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And now for something a little different, from Canada:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pacific Academy in Surrey considers itself unique among schools, and few would disagree.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a billionaire benefactor, the academy has a 40-acre campus with four handsome brick buildings housing primary, intermediate, middle and secondary grades. It boasts an international baccalaureate (IB) program, state-of-the-art media centre, 1,500-seat auditorium, multiple gymnasiums and, with 1,412 students, the second largest enrolment among B.C. independent schools.<\/p>\n

Through its outreach society, the academy also owns and operates two schools in Uganda \u2014 one that serves 850 students with nursery programs, K-12 and vocational training, and a new boarding school for girls, which has 55 students this year. The non-profit society has more than 100 employees working with the students, many of whom are AIDS orphans.<\/p>\n

But apart from sporting events, the school has avoided the spotlight.<\/p>\n

This month, it will celebrate 20 years of work in Africa with an event in its Chandos Pattison auditorium, named after the father of Jimmy Pattison, the business tycoon who funded the school when it opened its doors in 1985 in Coquitlam with 200 students and when it moved to Surrey in 1991\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026Pacific Academy describes itself as \u201cunabashedly Christian to the core\u201d and gives enrolment priority to students whose families regularly attend a Pentecostal<\/a> church or \u2014 in an unusual detail for a B.C. school \u2014 have experienced glossolalia, also known as speaking in tongues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pacific Academy, like all independent schools, sets its own admission criteria and, like some faith-based schools, it also advises same-sex couples not to bother applying because of religious views that homosexuality is a sin. That attitude is one of the reasons the B.C. Teachers\u2019 Federation (BCTF) has long opposed public funding for independent schools.<\/p>\n

Parents who want to enrol their children at Pacific Academy must sign a family statement agreeing with Scripture teachings that marriage is between a man and a woman, and a faith statement that \u201cinvites God\u2019s Holy Spirit to be active in the daily life of the school.\u201d There is no expectation that students will speak in tongues, headmaster Paul Horban said, but they should be aware before enrolling that the school accepts glossolalia as a gift from the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t discourage it, we don\u2019t sensationalize it,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe don\u2019t say OK, this is what you all should be doing \u2026 but if it\u2019s discussed in classes, we\u2019re comfortable with it. It\u2019s what we believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is expected from all students, however, is service, and that\u2019s emphasized with a biblical phrase inscribed on a wall at the school\u2019s main entrance: \u201cWhoever would be greatest must be least \u2014 and the servant of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

That commitment to service is what defines the school, Horban said, and the message for students is that \u201cit\u2019s not about you \u2014 it\u2019s about your contribution and what you can do in the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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