We are a community of learners and leaders where teaching and learning are stimulating, interesting, and Christ-centered. Students, staff, and parents are supportive of one another and work cooperatively to reach ever higher academic, social, emotional, and spiritual competencies. Differences are accepted and respected by students, staff, and parents. We follow many pathways to learning while sharing goals that unite us, a common core of knowledge, and a belief in biblical truths.
It is our desire to learn more about you and your family and how we may best serve your child. We seek to develop each student: academically, athletically, socially and most of all, spiritually. In turn, we are seeking students who want to integrate and fully invest in the school with their time and talent to obtain the most out of their experience here at Calvary Day School.
Our key verse at Calvary Day School is Luke 2:52, which states: “So Jesus grew both in height and in wisdom, and he was loved by God and by all who knew him.” For the Administration and educators of Calvary, this verse is a presentation of the guiding force behind everything we do. This verse encompasses the four components of a truly Christian philosophy of education: physical growth, intellectual growth, spiritual growth, and social/interpersonal growth.
At Calvary Day School, we are called to a higher mission. We infuse faith into our classrooms, clubs, gymnasiums, playing fields, etc.; in essence, into whatever is being done or taught. At Calvary we also pursue excellence in whatever we do. As a result of this internal pursuit of excellence, Calvary was recognized as the first charter member of the National Elementary Honor Society, and our students are accepted each year into some of the finest colleges and universities in the United States, with over half of these students typically receiving academic scholarships.
Since Calvary Day School opened its doors in 1961, it has been blessed with enormous support from those who seek to further the school’s mission of providing an academically challenging education in a uniquely Christian environment. Exceptional teachers, state-of-the-art facilities, and superior athletic venues are all possible because of the generous support of the Calvary family.
Our latest performance was on Thursday, April 18th at 9 a.m. in Wilder Chapel: The Lower School Spring Concert. This performance was led by Ronda Evens, and all teachers from first, second, and third grades.
As with all that we do here at Calvary our main goal for this event was to glorify God, and our first, second, and third graders sure did that. All 99 of them were dressed in beautiful spring colors and had a huge smile on their faces.They sang and danced their hearts out, which had a lot of their parents and grandparents in tears. The song list included “O Mister Sun,””Springtime Sunshine,”” Do-Re-Mi,” We Believe,” and “Special in God’s Eyes.”
While all of the songs were wonderful, I think most of the crowd enjoyed “Sunday School Sing-a-Long” the best. It incorporated many of the “old school” Sunday School songs from previous generations--Mrs. Evens even asked the crowd to join in and sing if they knew the words. I heard one grandparent say, “That brought back a lot of good childhood memories for me because I sang all of those songs when I was 8 years old.”
Thanks to all of the students who participated, teachers who led it, and family members for attending! And now we turn our focus to Spring Fling…..only a few days away!!!
Joseph Almeida is the Assistant Principal of the Lower School at Calvary. Mr. Almeida has experience as a teacher, coach, and administrator in Tennessee, Brazil, South Carolina, and now Georgia. He went to Brazil on a mission trip, and God kept him there for seven years where he served as a teacher and later as the Elementary Principal at School of the Nations in Brasilia, Brazil. What amazing experience he will be able to share with our youngest Cavaliers! John 15:12 is a verse he tries to live by every day: “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”