Calvary Christian Academy (CCA) is a non-profit private school

Private school

Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

 located in Cresaptown, Maryland

Cresaptown, Maryland

Cresaptown is a community located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States of America. It is an unincorporated community which, for United States Census Bureau purposes, is united with Bel Air to form the census-designated place of Cresaptown-Bel Air. Cresaptown's post office was established...

 in Allegany County

Allegany County, Maryland

Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the US state of Maryland. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 75,087. Its county seat is Cumberland...

. It was established as an outreach of Calvary Baptist Church of Cresaptown in 1973.

Purpose

Calvary Christian Academy is a school that has classes for grades PreK3 through 12th Grade. A full time daycare is also operated all year. The School is accredited with the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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 and the Association of Christian Schools International

Association of Christian Schools International

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. The daycare is licensed through the State of Maryland Department of Child Care.

Athletics

The high school fields teams in seven sports throughout the year.
For fall there is boys’ soccer, girls’ volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, and a cross country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

 team. In winter there is boys’ and girls’ basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 and bowling

Bowling

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 as well as a cheerleading

Cheerleading

Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...

 team. In spring there is boys’ baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 and girls’ soccer as well as a track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 team.

CCA is a member of the Mason Dixon Christian Conference for baseball, basketball, soccer, and volleyball; the bowling team completes in the Allegany County Interscholastic Bowling League.

The middle school (grades 6–8) fields teams in the local JCP soccer league in the fall and the Tri-County League for basketball in the winter. The elementary school fields soccer teams in two JCP JV leagues for grades K–2 and grades 3–5.