Our School
Christian Fellowship School offers classes for students from kindergarten for three-year-olds to seniors in high school. We have students in attendance from all over Southern Illinois (Carbondale, DeSoto, Murphysboro, Vergennes, Elkville, Dowell, DuQuoin, Pinckneyville, Mulkeytown, Royalton, Coello, West Frankfort, and Benton) and host international students from around the world.
We believe there is no better use of your resources than giving your child a Christian education! It will pay dividends for a lifetime. The fundamentals of reading, writing, and arithmetic are emphasized at all grade levels with attention given to history, patriotism, and science. High school students may choose from many elective classes including computer programming, art, music, foreign languages, home economics, and driver education. Physical education is required daily for all students in grades 7-12. Science classes are held in a well-equipped laboratory and outdoor observation and experimentation compliment the lab experience.
School begins at 8:25 am each morning and ends at 3:35 pm each afternoon. Students may be dropped off as early as 7:15 am each morning at no additional charge. After care is also available each afternoon until 5:30 pm for a small fee.
If you're wondering how the curriculum itself at Christian Fellowship School compairs with that of public schools, I think it's fair to say that it is more challenging! We use the A Beka curriculum. (Not common core!) Our class sizes are small and we offer research-based, hands-on instruction using differentiated education. Students have oppotunities to work individuallt, in small groups, and as a class. Many of our seniors graduate high school already having earned college credits.
Christian Fellowship School makes learning fun! Every fall we celebrate Christian Heritage Day with a huge festival! Students may wear period clothing as they learn about history and have had opportunities to ride in a stage coach, compete in chili cook-offs, churn home-made butter, and throw pies at their "favorite" teachers! We take field trips to the pumkin patch, visit local farms, go swimming, take picnics, have socials, host teas for parents, and have had many classroom celebrations!
Our students have studied 3D printing at the lab at Rend Lake Community College, air flight using simulators at The Southern Illinois Regional Airport, hands-on science at The Science Center in St. Louis, and animal behavior at the St. Louis Zoo.
Let's not forget our annual chicken and dumplin' dinner! There, students of all ages make the decorations, help set up, serve, bus, and clean up!
Christian Fellowship School also competes academically with other Christian schools during the Heartland Christian Conference (lovingly referred to as HCC), which we host here at our school. It is held annually and includes Bible and Academic competitions. Students from other area Christian schools arrive for the morning meeting and the competitions begin in Bible Facts and Scriptures, checkers and chess, needlework, art (drawing, painting and sculpture), creative writing (essay, poetry and short story writing), English grammar, math teams, photography (architecture, nature and portrait), science (collections and research), and wood working.
Christian Fellowship School also has a trap team where students as young as fifth grade learn gun safety and shoot competetively at weekend meets against other schools (both Christian and publuc).
Family is very important at Christian Fellowship School. Children need a loving home to return to after school. We provide that experience to our international students. Maybe you will be able to host an international student in your home for the school year!
Now is a great time to check out Christian Fellowship School! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or to call Christian Fellowship School (618-542-6800)!
We're not just a school, we're a family!
We believe there is no better use of your resources than giving your child a Christian education! It will pay dividends for a lifetime. The fundamentals of reading, writing, and arithmetic are emphasized at all grade levels with attention given to history, patriotism, and science. High school students may choose from many elective classes including computer programming, art, music, foreign languages, home economics, and driver education. Physical education is required daily for all students in grades 7-12. Science classes are held in a well-equipped laboratory and outdoor observation and experimentation compliment the lab experience.
School begins at 8:25 am each morning and ends at 3:35 pm each afternoon. Students may be dropped off as early as 7:15 am each morning at no additional charge. After care is also available each afternoon until 5:30 pm for a small fee.
If you're wondering how the curriculum itself at Christian Fellowship School compairs with that of public schools, I think it's fair to say that it is more challenging! We use the A Beka curriculum. (Not common core!) Our class sizes are small and we offer research-based, hands-on instruction using differentiated education. Students have oppotunities to work individuallt, in small groups, and as a class. Many of our seniors graduate high school already having earned college credits.
Christian Fellowship School makes learning fun! Every fall we celebrate Christian Heritage Day with a huge festival! Students may wear period clothing as they learn about history and have had opportunities to ride in a stage coach, compete in chili cook-offs, churn home-made butter, and throw pies at their "favorite" teachers! We take field trips to the pumkin patch, visit local farms, go swimming, take picnics, have socials, host teas for parents, and have had many classroom celebrations!
Our students have studied 3D printing at the lab at Rend Lake Community College, air flight using simulators at The Southern Illinois Regional Airport, hands-on science at The Science Center in St. Louis, and animal behavior at the St. Louis Zoo.
Let's not forget our annual chicken and dumplin' dinner! There, students of all ages make the decorations, help set up, serve, bus, and clean up!
Christian Fellowship School also competes academically with other Christian schools during the Heartland Christian Conference (lovingly referred to as HCC), which we host here at our school. It is held annually and includes Bible and Academic competitions. Students from other area Christian schools arrive for the morning meeting and the competitions begin in Bible Facts and Scriptures, checkers and chess, needlework, art (drawing, painting and sculpture), creative writing (essay, poetry and short story writing), English grammar, math teams, photography (architecture, nature and portrait), science (collections and research), and wood working.
Christian Fellowship School also has a trap team where students as young as fifth grade learn gun safety and shoot competetively at weekend meets against other schools (both Christian and publuc).
Family is very important at Christian Fellowship School. Children need a loving home to return to after school. We provide that experience to our international students. Maybe you will be able to host an international student in your home for the school year!
Now is a great time to check out Christian Fellowship School! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or to call Christian Fellowship School (618-542-6800)!
We're not just a school, we're a family!
