Veritas Academy
School Notes Overview:
Veritas Academy is a classical Christian school founded in 1996 to serve the community of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. The academy offers students in Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade a rigorous curriculum that includes a thorough commitment to the first three of the seven liberal arts—grammar, dialectic and rhetoric—and the content found in a typical classical education practiced during the Middle Ages. These three liberal arts are known as the Trivium. Veritas Academy is equipping the next generations to lead and transform culture for Christ by providing a world class, distinctively classical and Christian education, resulting in joyful young people who love truth, beauty and goodness. We believe that educators must be the delegates of the parents, assisting them in the education of their children, but never usurping their God-given parental prerogative and responsibility. We believe that biblical discipline, the encouragement of an obedient child and the correction of a disobedient child is a critical and necessary part of education. Under no circumstances will the misbehavior of one child be permitted continually to hinder the education of other children....
School Overview:
Veritas Academy |
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| School Membership(s) | Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS) | ||
| Religious Affiliation | Christian (no specific denomination) | ||
| Grades Offered | Grades Kindergarten - 12 | ||
| Year Founded | 1996 | ||
| County | Lancaster County, PA | ||
| Student Body | |||
| Total Students | 205 students | ||
| Student Body Type | Co-ed | ||
This School |
(PA) School Avg. |
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| % Students of Color | 2% | 16% | |
| Students by Grade | |||
| Kind - 17 students | |||
| Grade 1 - 20 students | |||
| Grade 2 - 20 students | |||
| Grade 3 - 18 students | |||
| Grade 4 - 17 students | |||
| Grade 5 - 16 students | |||
| Grade 6 - 20 students | |||
| Grade 7 - 15 students | |||
| Grade 8 - 20 students | |||
| Grade 9 - 18 students | |||
| Grade 10 - 10 students | |||
| Grade 11 - 8 students | |||
| Grade 12 - 6 students | |||
| Academics and Faculty | |||
| Total Classroom Teachers | 20 teachers | ||
| % Faculty with Advance Degree | 95% | ||
| Average Class Size | 16 | ||
| Average SAT score | 1342 | ||
| Classroom dress code | Formal (Uniform) |
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This School |
(PA) School Avg. |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio | 1:9 | * Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16 | |
| School Days in Calendar Year | 175 days | 180 days | |
| Hours in School Day for Students | 7 hours | 6 hours | |
| Finances and Admission | |||
| Admission Deadline | None / Rolling | ||
| Yearly Tuition Cost | $6,400 | ||
| Tuition Notes | Tuition cost is an average. Actual tuition is determined by income level and number of children attending the school. | ||
| % on Financial Aid | 50% | ||
| Acceptance Rate | 95% | ||
| Head of School | Ty Fischer | ||
| Admissions Director | Deb Nissley | ||
| Sport | |||
| Total Sports Offered | 5 | ||
Sports |
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| Basketball | Cross Country | ||
| Field Hockey | Golf | ||
| Soccer | |||
| Extracurricular | |||
| Total Extracurricular Organizations | 4 | ||
Extracurriculars |
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| Grammar School Choir | Math Counts | ||
| Secondary School Choir | Wind Ensemble | ||
School Notes:
- Veritas Academy is a classical Christian school founded in 1996 to serve the community of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. The academy offers students in Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade a rigorous curriculum that includes a thorough commitment to the first three of the seven liberal arts—grammar, dialectic and rhetoric—and the content found in a typical classical education practiced during the Middle Ages. These three liberal arts are known as the Trivium. Veritas Academy is equipping the next generations to lead and transform culture for Christ by providing a world class, distinctively classical and Christian education, resulting in joyful young people who love truth, beauty and goodness. We believe that educators must be the delegates of the parents, assisting them in the education of their children, but never usurping their God-given parental prerogative and responsibility. We believe that biblical discipline, the encouragement of an obedient child and the correction of a disobedient child is a critical and necessary part of education. Under no circumstances will the misbehavior of one child be permitted continually to hinder the education of other children.
- Profile last updated: 09/08/2009
In the News:
- 34 to compete in Intelligencer Journal Spelling Bee (Lancaster Online)
posted on March 10, 2009 at 04:57:36 am
Thirty-four students have qualified to compete in the 51st annual Intelligencer Journal Spelling Bee, which will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Conestoga Valley Middle School, 500 Mount Sidney Road. To qualify, students achieved high test scores on a written test taken in February.The judges are Kazi H... - On the Agenda - March 8, 2009 (Lancaster Online)
posted on March 8, 2009 at 05:30:16 am
YOU'RE INVITEDClubs:•Red Rose Button, 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, 308 Petersburg Road, Lititz. Call Stella Papadakis, 355-2142.•Grave Concern, "The Rockey Graveyard, A Case In Point," 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, Lancaster County Historical Societ...
School Zip Statistics:
| About This Zipcode (17540) | School Zip (17540) |
(PA) State Average |
| Population (Approximate) | 9,324 people | 12,280,267 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree | 23% | 22% |
| Population Average Age | 34 years old | 37 years old |
| Average Household size | 2.9 persons | 2.4 persons |
| Median Household Income | $47,950 | $43,232 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household | 6.3 rooms | 5.9 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure | 44 years old | 51 years old |
| Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (17540) |
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| % Owning / % Renting | 68% / 32% | 68% / 32% |
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