was founded in
1934 by Mae McMillan who was a tutor to children of families spending the winter in South Florida. Years later, it is now one of the most elite private schools in Florida, regularly sending dozens of students to Ivy League universities every year. In 1995, Dr. Lourdes Cowgill became the President of Pine Crest School, succeeding Bill McMillan, the son of Dr. Mae McMillan.
Pine Crest School has two campuses, one in
Boca Raton, Florida , and one in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida ,
United States . The Boca Raton campus, originally Boca Raton Academy, hosts grades PK-8, and the Ft. Lauderdale campus hosts grades PK-12.
In the 2004-2005 school year, three students, Kyle Mahowald, Andrew Malcolm, and Caitlin McAuliffe, were named
Presidential Scholar s by the US Department of Education. This achievement marked the first time more than two students in Florida were given the award; usually two students per state are awarded (six total were awarded to Florida students in 2005).
Pine Crest at Boca Raton's most recent renovations include new middle school and a dining hall extensions. Also, the Parents Association Building (the auditorium) had been rebuilt after the roof collapsed in the summer of 2004. There are plans to renovate the current cafeteria buildings at the Fort Lauderdale campus, however, there are speculations as to when these changes will take place.
In December 2005, Pine Crest student
Farris Hassan traveled to
Iraq without informing his parents in connection with a
Journalism paper.
Notable
Alumni of Pine Crest School include:
Pine Crest middle schoolers also use laptops in their daily studies. The laptops are purchased by the students, who keep them after middle school. PCB has a certified
Dell technician group. The quality of the work done by the technician group is debated in the school, with parents objecting to high costs and sometimes unsuccessful work done on computers. This has become a major topic in the Pinecrest PTA. The total enrollment for Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton is 2,576 students with a 23.6% diversity enrollment. Pine Crest students had an average SAT score of 1322 and an average AP exam score of 3.6. There is a 10:1 student to teacher ratio.
