General Information About CCS
| Year Founded: | 1967 |
| Grades Offered: | Infant-5th Grade |
| Standardized Test Scores: | Averages Typically in the Top 20% (Ask Office for Details by Year/Grade) |
| Accreditations: | Western Association of Schools and Colleges Association of Christian Schools International |
| Curriculum: | CCS uses secular and religious curriculum. A main emphasis is to exceed California State Academic Standards by grade. Houghton Mifflin and Saxon Publishers are our two biggest publishers. Bible is taught using Standard Publishers and is taught as an academic subject. For further information on our curriculum, please contact the school office. |
| Administration: | Principal: Dr. Shawn Stuart Ed.D.—CCS since 2000; Vice Principal: Melissa Sisson: M.A.—CCS since 1984; Finance Director: Amber Skenduli: M.A., CPA—CCS since 2011; Preschool Director: Kathy Harmon—CCS since 1996. |
| Classes: | One Infant; One Toddler; One Transition (CCS toddlers who turn 2 and are not potty trained); One Early Preschool (ages 2 ½ to 3 ½ on average); Middle Preschool (ages 3 to 4 on average); Pre-Kindergarten (ages 4 to 5 on average); Kindergarten through 5th Grade (two classes per grade). |
| Enrichments: | Pre-K —music, library and computers; Kindergarten through 5th grade—music, art, computers, physical education, library. Kindergarten has additional dance, art and music classes. |
| Optional Activities: | Foreign language classes; extended care classes; summer programs; musical participation (4th and 5th grades only); and additional music lessons. |
| Other Activities: | Cup stacking; fall fellowship; fellowship nights; Fun Run; Field Day; two concerts a year (Christmas and spring concerts); Art Show; classroom parties for holidays; annual book fair; weekly chapels; opportunities for all children to speak in large group settings; Christmas sing-a-longs, four or more field trips per class per year; overnight field trips in 4th and 5th grades, guest speakers and live concerts. |
| Technology: | All classrooms are outfitted with LCD projectors, vcr/dvd players, wireless internet access, and teacher instruction with tablet PC computers. Students attend computer class once weekly. Each student, during computer class, uses a notebook computer for instruction in technology use. Teachers often teach using the tablet PC for PowerPoint, online activities, and for an electronic whiteboard. Teachers check out additional notebook computers for Accelerated Reader testing and additional academic activities. |
| Student Database: | Parent and teacher communication, homework, lesson plans, grades, attendance, class directory, photos, class syllabus, and school announcements shown on RenWeb, an online parent
communication system. |
| School Site Size: | 4.7 acres |
| Playground Areas: | 3 large kindergarten through 5th grade structures over 4,000 square feet, one school sand box, one 3000 square foot early childhood only play structure, three separate grass play areas for students, one ball wall, two basketball hoops, one large blacktop area, and two tetherball polls. |
| Buildings: | Approximately 60,000 square feet of space for roughly 340 students that attend daily. We have an auditorium (about 3,800 square feet), an Oak Room for special assemblies (about 2,250 square feet), and a Fellowship Hall for food service and extended care (about 1,300 square feet) |
| Enrollment: | Infant: Maximum 8 students per day; Toddler: Maximum 12 students per day; Preschool: Maximum 109 students per day; Elementary: Approximately 225 students per day; Summer Program (all grades): Roughly 160 students per day. |
| Number of Employees: | 52 including teaching, administrative, maintenance, and extended care/summer program employees. |
CCS History
1967
September 11, 1967 The school opened its doors by establishing a Day Nursery and Child Care program for children between the ages of two and a half and five years old.
1979
June, 1979: The Moreland School District Coventry Elementary School, located next to the Campbell church
property closed. Seizing this opportunity, the elders and the school board decided to start a Christian Elementary
School that would provide high academic standards in a Christian environment.
September, 1979: The school began with an enrollment of 105 students in Kindergarten through 6th grade.
1980
September, 1980: The Seventh grade was added and enrollment increased to 205 students.
1981
September, 1981: The eighth grade was added, increasing enrollment to 297 students, in addition to the fifty enrolled in the Day Nursery.
1990
1990: The school moved all of its students back into the church facility and limited enrollment to Kindergarten through 6th grade students.
At the end of the 1990-1991 school year: The board and church reaffirmed its commitment to offering families in the Santa Clara Valley area a quality Christian elementary school. Since that time the school has experienced steady growth in its Kindergarten through 5th grade student body with both the elementary school and Preschool near capacity.
1998
Beginning in the 1998-1999 school year: The board of directors began a growth phase in the school's history adding one class per year starting with Kindergarten. Currently CCS has two classes per grade, Kindergarten through 5th grade.
2004
March, 2004: Infant / Toddler Program begins.