Sioux Falls Christian Schools

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Sioux Falls Christian Schools
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Sioux Falls Christian Schools
6120 S. Charger Circle

Sioux Falls
,
South Dakota
57108

United States
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School typeConservative
MottoLOVE.GROW.GO.GLORIFY
DenominationStrong Conservative Non Denominational protestant[ citation needed ]
Established1958
PrincipalJ. Vannieuwenhuyzen, J. Pettingill, K. Johnston, M. Baker
Teaching staffover 100 (as of 2022-23) [1]
GradesPK-12
Genderall
Enrollment1350 (as of 2019-20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.4 (as of 2007–08) [1]
Color(s)Royal Blue, white, black, silver
MascotCharger
Website http://www.siouxfallschristian.org

Sioux Falls Christian Schools (SFC) is a private school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The school was founded in 1958 as an elementary school named Calvin Christian. [2] Since its inception, SFC has expanded and currently offers programs from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade [3] and is accredited by the state of South Dakota and Christian Schools International. [4]

Contents

Sioux Falls Christian operates independently from the Harrisburg SD school district but receives some government funding. The school board president is Jonathan Bentz and the Superintendent is Jay Woudstra. The High School Principal is Jeremy Vannieuwenhuyzen, Middle School Principal is Jake Pettingill and Elementary Principal is Kym Johnston.

Doctrine: Orthodox Protestant doctrine, TULIP calvinist, and evangelical.[ citation needed ]

Academics

Sioux Falls Christian is strong academically as the students have scored well above the state and national averages on ACT scores. [4] [5] SFC currently offers AP courses in physics, English, calculus, US History, Government, Statistics, Biology and Spanish. [6] Students can also participate in music, drama, cheerleading, dance and oral interp. [5] Over 60% of the teachers have a master's degree in education. [4] Student Grade Point Average is calculated including non academic courses such as, band, art, STEM, and Bible classes.

Facilities

In 2004, the Sioux Falls Christian Middle and High Schools moved from the old building on Sycamore Avenue to the new $10.2 million, 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) building on the Charger Campus near 69th Street and Cliff Avenue. [7] In 2007, the elementary school moved from its Sneve Campus onto the same campus [8] after a $7.5 million expansion. [9] [10]

Sioux Falls Christian shares their outdoor athletic facilities with the University of Sioux Falls [11] at the (projected) $14 million Sanford Health Sports Complex. [12] The sports complex is adjacent to the high school campus and has state-of-the-art synthetic turf football and soccer fields as well as track and field facilities. [13]

Athletics

SFC offers the following Men's sports: Soccer, football, cross country, basketball, golf, tennis, and track. SFC offers the following Women's sports: soccer, volleyball, cross country, basketball, golf, track, and cheer leading. The athletic teams are called the Chargers.

Chargers logo SFChristianChargersLogo.svg
Chargers logo

The athletic teams have a number of state championships. The first championship came in 1981 when the boys team won the Class B state cross country meet (and SFC alumnus Todd DeGroot was State Champion). [14] The girls' track team was Class B runner-up and champion in 1984, 1985, 2013, and 2014, respectively. The boys' Cross Country team also won state again in 2016, 2019 and 2020. The girls placed 10th at State (first qualification since 1983!) in 2015 and have gone on to place at the state meet each year since. They won their first championship in 2022. [15] [ failed verification ]

The girls' volleyball team won the Class A state championship in 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. They were runner-up in Class B in 1992 and '95 and runner-up in Class A in 2002 (fall) and 2003. [16]

The boys' track team won the Class A state title in 2008 and again in 2017. [17] The boys' track team has also finished as the state runner up in 2016, 2018 and 2019. The girls' golf team won their first state championship in 2011 and went runner up in 2013, 2014, and 2018 under coach Don Garnaas. The boys' golf team won the 2005 through 2007 Class B titles and the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Class A titles. The boys' golf team won its first class A state championship in 2019 and its second championship in 2020. The boys' basketball team won state championships in 2016 and 2021. [18] [19] The boys' soccer team won state titles in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 [20] and placed second in 2000, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2018 and 2019. They placed third in 2010. [21] The football team won the 11B state championship in 2017 and 2018. The boys' tennis won their first championship in 2021.

Fine Arts

SFC offers a number of fine arts activities including: debate, oral interpretation, one act, spring play (every other year), musical (every other year), quiz bowl, [22] concert choir, chamber choir, all-state choir, men's barbershop, women's a capella, concert band, jazz band, marching band, all-state band, all-state orchestra, as well as art classes. [23]

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  1. 1 2 3 "School Detail for Sioux Falls Christian Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  2. ↑ Sioux Falls Christian Schools. "Our Background". Archived from the original on 2010-01-25. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  3. ↑ Sioux Falls Christian Schools. "Sioux Falls Christian Schools homepage" . Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 Sioux Falls Christian Schools. "Sioux Falls Christian Brochure" (PDF). Retrieved 2 November 2009.[ dead link ]
  5. 1 2 Sioux Falls Christian Schools. "High School". Archived from the original on 2009-07-11. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  6. ↑ Sioux Falls Christian Schools. "Courses of Study". Archived from the original on 2010-01-25. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  7. ↑ Suzan M. Stewart (April 4, 2005). "MidAmerican Energy Company's Report on 2004 economic development activities" (PDF). South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. p. 12. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  8. ↑ Jon Walker (July 25, 2008). "Christian elementary's move opens door for youth services" (PDF). Argus Leader, Cirrus Commercial. Retrieved 3 December 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ Sioux Falls Development Foundation (2008). "Economic Development Progress Report" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 3 December 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ Suzan M. Stewart (March 4, 2008). "MidAmerican Energy Company's Report on 2007 economic development activities" (PDF). South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. p. 14. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  11. ↑ "A Faith-Based Community Athletic Complex". University of Sioux Falls. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  12. ↑ "Total Projected Cost". University of Sioux Falls. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  13. ↑ "Athletic Complex Phase 2". University of Sioux Falls. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  14. ↑ South Dakota High School Activities Association (August 2009). "Boys Cross Country" (PDF). p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  15. ↑ South Dakota High School Activities Association (August 2009). "Girls Track" (PDF). p. 78. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  16. ↑ South Dakota High School Activities Association (August 2009). "Volleyball" (PDF). pp. 88, 89, 91. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  17. ↑ South Dakota High School Activities Association (August 2009). "Boys Track" (PDF). p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  18. ↑ Dave Martin (7 October 2009). "Wynia leads Riders to title". Argus Leader. Retrieved 1 November 2009.[ dead link ]
  19. ↑ South Dakota High School Activities Association (August 2009). "Boys Golf" (PDF). pp. 38, 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  20. ↑ South Dakota State Soccer Association. "Past Champions". Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  21. ↑ "Boys Varsity A". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  22. ↑ "SFC Quiz Bowl". www.siouxfallschristian.org. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  23. ↑ "Fine Arts - Sioux Falls Christian Schools". www.siouxfallschristian.org. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

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