Eastside Christian School is announcing it will begin offering high school classes starting in the fall of 2023, starting with the ninth grade.
Dr. Tiffany Stark, the head of school, made the announcement in a video that was posted recently on the school’s Facebook page.
She said the school’s board and Eastside Baptist Church elders “unanimously” approved the addition of high school, with grades 10, 11 and 12 to be added in each of the following three years.
“We have been praying and dreaming about this for nearly two years,” Stark said in the video. “After much discussion and prayer, we believe the Lord is telling us to move forward with a high school here at ECS.”
Eastside Christian, which opened in 1983, for a time offered ninth grade classes. It currently enrolls more than 200 students in grades K-8.
Stark said “many families” of Eastside students have been asking about the possibility of having a high school during the last two years, “and the interest of a high school was clearly present.
“Given the current nature of education in our nation, we know that many families are seeking a place where their children can learn and remain rooted in the truth of God’s word,” she said.
“We believe that God is calling us to start a high school at Eastside to serve that very purpose.”
Eastside will be the third Christian school in the East Cobb area to offer high school, along with Johnson Ferry Christian Academy and Mt. Bethel Christian Academy.
Those also are ministries of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church and Mt. Bethel Church, respectively, and they added high school grades one year at a time.
Mt. Bethel’s high school is located on its “North” campus on Post Oak Tritt Road, and began offering classes in 2014. It currently has around 160 students in grades 9-12.
Johnson Ferry Christian Academy has nearly 500 students in K-12.
Eastside has prepared some additional information about its high school offerings on its website. A proposed schedule includes a block format.
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