Friendship Christian School (North Carolina)

Last updated
Friendship Christian School
Location
Friendship Christian School (North Carolina)
5510 Falls of Neuse Road

27609

United States
Coordinates 35°51′25″N78°36′55″W / 35.85694°N 78.61528°W / 35.85694; -78.61528 Coordinates: 35°51′25″N78°36′55″W / 35.85694°N 78.61528°W / 35.85694; -78.61528
Information
Type Private
Religious affiliation(s) Protestant Christian
Denomination Baptist
Established1970(52 years ago) (1970)
CEEB code 343197
Head of schoolDavid McClain
Faculty33
Grades K12
Number of students343
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Forest green, black, and white
   
Athletics conferenceNCISAA
Mascot Falcons
Accreditation AACS
NCCSA
Affiliation Friendship Baptist Church
Website friendshipchristian.net

Friendship Christian School (FCS) is a private, Baptist, coeducational, primary and secondary day school located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Also known as simply Friendship, the school seeks to educate students in a traditional Christian environment. The new administrator of the school is David McClain.

Contents

History

Friendship Christian School was founded in 1970 as a ministry of Friendship Baptist Church located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The first graduating class was in 1980, and since then FCS has graduated over 900 students.

Academics

FCS has been fully accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), Cognia, and the Middle States Association (MSA); their teachers are certified through ACSI.

Athletics

In 2018, Friendship Christian School switched from the NCCSA Athletic conference and joined the NCISAA. Friendship Athletics consists of Middle School/High School both men's and women's Cross-country, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, and Golf. Friendship also has a women's cheerleading squad during basketball season.

Related Research Articles

Meredith College Private liberal arts womens college in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Meredith College is a private women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school in Raleigh, North Carolina. As of 2021 Meredith enrolls approximately 1,500 women in its undergraduate programs and 300 men and women in its graduate programs.

Shaw University is a private Baptist historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded on December 1, 1865, Shaw University is the oldest HBCU to begin offering courses in the Southern United States. The school had its origin in the formation of a theological class of freedmen in the Guion Hotel. The following year it moved to a large wooden building, at the corner of Blount and Cabarrus Streets in Raleigh, where it continued as the Raleigh Institute until 1870. In 1870, the school moved to its current location on the former property of Confederate General Barringer and changed its name to the Shaw Collegiate Institute, in honor of Elijah Shaw. In 1875, the school was officially chartered with the State of North Carolina as Shaw University.

Charleston Southern University Baptist university in South Carolina, U.S.

Charleston Southern University (CSU) is a private Southern Baptist university in North Charleston, South Carolina. It was founded in 1964 as Baptist College.

Columbia International University

Columbia International University (CIU) is a private Christian university in Columbia, South Carolina.

Ovilla Christian School Private school in Ovilla, Texas, USA

Ovilla Christian School (OCS) is a private Christian school located in Ovilla, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1990 with nine kindergarten students, OCS is a ministry of Ovilla Road Baptist Church (ORBC) and is co-located with the church on a 54-acre (220,000 m2) campus. The school is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and is a member of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS). OCS participates in numerous extracurricular events, both athletic and academic, sponsored by ACSI and/or TAPPS.

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Southern Baptist seminary in Louisiana, USA

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) is a Southern Baptist seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first institution created as a direct act of the Southern Baptist Convention. Missions and evangelism are core focuses of the seminary.

Rosslyn Academy Private day school in Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya

Rosslyn Academy is a private Christian school in Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya. It is an international, coed, day school with a North American curriculum and classes from preschool to twelfth grade.

Ravenscroft School School in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Ravenscroft School is a coed independent school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school enrolls students between PreKindergarten and 12th grade, and serves 1,233 students. The school has three divisions: Lower School, Middle School and Upper School.

Northside Christian Academy is a private Christian school serving grades pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. It is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, AdvancED and the North Carolina Association of Christian Schools. The school was founded in 1961 as a ministry of Northside Baptist Church. The school mascot is the Knight and sports teams are known as the Knights.

SouthLake Christian Academy is a co-educational, private day school in the Lake Norman area north of Charlotte, North Carolina. SouthLake draws students from suburban areas across six counties. Celebrating the 25th year of its founding, the campus has grown to 30 acres and now houses educational facilities for Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools serving grades Junior Kindergarten through 12th.

Carolina University (CU), formerly Piedmont International University (PIU), is a private Christian university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Carolina University offers both residential and online programs including dual enrollment, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. It is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) and is a member of the American Association of Christian Schools (AACS).

Hyde Park Schools is a private Christian K-12 located in Austin, Texas. Hyde Park has two campuses: the Speedway Campus for 4K through 8th grades campus and the Quarries Campus for high school.

Los Angeles Baptist High School (LAB) was a Baptist, private, coeducational day school located in North Hills, California with approximately 848 students enrolled in grades 6 through 12. In the summer of 2012, the school was acquired by another Christian day school in the San Fernando Valley, and the two merged to become Heritage Christian Schools. The L.A. Baptist campus is now the South Campus of Heritage Christian School. The campus was home to approximately 945 students in grades 7-12 under LAB ownership.

North County Christian School School in Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

North County Christian School is a private Christian school in Florissant, Missouri, USA. Established in 1962 with a kindergarten class of 12 students, NCCS has grown to a school of 540 preschool, elementary, middle and high school students. NCCS currently has over 400 families enrolled representing over 130 churches and 5 school districts.

North Raleigh Christian Academy Private school in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

North Raleigh Christian Academy (NRCA) is a private, coeducational, primary and secondary Christian day school located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Also referred to as simply North Raleigh or North Raleigh Christian, the school was founded in 1996.

Raleigh Christian Academy Private school in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh Christian Academy (RCA) is a private, Christian, coeducational, primary and secondary day school located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Also referred to as simply Raleigh Christian, the school seeks to educate students in a traditional Christian environment.

Concord Academy (North Carolina) Private, elementary & secondary school in Concord, North Carolina, United States

Concord Academy, formerly named Concord First Assembly Academy and First Assembly Christian School, is a private college preparatory Christian school in Concord, North Carolina. It was founded in 1976 as a part of the ministry of First Assembly Worship Center. Continuing a close relationship with its home church, First Assembly Christian School became known as CFA Academy in 2013 and then Concord Academy in 2020. It offers pre-school daycare through 12th grade, with about 700 students.

High Point Christian Academy (HPCA) is a private, college preparatory, Christian school located in High Point, North Carolina, United States serving students in preschool through twelfth grade. HPCA is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools (SBACS) and Triad Association of Non-Public Schools (TANP).

Fellowship Christian School Private christian school in Roswell, Georgia, United States

Fellowship Christian School is a private Christian school located in Roswell, Georgia, United States. It is located on Woodstock Road off of Georgia State Route 92. Neighboring Fellowship Christian are Roswell High School and Blessed Trinity Catholic High School. The uniqueness of Fellowship Christian is its Biblical foundation. The school's primary goals are to introduce Biblical truths, and help their students in whole-person development. As of the end of the 2014 school year, Fellowship Christian School has more than 800 students, and it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), and Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS).

Hickory Grove Christian School Private school in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Hickory Grove Christian School (HGCS) is a private, college-preparatory Christian school located in Charlotte, North Carolina and consists of an early education center, elementary school, middle school, and high school. It was founded in 1995 by the leadership of Hickory Grove Baptist Church.