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Phyllis Maxwell, who offered academic and career counseling in addition to her duties as headmaster. Classes offered by PCA were taught by certified and/or degreed teachers, and include biology, chemistry, life and earth sciences; pre-algebra, algebra I & II, trigonometry and
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pre-calculus; U.S. government/economics; high school
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