HISTORY
Westside Christian School (WCS) was started in the home of Pastor Greg Wright and his family. The oldest child began kindergarten in the fall of 1996 and was taught for a semester in the basement of their home. A family who was attending Westside Baptist Church requested to have their child homeschooled as well, and the "school's" enrollment doubled in size that second semester. The classroom then moved from Pastor Wright's home to the church building. The following year, another family asked to be a part of the Christian school that they had heard about, and from there, the word spread about WCS.
Despite having multi-grade classrooms, the need for more classroom space eventually arose. In 2003, the Christian Education Center (CEC) was completed, and the school moved permanently from the main church building to the CEC where it still resides today. WCS was considered a private school with closed enrollment. However in 2017, the policy was changed to open enrollment, allowing non-WBC members to enroll their children in the school. Since then, God has seen fit to continually grow the school.
God has faithfully blessed the school, always providing the students, teachers, volunteers and supplies that the school has needed. Some of the teachers have been long-term while others have been short term. Some students have attended for a short time while others have attended for their entire education. We continually look forward to each school year because, even though challenges come, God always proves Himself to be greater than those challenges.
Despite having multi-grade classrooms, the need for more classroom space eventually arose. In 2003, the Christian Education Center (CEC) was completed, and the school moved permanently from the main church building to the CEC where it still resides today. WCS was considered a private school with closed enrollment. However in 2017, the policy was changed to open enrollment, allowing non-WBC members to enroll their children in the school. Since then, God has seen fit to continually grow the school.
God has faithfully blessed the school, always providing the students, teachers, volunteers and supplies that the school has needed. Some of the teachers have been long-term while others have been short term. Some students have attended for a short time while others have attended for their entire education. We continually look forward to each school year because, even though challenges come, God always proves Himself to be greater than those challenges.
MISSION/PHILOSOPHY
Westside Christian School is a ministry of Westside Baptist Church for the purpose of training our students both spiritually and academically. WCS exists to develop a quality academic foundation in all subjects from a Biblical worldview, reinforce Christ-like character, teach biblical values, and promote excellence in fine arts to equip our young people to serve Christ.
Sound
We take Christian education seriously. We maintain high academic standards that more than adequately equip our students to excel in upper level education or in a specific vocational field. Our teachers have the training necessary to meet the challenge of today’s education needs.
Secure
We are willing to shelter our students from early exposure to the harmful effects of the world and the deceptive philosophy of humanism that pervades our American culture. As a Christian school, we believe it is our responsibility to protect and prepare our students rather than to place them at the mercy of the world’s teaching and friendship.
Spiritual
As a Christian school, it is also important to us that our students learn to see God in every area of life, including academics. We attempt to show them the hand of God in the history of mankind, the order of God in mathematics, and the glory of God through literature and writing. The basis of our philosophy is to give them great academic training so that they can serve a great God in a great way.
Sound
We take Christian education seriously. We maintain high academic standards that more than adequately equip our students to excel in upper level education or in a specific vocational field. Our teachers have the training necessary to meet the challenge of today’s education needs.
Secure
We are willing to shelter our students from early exposure to the harmful effects of the world and the deceptive philosophy of humanism that pervades our American culture. As a Christian school, we believe it is our responsibility to protect and prepare our students rather than to place them at the mercy of the world’s teaching and friendship.
Spiritual
As a Christian school, it is also important to us that our students learn to see God in every area of life, including academics. We attempt to show them the hand of God in the history of mankind, the order of God in mathematics, and the glory of God through literature and writing. The basis of our philosophy is to give them great academic training so that they can serve a great God in a great way.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
The full doctrinal statement of Westside Baptist Church is the basis for our beliefs at WCS. A brief summary of that statement follows:
• We believe the Bible is the Word of God and is the final authority in faith and life.
• We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin and is true God and true man.
• We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned, and that all men are sinners by nature and choice, sinful and lost, and have within themselves no possible means of salvation without Christ.
• We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the basis of His shed blood.
• We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven, and in His present life there for us, as High Priest and Advocate.
• We believe in “that blessed hope,” the personal, pre-millennial and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
• We believe in the prominence of the local and visible church, baptism by immersion for believers, and the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper.
• We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
• We believe the Bible is the Word of God and is the final authority in faith and life.
• We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin and is true God and true man.
• We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned, and that all men are sinners by nature and choice, sinful and lost, and have within themselves no possible means of salvation without Christ.
• We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the basis of His shed blood.
• We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven, and in His present life there for us, as High Priest and Advocate.
• We believe in “that blessed hope,” the personal, pre-millennial and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
• We believe in the prominence of the local and visible church, baptism by immersion for believers, and the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper.
• We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
