Experience
the Charlotte Christian Community
Charlotte
Christian School
CORE VALUES
The core values of love God, show kindness, walk humbly, pursue excellence and seek truth build the foundation of our community at Charlotte Christian School. We seek to develop students with a lifelong biblical worldview and core Christian values. These core values share how our community should interact with each other. Each value has been defined and illuminated by scripture to give a better understanding of our commitment as a school anchored in Jesus Christ.
Charlotte Christian school is...
a wonderful and diverse community that unites in a passion for Christian education. We are tremendously blessed to have a dedicated faculty who know and love their students and are experts in their craft. We provide a beautiful campus that is not only aesthetically pleasing but, more importantly, is also safe and secure so students can focus on learning and growing into the young men and women God has created them to be.
In all things, we teach and learn through a Biblical worldview lens. Our academic program begins in our lower school, where our environment is intentionally designed to develop students who are inquisitive, engaged and challenged to discover while building a solid foundation. Our middle school is designed to allow students to explore their unique gifts and talents through new experiences and areas of study while supporting adolescent learners. The upper school provides robust academic offerings which allow students to fulfill specialized interests, embrace intellectual curiosity and encourage students to wrestle with life’s questions from a Biblical worldview.
We desire to provide all of our students an educational experience that is balanced and supportive. Our graduates are prepared for college and beyond spiritually, academically, socially and physically. Our school benediction frames our hope for each child. We pray that our students and graduates do justice, love kindness and walk humbly (Micah 6:8) in a way that honors our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Thank you for your interest in Charlotte Christian School. I hope that you find a home here just as my family and I have over the last 15 years.
Barry Giller | Head of School
1950 Founded
1,280 JK-12 Students
4 All-School Chapels each year
1 Apple Distinguished School Distinction
3 Full-Time Registered Nurses SAIS/SACS Dual Accreditation CESA Member service
Campus Service Hours
27,112 MS/US Knights Service Hours
1,559 Operation Christmas Child boxes collected
9 Robotics Teams
1 Director of Diversity, Belonging and Global Awareness
LOWER SCHOOL
Grades JK-4
Our lower school begins with our early education program, which teaches through handson, experiential learning models, nurturing students’ boundless curiosity. As students progress in lower school, they build solid foundations through a biblical worldview across disciplines that continue to engage, enrich, and deepen cognitive, emotional, and social skills while inspiring excitement for learning.
• Passionate and dedicated teachers foster environments that spark curiosity, exploration, and a joy for learning
• Innovative early education program (JK-K) in an environment intentionally designed for our youngest learners.
• Balanced curriculum providing academic rigor, robust enrichment offerings, and cocurricular activities, including a lower school play and after-school clubs
• Weekly chapel led by our lower school spiritual life director
• Dedicated lower school administration and support staff, including a guidance counselor, instructional facilitator, two technology facilitators, STEM coordinator, two PE teachers and media specialist
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34 after school clubs, intramurals and fine arts performances teacher assistants (one in every LS classroom)
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21
weekly academic enrichment classes (art, media center, music, P.E., Spanish, STEM Lab, technology)
incentive program encourages reading outside of school to instill lifelong love of books
18,642
books read collectively by lower school students last year
middle SCHOOL
Grades 5-8
Our middle school program goes beyond academic preparation. Here, students explore their identity in Christ, purpose, and place, fostering a strong sense of self and belonging.
• Rigorous yet age-appropriate curriculum that fosters a safe and nurturing Christcentered community where every student feels valued and belongs.
• Robust elective offerings in fine arts, innovation, and personal skills empower students to explore their passions and develop new talents.
• A vibrant student life program that promotes a biblical worldview through advisory groups, Kingdom competitions, engaging weekly chapels, student-led devotions, fun-filled Fellowship Fridays, overnight retreats and field trips, theme days, and various co-curricular activities.
• One-to-one iPad for every middle school student as part of the iKnights Technology Program.
• Dedicated middle school administration, including two assistant principals, two counselors, a spiritual life director, and a technology facilitator, providing comprehensive support and guidance to students and families.
39 elective
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24 advisory teams Culminating Grade Level Experiences
1 Annual spiritual life retreat to Carolina Point
1 Innovation Suitededicated robotics room, fabrication lab and Esports lab
upper SCHOOL
Grades 9-12
In the upper school, we have designed a program that leads with three essential principles: educate with excellence, equip with relevance, and encourage relationships.
• Our robust college preparatory academic program includes a solid sequence of core courses, extensive AP and honors courses, and diverse elective offerings taught through a biblical worldview. Our dynamic upper school program also includes a Winterim, mission trips, and spiritual retreats.
• Students complement their academics with our extensive cocurricular opportunities that foster growth, instill confidence, and hone leadership skills.
• Rich spiritual life programs aim to develop a biblical worldview and prepare students for life ahead. Weekly chapel, advisory, leadership, and service are integral to our balanced program.
• A supportive community where students are known and mentored by a committed faculty throughout the upper school experience, including our counselors shepherding students and parents through a comprehensive college counseling program.
• One-to-one MacBooks for every upper school student as part of the iKnights Technology Program.
• Dedicated upper school administration and support staff include an assistant principal, dean of students, spiritual life director, technology facilitator, two guidance and two college counselors.
$11.4 million scholarships earned over the last three years
38 Scholastic Writing Award winners over the last 5 years
23 National Merit and College Board Scholars over the last three years
21 AP & College Level Courses
17 Winterim Offerings (mission and experiental) in 2024
1 Annual spiritual life retreat to Windy Gap
fine arts
athletics
Charlotte Christian competes in the 4A division of the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) and is a member of the Charlotte Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA). The athletic department offers 21 sports (boys and girls) and fields 51 teams in those sports at the middle school, junior varsity and varsity levels. More than 80 percent of Charlotte Christian students in grades 7-12 participate in school-sponsored athletics. A comprehensive athletic performance program and on-campus trainers exist to safely prepare middle and upper school athletes for the rigors of competition.
92
athletes who played at the collegiate level in the last five years
35 state championships won since 2000
30 alumni athletes advanced to the pro level since 1992
Fine arts are an integral part of student life at Charlotte Christian. Our extensive award-winning program includes studies in digital arts, music, theatre and visual arts with opportunities to explore the arts in co-curricular programming as well. Lower school students build a strong foundation in the arts through age appropriate experiences in the visual art and music classrooms. Middle school students use that foundation as a launch point to dive deeper, hone skills, and find their affinity in the arts. A multitude of arts electives are available to students in grades 5-12 including digital photography, guitar, digital music, film production, and much more. Performance ensembles including band, choir, orchestra, and theatre begin grade 5 and expand in upper school to include honors level and specialized ensembles such as UKnight Worship, Jazz Band, Chamber Ensemble and competitive theatre ensembles. Higher level course offerings include AP Studio Art, AP Art History, and AP Music Theory.
88 local and regional honors & awards
60+ course offerings
40 performances
38 Blumey Award nominations since 2000
