Denbigh Baptist Christian School

Denbigh Baptist Christian School
Address
13010 Mitchell Point road Newport News , Virginia 23602 United States
Coordinates	37°6′24.3″N76°30′35.8″W / 37.106750°N 76.509944°W / 37.106750; -76.509944
Information
Type	Private,Parochial,Christian,Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Baptist
Established	1970
CEEB code	471531
Grades	PreK-12
Age range	3-18
Enrollment	271 (2024)
Language	English
Campus size	12.8 acres
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, White, & Blue
Athletics conference	Metro Conference of Virginia Independent State Athletic Association(VISAA)
Mascot	Minutemen
Nickname	DBCS
Team name	Minutemen
Accreditation	Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
Yearbook	The Musket
Website	http://www.dbcs.org

Denbigh Baptist Christian School is a private Christian school in Newport News, Virginia that provides education to students from preschool through twelfth grade. ^[1]

History

The school started as an outreach ministry of Denbigh Baptist Church in September 1970 with a class of 15 kindergarteners. By September 1972, it had 150 students from kindergarten to seventh grade. The school graduated its first class of eight seniors in 1980. ^[2] In 2003 the school had 508 students with 48 in the graduating class. ^[3]

Administrators of DBCS

Name	Dates
Dennis F. Chappell [4]	1986 - 2003
Wayne C. Embry [5]	2004 - 2008
Greg Hardy	2008 - 2012
Robert Law	2012 -

References

1. Denbigh Baptist Christian School - Shaping Hearts and Minds Archived May 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
2. Shanks, Mark Lee (1982). The History of Denbigh Baptist Church.
3. "Denbigh Baptist Church History". Denbigh Baptist Church minutes. 2018.
4. "Dennis Cappell Obituary". Afterall. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
5. "People in the News". Daily Press. June 24, 2004.

External links

• Official site