Oklahoma Christian School

Oklahoma Christian School (OCS) is located in Edmond, Oklahoma. This independent, private school is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and fully recognized by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Grades Pre K-12 are offered. Enrollment follows an admission process with an interview and all students pay tuition and fees.

OCS is a faith-based school promoting strong academic preparation along with Christian values and character development. OCS' motto is "To Partner with Families to Educate the Whole Student to the Glory of God". OCS also is a college preparatory school. ACT scores are some of the highest in the state of Oklahoma, and many students have written back to OCS saying that their college professors have praised OCS graduates for being "prepared for the college experience".

History

Oklahoma Christian School was originally known as the “Christian Center School”. OCS was founded in Fall 1970 and was operated as an arm of the Christian Conquest Center Church in Oklahoma City. During the 1974-75 school year, the church decided to terminate the operation of the school as an arm of the church. Interested parents and teachers decided that the school must continue. The reorganized, independent school was incorporated as Oklahoma Christian Schools, Inc. on January 13, 1975.

Thirteen seniors composed the Class of 1976, the school's first. In 1987, OCS moved to the MetroChurch campus in east Edmond, Oklahoma.

After renting facilities for approximately twenty years, OCS completed its first major building project in 1991-92. This project included a gym complex and then added eight new classrooms in 1995. The facility also housed a band room, science laboratories and the middle school administrative offices.

In 2000, MetroChurch merged with Life Church (also in Edmond). The LifeChurch.tv and OCS leadership worked diligently to complement one another's ministries. In 2002 OCS purchased 31 acres (130,000 m²) of land to two buildings from Life Church. Immediately the school began to convert church facilities to full functional educational facilities.

OCS completed its multi-purpose "Student Center" at the end of the 2007-2008 school year. This building is the first phase in OCS' campus expansion. This building houses a new cafeteria, band room, classrooms, concession stand, football locker rooms, and a secondary gymnasium for physical education classes and basketball practice for both the girls and guys team. The OCS "Master Plan" includes a long term expansion plan that will eventually move OCS out of many of its present buildings into new state of the art facilities.

Chapel

OCS has a chapel program which is under the leadership of the chapel council --class chaplains and the STUCO Chaplain(s). This is a time of student-led worship and Biblical reading and messages. It is not a non-denominational time, but rather an inter-denominational time in which students from all denominations are equally respected.

HEROES Week

OCS students and faculty of all grades (Pre-K through Seniors) reserve one week out of every school year to raise money for a charitable cause. HEROES stands for Hands Extended Reflecting Our Exalted Savior. Recipients have ranged from actual OCS students, families from outside our student body, to Westwood Elementary School in Oklahoma City to the No Boundaries International Missions Group in Sierra Leone, Africa. This week consists of many events such as movie night, a date auction, flamingo football, and teacher auction (teachers auction off notes, quizzes, tardy passes and homemade items. The largest grossing item to date is a seven course homemade gourmet Italian dinner by freshman biology teacher, Shannon Campbell, that collected over $300 a plate. (This totaled over $3,000). At the end of the week, the school assembles in an all school chapel assembly, and after worship songs and scripture readings, the check is presented to the families or the organization representative. ^[1]

Notable Alumni

• Blake Griffin, NBA player for the Los Angeles Clippers
• Taylor Griffin, NBA player for the Phoenix Suns

References

1. ^ www.edmondsun.com/homepage/local_story_077123631.html?keyword=leadpicturestory

Blake Griffin NBA superstar

External links

• OCS website