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Why we need you...

Poetry Community Christian School is a fully accredited private school serving students in K-12th grades. The school, located in rural Poetry, Texas, serves a diverse group of families primarily from the middle to lower-middle income brackets.  Families come to PCCS from many local communities, including Rockwall, Caddo Mills, Royse City, Terrell, Kaufman, Forney, Fate, Balch Springs, Leonard, Crandall, Mesquite, Rowlett, Greenville, Quinlan, Scurry, and Poetry. The school was established in 2002 and celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2022.

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To make tuition more affordable and encourage parent involvement, PCCS implemented an innovative "Parent Partnership Program." In this program, parents work at least 5 hours per month for each student enrolled. This leads to more than 1500 parent hours per month to support school operations and keep overhead down.  Since most of our families come from the middle to lower-middle income brackets, this lower tuition enables them to send their children to a Christian school. 

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While our affordable tuition structure and conservative fiscal management keep PCCS solvent, PCCS is not a wealthy school. Our lower tuition does not offer monies necessary for campus improvements or development, technology and computer system upgrades, or financial aid or needy and qualifying students.

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That's where donations and fundraising play a role!  We need your support to provide needed campus improvements! (see below). Please consider a tax-deductible donation -- your contribution will be used wisely.

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TEXAS PRIVATE SCHOOL TEFA TUITION VOUCHERS

White the TEFA tuition vouchers program applications are closed for this school term, we encourage families to apply February 2027.  Families on the 2026-27 TEFA Wait List are still being accepted, so notify PCCS at pccsasst@poetrychristian.org in that case.

​PCCS IS AN APPROVED TEFA SCHOOL: Be sure to choose PCCS once you aare approved (PCCS is an Approved Accredited Private School on the dropdown). The website may show "pending" until the family provides proof of enrollment. 

APPROVED EXPENSES from the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA): PCCS invoices for the following (notify us if you do not want hot lunches).

  • Educational Services/Materials, Tuition, Fees.  Textbooks or other instructional materials.  Required uniforms.  Academic assessment costs.  Private tutoring.  Educational therapies not covered by any federal, state, or local government benefits (i.e, Medicaid).  Meals provided by private school ($9/day, $1260 for school term).

  • Transportation to/from approved providers.  PCCS has not located options for our area.

  • Computer hardware or software (must not exceed 10 percent of the total amount transferred to the child’s account that year).  

  • APPLYING & EXPECTED $ IF ENROLLED AT PCCS and SELECTED:  TEFA LINK TO ITS EMAIL LIST:  https://educationfreedom.texas.gov/

  • Private school students:  Approximately $10,800 (full tuition at PCCS can be covered easily)

  • Students with a private school IEP ON FILE WITH THE TEA by the end of the application period:  Up to $30,000.  

​​PCCS, as a school that serves many middle to lower middle income families, continues to pray that those families who qualify will receive funds for tuition for the upcoming school term.  Parent must be able to confirm enrollment at PCCS to receive funds.  

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