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Westminster Christian School (Elgin, Illinois)

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Westminster Christian School is a private school in Elgin, Illinois. The school is a ministry of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. It exists "to provide a high quality, Christ-centered, academic education to the children of believing parents in the greater Elgin area."[1]

The school was founded in 1978.It is located on 22 acres (89,000 m2) at the western edge of Elgin, just past Randall Road. The high school wing was completed in 1999 and a gymnasium and additional classrooms to house the junior high program was completed in the spring of 2004. Westminster Christian High School's first senior class graduated in June 1997.

Westminster Christian School currently has 510 students in preschool through 12th grade. The entire program has increased by 25% over the past 3 years and they welcomed 107 new students for the 2007-08 school year, including 14 new students in 7th & 8th grade and 13 new students in the full day kindergarten class.

A special point of interest is the full 7 year Association of Christian Schools International Accreditation that was given to WCS after their re-accreditation visit in the spring of 2006.

Administration

  • Steve Hall, Superintendent
  • Debbie Layne, Elementary School Principal
  • Fred Versluys, High School and Middle School Principal
  • Rick Palmer, Athletic Director

Athletics

Westminster offers an array of athletic teams.

Sports offered

Westminster offers Boys' and Girls':

References

  1. ^ Westminster Christian School website

1. http://www.westminsterchristian.org/ 2. http://www.westminsterchristian.org/athletics.asp 3. http://www.taylor.edu/athletics/news_detail.shtml?inode=83975&pageTitle=Trojan%20Duo%20Named%20All-MCC%20in%20Soccer 4. http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum0533.htm


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