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Special features |
religious, nonprofit, after-school care |
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Gender composition |
coed |
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Dress code |
Dress code: Preschool/Elementary - Girls may wear shorts, pants - including blue jeans, skirts and dresses. Shorts, skirts and dresses must be fingertip length. Middle/High School - Girls may wear shorts, pants - including blue jeans, skirts and dresses. Shorts, skirts, and dresses can be no more than 3" above the knee. Boys (all grades) can wear pants - including blue jeans & shorts. Any t-shirt worn must not contain any offensive language or message. |
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| Curriculum |
- Foreign language(s) taught: Latin and Spanish.
- Immersion programs in French.
- This school has a particular instructional focus on back-to-basics, traditional instruction.
- Physical education is required for the following grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
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Instructional Program Highlights
- ABecka Curriculum in Pre-school through Elementary.
- Middle/High School curriculum is a mixture of ABeka, Bob Jones and some secular curriculum.
| Activities and Sports |
- Girls sports: basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, softball and volleyball.
- Boys sports: basketball, cross country, golf and soccer.
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: Jr. Beta Club - available to students who maintain an A/B average in grades 6th - 8th; Sr. Beta Club - available t students who maintain an A/B average in grades 9th - 12th; FCA - available to all athletes in grades 6th - 12th; Student Government - Officers are elected from the 9th - 12th grade, but classes beginning with 6th grade have representation; Faith in Action Puppet Ministry - students in grades 5th - 12th go into the community sharing through this ministry. Places they have shared in the past - Senior Solutions, orphanages, churches, and literacy campaigns. As well as sponsoring an area-wide puppet One-Way Street Puppet Festival in the spring; Class Trips - Every even numbered year beginning with 6th grade participate in a class trip - 6th goes to Barrier Island, 8th goes to Washington, DC and 10th does a scientific trip and 12th grade works with the Principal to design a trip specifically for their class make-up.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: band, chorus, drawing/painting and Puppeteers.
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| Technology and Facilities |
- This school was established between 1980-1989.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Measures used to evaluate applicants: interview, recommendations and samples of student work.
- Standardized tests used to evaluate applicants: Stanford Testing.
- Of the students who applied for admission to this school for the current school year, 81-100% were accepted.
- Tuition: less than $1000
- 0-20% of students receive financial aid to attend this school.
- The school offers private scholarship discounts based on the income of families and it is administrated by a 3rd party organization.
- Students at this school are admitted on the basis of tests, grades, auditions or other criteria.
- Less than half of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- 86-90% of students remained enrolled at the school between last school year and this school year.
- This school has an emphasis in: College Prep.
- Regular classroom hours: 8:10 to 3:10.
- Accredited by SCISA in 2006.
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 07/26/2008. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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