Faith Christian School (Indiana)

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name = Faith Christian School


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streetaddress = 5526 State Road 26 E
city = Lafayette
state = Indiana
zipcode = 47905
country = USA
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denomination = Baptist
head_label = CFO
head = Bob Leffew
principal = Lynn Heusinger (high school)
Jonathan Lambeth (elementary school)
administrator = Scott Grass
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roll = 668 (as of 2005-06)cite web |title=School Details for Faith Christian School |url=http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=A9901842&ID=A9901842 |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics ]
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accreditation = American Association of Christian Schools
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homepage = [http://www.faithlafayette.org/ministry5.aspx Faith Christian School]

Faith Christian School is a coeducational Pre-K -12 Christian day school located in facilities provided by Faith Baptist Church of Lafayette, Indiana.

History

Faith Christian School was founded by members of Faith Baptist Church and opened in 1997 with 48 students in grades 9-12. Seventh and eighth grades were added for the 1998-1999 school year and PK3-sixth grades were added for 2000-2001. Kossuth Street Baptist Church's Highland Christian School merged with Faith Christian School in August 2001.

Faith Christian School has been accredited by the American Association of Christian Schools since February 2001 as well as the Indiana Department of Education (Freeway School) since February 2004. Faith Christian School is also approved by Homeland Security to issue I-20 documents to qualified international students allowing them to obtain F-1 visas from the US Consulate in their country.

Extracurricular activities

Faith Christian School offers band, choir, drama, and yearbook as courses and qualified eleventh and twelfth grade students may participate in American Christian Honor Society.

The school fields teams in baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, volleyball, and wrestling.

Curriculum

High school students must complete 56 credits to graduate with either a Core 40 or Advanced Honor diploma. The Advanced Honor diploma has more rigorous math, science and foreign language requirements and requires a minimum GPA of 3.0.

References

External links

* [http://www.faithlafayette.org/ministry5.aspx Faith Christian School]