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Calvary Baptist Day School

School Overview:

School Notes:

• MISSION Teaching and training students to embrace a God-centered world view.
• ENROLLMENT Total enrollment for 2007-08 is 752 in grades PK - 12th. CBDS is the 2nd largest independent school in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina and has the lowest tuition of the four schools.
• ACCREDITATIONS Association of Christian Schools International. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
• HISTORY TIMELINE 1968- Kindergarten program established by Calvary Baptist Church. 1971- First grade program established and grew to K-6. 1984- Middle School added to the existing PK-6 program. 1997- High School program began with a 9th grade. 2001- First graduating class with 20 students.
• ASSOCIATIONS Association of Christian Schools International. Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. North Carolina Association of Independent Schools.
• STUDENT PROFILE Average to above average academic ability; interested in college preparatory program.
• TEACHER PROFILE North Carolina state licensure and teacher certification with the Association of Christian Schools International. Average number of years of teaching experience: 15.
• CURRICULUM The biblically integrated curriculum, developed by professional teachers using educational research and best practices, ensures that each child has the opportunity to advance as far as he/she is cognitvely able. All classrooms are wired for internet access in addition to three computer labs on campus. The High School program is a college preparatory program featuring college prep level, honors level, Advanced Placement classes through the College Board, and cooperative learning opportunities with local colleges and universities. A variety of extracurricular activities (athletics, fine arts, service organizations, academic competition teams) is available to middle and high school students. Daily, students and faculty at CBDS join in prayer, and students learn to high God's word in their hearts through mediation and weekly verse memorization. Chapel services are conducted weekly.
• TESTING The school uses nationally normed standardized testing. Stanford Achievement Tests averages: Reading 83%; Math 80%. Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I)average: 1133.
• Profile last updated: 02/11/2008

In the News:

• USA Today Examines Outdoor Air Quality At Schools (WFMY News 2 Greensboro)
  posted on August 31, 2009 at 04:58:16 am
  USA Today has issued a special report called The Smokestack Effect to measure outdoor air quality around our Nation's schools.
• Community Milestones (Winston-Salem Journal)
  posted on July 19, 2009 at 04:00:02 am
  □ The Midway Pirates are the new 2009 Davidson County champions in the Babe Ruth Little League. After entering the tournament as the No. 2 seed, the Pirates took the championship after defeating the No. 1 Welcome Squires at Davidson-Townsend field in Lexington last month.
• IN EDUCATION (Winston-Salem Journal)
  posted on June 28, 2009 at 04:00:03 am
  □ Whitaker Elementary School 's fourth and fifth graders recently competed in an oration contest sponsored by the Modern Woodmen of America. Each student was required to write and present an oral speech using the topic "a person who has touched many lives."
• 'Gap year' may result in more-focused students (Winston-Salem Journal)
  posted on April 17, 2009 at 04:05:06 am
  After hearing another parent talk about the benefits of a child taking off a year between high school and college, Kim Jackson starting thinking that it might be a good idea for her daughter. At first, Amanda, a senior at Calvary Baptist Day School, was cool to the idea. "She was hesitant that, if she took a year off, she might not go back," Jackson said.

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