Establishing a Heritage
Today, Lafayette Christian School offers a wide variety of academic, athletic, fine arts, child-care, camps, and community-based programs throughout the entire year on two campuses. The 65-acre traditional campus has 10 buildings and multiple fields. Across the street from the traditional campus, the Collaborative Campus includes the Elementary Collaborative School building, playground, and gym.
Lafayette Christian School is more than an elementary, middle and high school focused on ACADEMIC RIGOR, building RELATIONSHIPS, and TEACHING what’s RELEVANT. Our school serves six-week-old infants through eighteen-year-old young adults. Academic programs range from Advanced students enrolled in Honors, Advanced Placement (AP) and College courses to children on the Autism Spectrum learning how to feed themselves and speak. We host the region’s Miracle League program. Our Collaborative Elementary and Middle School Program is a hybrid program incorporating the best of home school and traditional school education.
Unique aspects of our facilities include the LCS JOYFUL NOISE (an outside musical playground), the ENGINEER’S GARDEN (an outdoor S.T.E.M. science activity and lab area), the DISCOVERY COTTAGE (a brain-based program for students with learning differences and developmental delays), the EARLY LEARNING CENTER (our quality-rated, accredited, early-learning program for infants through four-year-olds). Our SPLASH PAD is a fun cooling off area for our children in SUMMER CAMP. The traditional campus also has a 450-seat FINE ARTS AUDITORIUM, SCIENCE LABS, COMPUTER LAB, ATHLETIC FIELDS and BASKETBALL COURTS, WEIGHT ROOM, MULTIPLE PLAYGROUNDS, LUNCHROOMS and MANY CLASSROOMS.
The COLLABORATIVE CAMPUS (across the street from the traditional campus) has a homey and nurturing learning environment for the growing homeschool/traditional school hybrid program. Our SECOND GYM is on the Collaborative Campus.
The Lafayette Christian School JIM AND ANNETTE BOYD INCLUSIVE ATHLETIC COMPLEX has the FOOTBALL STADIUM, new BASEBALL FIELD, new FITNESS COURSE and 5K CROSS COUNTRY TRAILS. Serving our school as well as the surrounding community are the KIA MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELD, PEPSI INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND, and PAVILLION that are uniquely designed to incorporate children who have special needs with others for baseball, free play, and relationships.
It has not always been that way…
Lafayette Christian School was founded in 2004 and is named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a man of high French nobility, who gave up a life of wealth and prestige to come and help the American colonies gain their independence in the revolutionary war. It is said that next to George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette was the single most influential figure that made the difference in the Americans achieving victory and their independence. Lafayette Christian School came into existence through the efforts of concerned citizens who saw the need for a quality, board-governed, independent Christian school in Troup county. These parents wanted a school that would seek to educate and inspire students toward a standard of excellence in academics, athletics and fine arts while providing an opportunity to develop spiritually in a sound Christian environment.
Since its initial opening in 2004, Lafayette Christian School has established a challenging educational program, a competitive athletic program and a diverse fine arts program in order to fulfill its vision: to educate and inspire this generation to impact the culture and future for Christ. Lafayette is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International, the Georgia Accrediting Commission, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS/CASI). The Early Learning Center was the first in the state to obtain national accreditation through NAC.
Through the years Lafayette has established a faculty that has endeavored to make effective and challenging teaching its first priority in the classroom. Continuity of administration and faculty with very little turnover contribute to the quality and stability of the school. Since 2004, our students have consistently placed above grade level on achievement, SAT and ACT tests. Our curriculum has been expanded to include honors, AP, and college courses to challenge and prepare our students for college. Graduates of Lafayette have earned thousands of dollars in academic and athletic scholarships with the class of 2016 earning more than 1,000,000 dollars in educational and athletic awards. Our graduates have attended in-state and out-of-state universities such as Auburn, Troy, Georgia Tech, Georgia, University of Alabama, Liberty, Baylor, the United States Naval Academy, and many others. Over the years our goal has been to partner with our parents to provide our students the opportunities for spiritual, social, physical, and cognitive development emphasizing a biblical world view. From a graduating class of two in 2004, Lafayette is today a school community with numerous alumni, over 500 students and 100 faculty members and staff.
In order to meet the needs of a diverse student population, Lafayette Christian School is approved by the state for students to use the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship (GSNS), the GOAL scholarship program, and the Children and Parent Services (CAPS) program. The Department of Homeland Security has approved LCS to enroll international students by issuing I-20s through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVIS).
