Unity Christian High School (Hudsonville)

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Unity Christian High School
Hudsonville Unity Christian High School Building Panoramic.jpg
48th Street Campus building in March 2016
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Unity Christian High School (Hudsonville)
5900 48th Street


United States
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Type Private, 501(c)(3), high school
MottoFaith. Excellence. Service.
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
Established1953 (1953) [1]
NCES District ID00643813
CEEB code 232055
PrincipalJerry DeGroot
Faculty32.8 (on a FTE basis) [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment674 [3]
Color(s)Blue and White   
Athletics conference Ottawa-Kent Conference
MascotCrusaders
PublicationThe Tidings
YearbookThe Silhouette
Affiliation Christian Schools International
Website www.unitychristian.org

Unity Christian High School is a private Christian school located in Hudsonville, Michigan. It is a member of Christian Schools International.

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Unity Christian had approximately 674 students for the 2021–2022 school year. [4] Unity offers several Advanced Placement courses. The school also supports a band as well as an orchestra program, both of which have been successful at state band and orchestra festival.

Academics

Unity offers over 100 courses including 9 Advanced Placement classes, as well as Careerline Tech Center courses. The A.P. classes that Unity offers are: Spanish Language, English Language, English Literature, Calculus, Statistics, Physics, Music Theory, U.S History and U.S Government. Traditional classes are graded on the 4 point GPA scale, while A.P. classes are weighted to a 5-point scale. [5] The school operates with semesters as opposed to trimesters or quarters.

Athletics

Unity Christian High School is a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) and the Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Association (MIHA), and competes in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Division. The school offers 13 varsity sports for boys and 11 for girls. Boys are offered soccer, football, baseball, basketball, bowling, tennis, track and field, cross country, golf, wrestling, swimming, ice hockey (cooperative team with Hudsonville High School), and lacrosse (cooperative team with Holland Christian High School). Girls are offered soccer, softball, basketball, bowling, golf, track and field, cross country, tennis, volleyball, and swimming. [4] A co-ed equestrian team is offered as well. Unity Christian's equestrian, bowling, softball, and track and field teams have also been successful in state competitions.

The Crusader varsity girls' soccer team had a 98 game unbeaten streak from 2005-2008. [6] The school's American football team entered the MHSAA playoffs in 2007 for the first time. In 2008, the football team lost a first round playoff game to the eventual state champion, Holland Christian. In 2018 the football team won the Division 5 state championship. In 2021, the football team set a new single season state scoring record on their way to the state finals.

MHSAA State Championships

Notable alumni

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