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"A Private K-12 Christian School 501(c)(3) Not-For-Profit Arizona Corporation" EIN No. 20-2771716 D&B D-U-N-S No. 609216861 IRS Designation 2007 990 Report 2007 AZ Private Tax Credit Report AZ Corp Tax Credit
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Registration and scholarships are currently available for this school year of 2008-09 but space is limited and filling up quickly, call today (520) 481-6905. SCA Important Dates August 25th through 29th - Faculty Training, School Preparation, Volunteers Needed August 30th, Saturday (Morning or Afternoon) - Volunteers Needed for Final Preparations (Lunch Provided) September 1st - Labor Day Holiday September 2nd, 1st Day of 2008-09 School Year Future TBA - Family Saturday "Green" Building Day for SCA's New LEED Gold School - Date Is Determined By Town of Sahuarita Development Plan & Permit Approvals PLEASE VOTE - SCA is thankful to all of you who partner with us in providing Private and/or Corporate State of Arizona Income Tax Credit Scholarships. These programs make it possible for many of our student families to attend SCA. If you are not currently a registered voter please consider registering today by clicking the Arizona Secretary of State Link below or for more information regarding the candidates and their views on the Arizona income tax credit scholarships or other issues please click on the 2008 Voters Guide Link below. You can also access this information by stopping by the SCA campus.
Recently Published Articles About SCA June 4, 2008 - Green Valley News Newspaper by Jaime Richardson - Going Green, Going Global Sahuarita Christian Academy plans major expansion. "Sahuarita Christian Academy is going green and going global," says Executive Director David Lyon. The academy, at 2285 E. Sahuarita Road, is set to begin construction next month on its 34,000-square-foot, two-story, "green" school building. June 4, 2008 - Sahuarita Sun Newspaper by Jaime Richardson - Sahuarita Christian Academy Going Green, Going Global The school will cost an estimated $5 million to build, though concessions from the companies whittle the school's portion down to $1 million, says Lyon. As a private, non-profit organization without ties to a church base, they are asking for the public's help in funding the construction. Lyon is looking for sponsors willing to "purchase" one square foot of the 34,000-square-foot building for $35. The names of the sponsors will go on a wall at the front of the new building, under the verse: "...with God all things are possible." June 16, 2008 - Green Magazine by Steve Kargel - Community Makes New LEED "Private" School Certified Green School Possible What better way to invest in the future of our country, he thought than in our children. David Lyon's dream became a reality when he founded SCA as a non-profit, open enrollment, non discriminatory private K-12 school. Children from all walks of life from Pima County can become students at SCA. No child is ever turned away for lack of funds. The Town of Sahuarita and many "green" businesses across the country and internationally have picked up the SCA banner with Lyon, contributing materials, offering advice and encouragement for the project. June 19, 2008 - Arizona Daily Star Newspaper by Jamar Younger - Christian Academy to Go Green Lyon knew the school needed a larger facility after its enrollment increased from 27 last August, when the school opened, to about 170 in May, he said. Classes were previously held in a modular building with two classrooms. Sahuarita Christian Academy is hoping its new school building will attain a silver certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System. July 1, 2008 - The Sahuarita Times Newspaper - SCA Building Green LEED Silver "Private" K-12 School CEMEX, of Monterrey, Mexico, Greenblock and ICW who are both German owned, convinced Lyon that building "green" made better sense, both from a cost stand point and that building "green" provided the best environment for SCA students and faculty. Lyon stated, "This decision to build a "green" K-12 building was the right decision for us to make." "It became clear to me that it presented a win-win situation for everyone involved." SCA Photos
2007-08 Graduates New SCA Developments
SCA Now Listed in GreenBuildingTALK by Build Central
SCA recently became listed in the GreenBuildingTALK Directory, a listing of green building professionals. The GreenBuildingTalk Directory is the most popular method to connect with green building professionals with over 10,000 searches conducted each month.
SCA Becomes a Member of Discover Christian Schools
SCA recently became a member of the Discover Christian Schools Mid-Atlantic Organization.
SCA Joins the U.S. Green Building Council
SCA, recently became a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, "USGBC". SCA joined USGBC in anticipation of building it's new state-of-the-art green LEED K-12 school building. With the recent addition of several new corporate green building partners, SCA will now be seeking USGBC’s LEED® "GOLD" Level certification award. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a major designation that signifies that a school is not only energy efficient but as importantly environmentally healthy for it's students and faculty. Article About LEED® Silver K-12 School In Goodyear, Arizona
SCA Attends CONSTRUCT 2008
David Lyon, Executive Director of SCA attended the CONSTRUCT 2008, International Construction Conference, that was held in Las Vegas on June 4th, 5th & 6th 2008. CONSTRUCT attendees were architects, engineers, contractors and specifiers from all over the world who came together to see and learn about the latest products and technological developments currently available in the commercial construction industry.
SCA Will Now Be Seeking LEED "GOLD" for it's New K-12 School Facility
Due to SCA’s rapid growth in enrollment, SCA now finds itself in need of a large K-12 school building. To date God has made the impossible happen many times and in numerous areas for SCA, now SCA finds itself at yet another crossroad. The doors of opportunity have opened up for SCA to be able to build a “Green”, 34,000 sq. ft., two-story, K-12 school building at approximately less than 25% of the normal construction cost. However, at a normal building cost of $150 per sq. ft. the new building would cost SCA $5.1 million. However, to date SCA has several international, national, regional and local green manufacturer’s and contractor’s who are offering to help SCA build its new green school building. With the help of these partners SCA is estimating its portion of the building cost to be $35 (or less) per sq. ft. or less than $1.2 million. In the first phase, SCA has received to date about $70,000 in donations for the new building and has been moving forward with the development plan in cooperation with the Town of Sahuarita. SCA continues to expand its manufacturer and contractor relationships, municipality coordination, architectural and engineering relationships. With the funds received to date SCA believes it can complete all of the design, development plan and permitting processes. For the second phase, SCA is estimating that it will need approximately $325,000. The second phase consists of the construction of the excavation, the cement foundation, ICF walls, galvanized steel trusses, installation of exterior windows & doors, synthetic stucco and roof coating which will complete the shell of the two-story green school building.
SCA Is A Member of The Association of Christian Schools International
SCA Is a Member of The Green Valley Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce
Contributing Organizations To SCA
Raytheon www.raytheon.com headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts through it's employees give to the communities in which they live and work which makes up a significant portion of Raytheon’s community impact. When Raytheon employees make donations to eligible public and private, elementary and secondary schools, community colleges and universities, Raytheon matches their gifts, doubling the amount via the Raytheon Charitable Contributions program. Throughout its more than 80-year history, Raytheon Company has been a leader in developing defense technologies and in converting those technologies for use in commercial markets. From its early days as a maker of radio tubes, its adaptation of World War II radar technology to invent microwave cooking, and its development of the first guided missile, Raytheon has successfully built upon its pioneering tradition to become a global technology leader.
Apollo Group www.apollogrp.edu headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona was founded in 1973 in response to a gradual shift in higher education demographics from a student population dominated by youth to one in which approximately half the students are adults and over 80 percent of whom work full-time. Apollo's founder, John Sperling, believed -- and events proved him right -- that lifelong employment with a single employer would be replaced by lifelong learning and employment with a variety of employers. Lifelong learning requires an institution dedicated solely to the education of working adults. Today, Apollo Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, the University of Phoenix (including University of Phoenix Online), the Institute for Professional Development, the College for Financial Planning, and Western International University, has established itself as a leading provider of higher education programs for working adults by focusing on servicing the needs of the working adult.
Patio Pools & Spas www.patiopoolsaz.com based in Tucson, Arizona is the largest pool and spa company in Southern Arizona. Internationally recognized as one of the best pool companies in the world, a member of the prestigious Master Pools Guild and an Aqua 100 Hall of Fame member, Patio Pools & Spas has created more than 17,000 swimming pools and installed more than 9,000 spas
Country Fair White Elephant
www.gvwhiteelephant.org
located in
Green Valley, Arizona, in 2005 grossed $1,869,000 and distributed $1,456,568 to
over 130 community organizations. 470 volunteers donated more than 74,400 hours
to the store. The birth and growth of the Country Fair White Elephant has
been phenomenal. The Country Fair White Elephant has become a year-round,
million dollar operation with a modern 17,000 square foot facility. The success
of the store would not be possible without the generous support of the community
that donates quality merchandise and the volunteers who devote countless hours
to process the thousands of items donated to the store each week. It is truly a
win-win situation for all who donate, volunteer, shop and receive needed
financial funding to sustain programs vital to our community.
United Way www.unitedway.org headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia is a national network of nearly 1,300 local organizations that work to advance the common good by focusing on education, income and health. United Way of America is the national organization dedicated to leading the United Way movement. Local United Ways create long-lasting community change by addressing the underlying causes of the most significant local issues. Common focus areas include helping children and youth achieve their potential, promoting financial stability and independence, and improving people’s health. United Way's goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes of problems. It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future. So we bring together people from all across the community–government, business, faith groups, nonprofits, the labor movement, ordinary citizens–to tackle the issues. United Way states "because we all win when a child succeeds in school, when a family becomes financially stable, when people have good health".
The Salvation Army
www1.salvationarmy.org
with it's international headquarters in London,
England
began in 1865 when William Booth, a London
minister, gave up the comfort of his pulpit and decided to take his message into
the streets where it would reach the poor, the homeless, the hungry and the
destitute. Today, The Salvation Army is stronger and more powerful than
ever. Now, in over 106 nations around the world, The Salvation Army continues to
work where the need is greatest, guided by faith in God and love for all people.
SCA Is A High Tech CampusDue to today's challenging school campus environment as well as the rapidly changing and increasingly complex fire/life safety codes SCA is contracted with Protection One on a 24/7 around-the-clock basis for electronic fire, smoke, sprinkler, medical and security system monitoring. This insures SCA that its facilities and campus are safe and in compliance with local, state, and national requirements. SCA also has invested in redundant digital video recorder systems with CD rewritable drives that provide for both hard drive (redundant) archiving and recording as well as remote internet monitoring via the web 24/7. SCA Needs Your Food Labels
You can help SCA by simply clipping your food labels. More Info For more than 30 years, Labels for Education™ has been awarding free educational equipment to schools in exchange for proofs of purchase from the Campbell family of brands. It’s a fun, easy program where students, families and members of the community work together for a common goal. Today, over 80,000 schools and organizations are registered with Labels for Education™, benefiting more than 42 million students. Over the years, we've been able to provide more than $100 million in merchandise to America's schools! SCA Participates in The Scripps National Spelling Bee Competition
SCA Is Enrolled in The Pizza Hut Book It! Program
Sahuarita Christian Academy utilizes the Wide Range Achievement Test to assess each of its students in relation to their basic academic skills of reading, spelling and mathematical computation.
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You Can Help A Child Attend SCA! Arizona residents qualify for a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for contributions up to $1000 for married persons filing jointly and up to $500 for a single person. In simple terms; instead of paying this portion of your tax money to the State of Arizona you can donate (by simply transferring your State of AZ tax dollars) it to help pay the tuition for a student to attend SCA. All Arizona Tuition Tax Credit donations are solely utilized by SCA in providing student scholarships to families desiring to have their children educated at a private Christian school i.e. Sahuarita Christian Academy. For those who will donate now, your scholarship will be available immediately to assist new students who would like to attend SCA. Please call SCA at (520) 648-0601 to inquire! SCA History
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"We thank God, that we live in a country that allows us to have a private Christian school. A place where we can display God's 10 Commandments on the walls of our school, start each school day with a pledge to the Holy Bible, the Christian flag and the American flag. Where prayer is a common part of our daily school day, with opening prayer before school and closing prayer after school. A school that has the Holy Bible as its core basis for all learning and where Science is taught according to the Bible as God's creationism rather than from the ideas of evolutionism." David Lyon, Executive Director
SCA Curriculum
(See photo top right, taken at Principals Clinic March, 2006 in Pensacola, FL; David Lyon, Executive Director of Sahuarita Christian Academy with Dr. Arlin Horton, founder of Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola Christian Academy, A Beka Book and A Beka Academy.)
It is our desire that everyone completing The Truth Project® will have a better understanding of the truth. Do you really believe that what you really believe is really true?
(See photo bottom right, taken at the campus of Focus on The Family, June, 2006 in Colorado Springs, CO; David Lyon, Executive Director of Sahuarita Christian Academy with Dr. Del Tackett who is the DVD teacher of The Truth Project.) The SCA Utilized Curriculum Has an Internationally Recognized Accreditation Available!
More Info on Accrediation Available at SCA
Please Consider Becoming An SCA "Building Block Partner" Today?
To send us a financial gift, of any size, you can mail your check, made payable to Sahuarita Christian Academy, P.O. Box 1704, Sahuarita, AZ 85629. For additional questions or for more information about Sahuarita Christian Academy please contact us by e-mail to dlyon@sahuarita-sca.org or by telephone at (520) 648-0601. SCA also has a "Building Blocks Partners" quarterly newsletter and monthly E-Newsletter that can be sent to you. Just simply e-mail or call in your information to SCA to start receiving these SCA updates. Start Receiving Regular Updates from SCA
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Sahuarita Christian Academy "SCA" began educating students from
the Green
Valley, Sahuarita and south Tucson areas as of July 2005 in the grades of 5-12.
This past summer, SCA entered into an agreement to purchase an 3 acres
of land at 2285 E Sahuarita Road (3 1/2 miles East of
I-19 on Sahuarita Road) for its new K-12 school campus.
Additional acreage may also be available for further campus development, i.e.
youth center, day care center, playing fields, parking, etc. Sahuarita
Christian Academy is a nondenominational open enrollment private Christian
school 501(c)3 non-profit Arizona Corporation. Please direct your questions regarding student
registration, tuition, scholarship, AZ tax credit or donation information to David Lyon,
Executive Director at
520-481-6905 or by e-mail to 
The purpose of Sahuarita
Christian Academy is a God-given ministry to lead young people to Christ and
train them in the Bible, Christian character, language, and traditional subject
matter. Today's students need to be taught the accumulated wisdom of the
past from Gods point of view and trained in the way they should go (Proverbs
22:6) so they will have a firm foundation from which to evaluate the present and
make proper decisions for the future.
At Sahuarita Christian Academy, academic and
spiritual standards are high with added emphasis on patriotism and character
training.
Sahuarita Christian Academy
is proud to be an affiliated "Distance Education School" that utilizes the All DVD Program for Schools from A Beka Academy. A Beka Academy is a
subsidiary of Pensacola Christian College. Pensacola Christian Academy and
Pensacola Christian College together have an annual student enrollment in excess
of 7,000 students. A Beka Book, whose reputation is highly regarded in
academic circles, is utilized in over 10,000 Christian schools located both in
and outside the U.S. Over 600 of these Christian schools utilize the A
Beka Academy DVD Program for Schools whose master teachers, with over 6,400
teaching hours, teach your child from kindergarten through high school.
Since 1985 over 462,000 student enrollments have benefited from this high
quality Christian curriculum. 
A Beka Academy
offers it's Christian school
affiliates, who completely utilize their All DVD Program for Schools, a
fully accredited program.
As a high quality distance education provider, A Beka Academy is accredited by
the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (FACCS), the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School
Improvement (SACS CASI) (which also includes the North Central Association (NCA))
and the Commission on International Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA) which
together provide the benefits of local, national and international
reciprocal accreditation. 
We would like to personally invite you to become
a "Building Block Partner". Your prayers and financial support are needed.
Because of people like you SCA has been able to provide scholarships to lower
income families who never dreamed that it was possible for them to send their
child (children) to a private Christian school.
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