Evansville Christian School

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Evansville Christian School
Epworth Campus.jpg
ECS's Epworth Campus
Address
Evansville Christian School
4401 Epworth Rd

,
47630

United States
Coordinates 37°58′12″N87°29′47″W / 37.970074°N 87.496447°W / 37.970074; -87.496447
Information
School type Private Christian
DenominationNon-denominational
Established1975
DirectorMike Allen
Staff92
Teaching staff70
GradesPS - high school
Age range3-18
Enrollment1,063 (2023-2024) [1]
Average class size18
Student to teacher ratio13
Color(s)Blue and Gold
SloganGrowth, Relationships, and Service to the Glory of God
MascotEagle
Website https://evansvillechristianschool.org/

Evansville Christian School (ECS) is a private Christian school corporation with several locations throughout the Evansville, tri-state area in southwestern Indiana, USA.

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According to the Indiana Department of Education, ECS is an A-Rated, four-star school. It is fully accredited by the Indiana Department of Education, the Association of Christian Schools International and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement.

History

Evansville Christian School was founded in 1975 by Bethel Temple Church. The private school corporation started with 143 students from kindergarten to sixth grade and received state accreditation during its second year. In 1990, it was incorporated as a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation with an independent board of directors. In 2002, the school started its second campus serving Evansville's north side. Over the years, ECS has experienced a significant increase in activities, athletics, and enrollment.

In July 1978, ECS opened its first freestanding campus on a 16-acre site near the intersection of Epworth Road and Lincoln Avenue. ECS currently operates three campuses and has more than 800 students from pre-school to high school.

Grounds and location

Pre-kindergarten

Since August 2017, ECS has operated a pre-kindergarten campus at Crossroads Christian Church.

Elementary school

ECS' original "east campus", serving students from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade, was located on Lincoln Avenue inside Bethel Church. The "north campus", serving students from kindergarten to second grade, was located on Millersburg Road inside Christian Fellowship Church. Both of these campuses are no longer in use. Preceding the 2021/22 school year, a second, free-standing campus was built near the intersection of Epworth Road and Lincoln Avenue to accommodate students from kindergarten to sixth grade.

Middle school

Preceding the 2015/16 school year, both ECS's elementary and junior high students studied at the original east campus. However, as class sizes began to grow, the school worked up a partnership with First Southern Baptist Church to accommodate a middle school campus. As of the 2021/22 school year, the Cullen campus consists of seventh and eighth grade students.

High school

Talks of establishing a high school began in the early 2010s. In 2014 and 2015, the school board began raising money for a free-standing high school campus on a 16-acre site near the intersection of Epworth Road and Lincoln Avenue. They began construction in early 2016 and accommodated their first freshman class of high school students at their middle campus on Cullen Avenue. The new Epworth campus opened up to begin the 2017/18 school year. The high school site was a 43,000 square foot building with eight flexible learning spaces, two large science laboratories, large music and art rooms, a full-size gym, and a commons area.

Future projects

As of 2021, the ECS board was rumored to have begun informal talks about purchasing the former site of Tudela Soccer Complex, a six-acre piece of land near the intersection of Epworth Road and Telephone Road. The athletic complex serves as the current home facility for the ECS soccer program. Purchasing land in this vicinity would bring the possibility of constructing a new, high school campus on these grounds and housing junior high students at the current high school campus.

Curriculum

Evansville Christian School is structured in teams across their three facilities to meet the needs of pre-school and pre-kindergarten (full-day), kindergarten (full-day), elementary school (1st to 3rd grade), intermediate school (4th and 5th grade), middle school (6th to 8th grade), and high school students.

The school's curriculum is aligned with Indiana's academic standards integrated with Biblical principles. In addition to traditional courses, ECS’s curriculum includes Bible, phonics-based reading, 4-block literacy, accelerated reading, technology, media services/library, music, band, art, physical education, drama, speech/debate and Spanish.

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References

  1. "Evansville Christian School". Indiana Department of Education . Retrieved 2 February 2024.