Covenant Christian School (Panama City, Florida)
Education
Curriculum
The school started using the Classical Curriculum at the start of the school year in 2009, as the only school in the Bay County Area to do so. The school is divided into the Beginning Grammar, Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric classes instead of the usual pre-K, elementary, middle, and high school classes. Covenant's main language course is Latin.
High school
Starting with the school year in 2013, Covenant Christian School is the only private high school in Bay County that offers non-virtual high school.
Facility
The campus of Covenant Christian School includes 22 classrooms, 1 meeting and rhetoric room, 2 locker rooms, 1 art studio, 1 science lab, 1 gymnasium, 3 outdoor playgrounds, 1 practice soccer field, 1 sanctuary, 1 fellowship hall, 2 modular (old robotics) rooms, 3 lunch grounds, 2 basketball courts, and 6 bathroom locations.
Gymnasium
Dubbed The Lions Den by students and faculty of Covenant Christian School, their gymnasium features 2 built-in basketball goals, 1 outdoor basketball goal, and hosts all of the school's home basketball and volleyball games. A center platform is present on the opposite side of the entrance for scorekeepers, performers, and MCs. There is also a classroom and a youth room upstairs.
Extracurricular activities
Covenant Christian School offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities, ranging from robotics to martial arts. Below is a list of a few extracurricular activities:
- Robotics Club (With the FLL)
- Strategy Club
- Extreme Sports (Soccer, Basketball, Flag Football)
- Before and After care
- Gymnastics
- Piano, Voice
- Yearbook
- Jr Beta Club
Robotics club
Covenant has a prestigious robotics club in the FLL, with teams that have advanced to the state competition all the years that they have competed. Due to the size of the club, Covenant competes with four teams: The Knights, The Vikings, The Crusaders, and the Spartans. Many regional competitions are hosted at the school, with students coming from all over the Florida Panhandle to compete. However as of 2023 there is no longer a Robotics Club.
Sports
Covenant is a participant in the Bay County Private Schools' "Extreme Sports" Program. where kids from 1st through 5th grade participate in basketball, soccer, and flag football. High school students participate in the FHSAA sports league as a member of a public school team.
References
- ^ "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Covenant Christian School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ www.christianschoolsfl.org http://www.christianschoolsfl.org/. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Head of School". Covenant Christian School. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ http://www.ccs-pc.net/about-ccs/distinctives Archived 2015-01-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 6, 2013
- ^ http://www.ccs-pc.net/about-ccs/school-profile Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 6, 2013
- ^ http://www.newsherald.com/news/4-teams-from-school-to-enter-robotics-competition-1.53756. 4 teams from school to enter robotics competition. Retrieved June 5, 2013
- ^ http://www.afcec.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.asp?galleryID=10254&?id=-1&page=1&count=24 Archived 2013-02-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 6, 2013