Pine Crest School is a private preparatory school with campuses in Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was founded in Fort Lauderdale in 1934 by Mae McMillan who began as a tutor to children of families spending the winter in South Florida, USA. In 1995, Lourdes Cowgill became the president of Pine Crest School, succeeding William J. McMillan, the son of Mae McMillan. Dana Markham is the school's current president.
Pine Crest is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), The Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS), the Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS), and the Florida Kindergarten Council (FKC). Pine Crest has also been named a "Blue Ribbon School" by the United States Department of Education.
Pine Crest School has two campuses - the William J. McMillan Campus in Boca Raton, Florida, and the Mae McMillan Campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. The Boca Raton campus, originally Boca Raton Academy, was absorbed by Pine Crest in 1987 and hosts students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8. The Fort Lauderdale campus hosts students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)