the future school.

A survey was sent out to the church body to determine educational needs and interest within the church for a Christian school at Plaza.

On Sunday, May 31, 1998, a meeting was conducted by the committee for the entire congregation in order to answer questions and make clear the goals of the future Christian school.

On July 19, 1998, a motion was made at a business meeting for Plaza Heights Baptist Church to begin a Christian school in the Fall of 1999 to include grades K-6th with plans of adding additional grades in following years. Ballots were sent to members of the congregation with the final vote on August 2, 1998 being 140 votes in favor and 42 votes opposed.

A couple in the church gave a large gift of start-up money with a challenge for the church body to match the funds.

The school was named Plaza Heights Christian Academy after seeking suggestions from the church body. School colors decided upon were crimson and white to signify Christ's blood and what it does for us.

On March 10, 1999, a motion was presented at the church business meeting to approve the needed remodeling to meet the required city codes to open the school in the current children's division, and to add a preschool 3 and preschool 4 class for the Fall of 1999. A vote was taken, and the motion passed.

John Myrick, an elementary teacher and vice chairman of the board, began serving as acting administrator until the position could be filled.

Michael Hart was presented to the church in the May business meeting and voted in as the first administrator of PHCA.

In July of 1999, some of the original committee members became the first school board of Plaza Heights Christian Academy. They were: Gina Carpenter, President; Susan Ketchmark, Treasurer; Tom Scott, Assistant Treasurer; David Carpenter, member; Art Phillips, member; Merle Scott, member; Dave and Lark Swanson, members; and Cheryl Phillips, member.

September 7,1999 was the first day of school for Plaza Heights Christian Academy. There were 86 students enrolled in preschool through the 6th grade.

In the January business meeting of 2000 it was voted on and approved by the church for PHCA to add 7th and 8th grades for the 2000-01 school year. It was also approved at that meeting to complete plans to remodel the adult wing for the school to have access to the rest of the building. A large monetary gift was given by a couple in the church to complete that work. The work that was done to the adult wing (and to the earlier children's division) was completed almost entirely by volunteers from within the church. It was begun in late February and completed in March.

In the Fall of 2001, Plaza Heights Christian Academy & Preschool began its third year of operation with nearly 100 students in grades Kindergarten through 10th, and nearly 80 students in Preschool.

At the beginning of the 2002-2003 school year, Plaza Heights Christian Academy became a full Kindergarten through 12th grade institution. In December 2002, the School Board voted to join the ACSI STAR Program, which walks a school through the accreditation process.

The 2003-04 school year brought record enrollment to PHCA-it topped the 200 mark for the first time. A full-time high school/junior high business teacher was added to teach keyboarding, computers, business math, accounting, and a senior life skills class. In May, six seniors became the first graduating class of Plaza Heights Christian Academy.

The Fall of 2004 brought a high school enrollment of over 40, and completely full preschool classes. The staff had grown to 27 full and part-time employees, including a full-time cook, a full-time receptionist, and an athletic director. Classes in our high school were expanded to include more offerings than the basics, like Russian and sociology. Seven seniors graduated in May of 2005.

A proposal was brought before the Plaza Heights Baptist Church business meeting in July to take the carpet out of the gym and replace it with a hard playing surface again. The parents of a PHCA student donated the tile and the work was done with volunteers. Beginning with the 2005-06 volleyball season, home games were played on Plaza's home court.

We have a great faculty and staff and are seeking to serve the Lord through "training up children in the way they should go."

God has richly blessed Plaza Heights Christian Academy and Plaza Heights Baptist Church. Our prayer is that He will continue to guide, bless, and protect the children, staff, and school board of PHCA, and that this is the first few of many pages of history yet to be written about the school