Welcome to Calvary Christian School!
The in-classroom, traditional Calvary Christian School has almost reach capacity for the 2020-21 school year. Please call for availability in your child's class. The Calvary Christian Virtual School still has seats available.
Reopening Calvary Christian School (August 1, 2020)
Due to COVID, there is little doubt that the last several months have been a difficult season in the life of our school, the families we stand with in the education of the children and young people, and the faculty. This season has taken a toll on all of us, but it has especially impacted the young who may lack the ability to navigate such adversity. While teaching our students about the Lord and educating them for God’s call upon their life is the mission of our school, it must be done with wisdom and discernment. With this in mind, we will move forward as a school community with both CCS Traditional and CCS Virtual School for the CCS 2020-21 School Year.
Our knowledge and understanding of the COVID-19 virus is continually to evolving, and our protocols and plans will be updated as appropriate and as more information becomes available.
Guiding Principles for Decision Making
The Educational Methods for Calvary Christian School 2020-21 School Year
Calvary Christian School will operate both a five day a week in-school program as well as a virtual school.
By providing both educational settings, parents will be able to make the choice that they believe is in the best interest of their student.
The two options also allow the school maximum flexibility in educational continuity in the face of the changing demands that COVID is placing upon educational institutions. This flexibility will allow all students in the traditional setting to be seamlessly moved to virtual learning in the event a COVID case requires a period of closing the school, a worsening COVID environment in Stafford and Prince William Counties, or other situation that may require the traditional school to close for a period of time. One key element in this duel approach is the “same curriculum, same teacher, same lesson.” This means that students will have consistency in their classwork and instructor regardless of teaching mode.
The Traditional In-Class Campus- It is All of Our Job to Maintain a Healthy Campus
While the school has initiated detailed protocols to help maintain the health of all students, parents, and faculty on the school campus, it is vital that this become a cooperative effort. Some of the greatest learning lessons that the students of our school will learn during this time are related to how we care for others. Are we selfish and self-centered, or do we seek to care for the most vulnerable In our culture? Children are usually the most vulnerable, but COVID has flipped the script, making the aged and those with on-going health issues the vulnerable. With this in mind, we ask asking:
Protocols During the School Day
Environmental and Cleaning Protocols
Guidelines for Closing the Traditional Campus
Because of the changing nature of COVID, it is essential that the school constantly monitor the virus’s impact on Southern Prince William and Stafford Counties. The following metrics will be used to evaluate the status of operations:
There is also the possibility of a COVID positive student or a student or family member that has come into close contact with another person who has been determined to be COVID positive. In such cases, the Virginia Department of Health will send at least that students class home for a period of time. The entire school could also be sent home. Again, we would revert to virtual school. It is vital that parents report COVID exposure with their family residing in the same home.
In the event, the CCS Traditional School will be closed for greater that thirty days, all tuition will revert to the published virtual school rates. Lunch and daycare fees will be eliminated until we can once again return to school.
This virus will end. When it does, virtual students will be offered seats in the traditional school (classes will go t 14-15 students again) in the order of their enrollment for the school year in the virtual school.
A Final Note from the Administration
It is important that we remember that study after study, as well as empirical statistical data, show the extremely low impact of COVID on children and young people. Transmission from one child to another has low probability. Most children who have COVID are asymptomatic. Children conveying the virus to adults also has a low probability of occurrence. It appears that the science is speaking volumes. Still, every parent needs to weigh the situation against the educational needs of their child.
If the school entre school community creates a “Community of Care” by being diligent doing our part, we will have done all that we can to move forward in the face of this adversity. Please pray for our school, its faculty and students, and the other families that call CCS “home”.
New Families Welcome on Traditional Campus or in the CCS Virtual School
At present, these are the remaining seats at CCS campus for the 2020-21 school year: K4-3, K5-3, 1st/2nd-1, 3rd/4th-1, 5th/6th-3, 7th/8th-1, High School-3. Call for up-to-date availability. Wait listing is now occurring.
Each year, it is a privilege to partner with parents who desire a Christ- centered education for their children. The school is completing the application process of our current students, and we are now interviewing new students.
The Application Process:
1- Review the website (calvary-christianschool.com) to become acquainted with the school. You will find the CCS Student Handbook, Curriculum Information, calendar, and the current tuition and before/after school rates.
2- You can set up an initial profile to schedule an appointment at all for a personal interview. All interviews are being done via video conference calls due to the Corona Virus.. You may also call 703-221-2016 for more information. We request that both parents attend the meeting if possible. Parents should bring the most recent progress report which will allow the administration to see if additional educational evaluation is needed.
3- Parents will have five days from the date of the interview to make application along with the payment of the Registration and Book Fee. The school will review the application within five days. In the event the school is unable to accept a student, fees paid will be refunded.
You may contact us:
Administrative Phone: 703-221-2016 or 703-441-6868
Office Phone: 703-622-9649
Administrator Email: Jwallace@calvary-christianschool.com
New School Office Hours
Calvary Christian School will resume normal office hours of 8:00-3:00 beginning August 10, 2020.
Download the CCS App
Parents, please download the CCS Schoolcues App.. This new tool may be used on your phone, tablet, laptop, or desk computer and will facilitate communication, allow digital forms to be completed such as field trip, tardy, and absence. Conferences can be scheduled a student specific school calendar will literally be as close as your smart phone. Eventually, we will allow remote purchase of lunches, field trips and other activities that are not part of the normal monthly tuition/fee structure. We will also add remote grade access once things are running smoothly. Call the school office, and ask Ms. Spear for help or if you need the school code to connect to your student's information.
New School Mask
Parents may now order using the payment option "Fund Raiser" on the SchoolCues App or by dropping off a payment at CCS. The mask are $10.00 each. Delivery: before the start of school.
Hot Links:
2020-2021 Initial Registration Form for Triangle, VA Location
2020-21 Initial Registration for The CCS Virtual School
Autodraft Form
Parent and Student Handbook
COVID Reopening Document (August 1, 2020 version)
2020-21 Boys Uniform Information
2020-21 Girls Uniform Information
2020-21 CCS Calendar
2020-21 CCS Supply List
2020-21 Curriculum Information
Virginia School Physical Form
School Policies- Including Sick Students
Medication Administration Form
The in-classroom, traditional Calvary Christian School has almost reach capacity for the 2020-21 school year. Please call for availability in your child's class. The Calvary Christian Virtual School still has seats available.
Reopening Calvary Christian School (August 1, 2020)
Due to COVID, there is little doubt that the last several months have been a difficult season in the life of our school, the families we stand with in the education of the children and young people, and the faculty. This season has taken a toll on all of us, but it has especially impacted the young who may lack the ability to navigate such adversity. While teaching our students about the Lord and educating them for God’s call upon their life is the mission of our school, it must be done with wisdom and discernment. With this in mind, we will move forward as a school community with both CCS Traditional and CCS Virtual School for the CCS 2020-21 School Year.
Our knowledge and understanding of the COVID-19 virus is continually to evolving, and our protocols and plans will be updated as appropriate and as more information becomes available.
Guiding Principles for Decision Making
- All decisions will be made with prayer and consideration.
- God gave parents the responsibility for their children. Therefore, the method of education of their children rest with parents.
- The health and safety of the students, parents, and faculty must have priority in decision making during this COVID pandemic.
- The mission and vision of Calvary Christian School in standing with Christian parents will move forward.
The Educational Methods for Calvary Christian School 2020-21 School Year
Calvary Christian School will operate both a five day a week in-school program as well as a virtual school.
By providing both educational settings, parents will be able to make the choice that they believe is in the best interest of their student.
The two options also allow the school maximum flexibility in educational continuity in the face of the changing demands that COVID is placing upon educational institutions. This flexibility will allow all students in the traditional setting to be seamlessly moved to virtual learning in the event a COVID case requires a period of closing the school, a worsening COVID environment in Stafford and Prince William Counties, or other situation that may require the traditional school to close for a period of time. One key element in this duel approach is the “same curriculum, same teacher, same lesson.” This means that students will have consistency in their classwork and instructor regardless of teaching mode.
The Traditional In-Class Campus- It is All of Our Job to Maintain a Healthy Campus
While the school has initiated detailed protocols to help maintain the health of all students, parents, and faculty on the school campus, it is vital that this become a cooperative effort. Some of the greatest learning lessons that the students of our school will learn during this time are related to how we care for others. Are we selfish and self-centered, or do we seek to care for the most vulnerable In our culture? Children are usually the most vulnerable, but COVID has flipped the script, making the aged and those with on-going health issues the vulnerable. With this in mind, we ask asking:
- Parents with children who are sick or may be sick to keep them home.
- Faculty who are ill must stay home.
- If any family member is around someone who is COVID positive or a family member tests positive, please let the school know at once and then quarantine for ten-fourteen days. Academic arrangements will be made through the virtual school for your students.
Protocols During the School Day
- Parents will complete the COVID Form on their SchoolCues App digitally prior to dropping their student off at school. Students will not be allowed in the building until this form has been received.
- Each student, parent, and faculty member will have their temperature taken at the door prior to entering the building. Faculty and student temperatures will be taken again before lunch, and students who are going to daycare after school will have their temperature taken before entering the daycare area. Students and faculty who have above a 100.4 degree temperature will be not allowed in the facility or will be sent home.
- We are asking that each student bath or shower on a daily basis and arrive at school in a clean uniform each day.
- Class size will be limited to ten students.
- Desk will be about six feet apart in the classroom.
- Students and faculty will wear their masks while they are in the building. Masks will be removed and placed in special individual, labelled boxes while on the playground.
- Faculty will wear a face shield in addition to the mask.
- Students should bring their own filled water bottle. A new touchless water fountain is being installed for use in refilling bottles. The fountain is self will be off, only allowing refills of bottles.
- Hands will be washed on the way outside to the playground and when coming back into the building from the playground.
- Lunches will be served in the classrooms. No masks are required while eating.
- Regular handwashing will be expected. Hand sanitizer will be readily available in each classroom.
- Four and five-year- old students will be dismissed from outside during car line. All other students will be sent to their car from their classroom once it arrives. This may slow the car line down a bit, but this process is needed to distance the students.
- For free time activity at lower grade levels, teachers are putting together individual play boxes that will be assigned and labeled for each student. There will be no community toys. Students who are in aftercare may bring one toy for only their personal use. These will be to be sent home each night to be cleaned or wiped down.
- The nap mats and blankets that are used by our four-year-old kindergarten students will be sent home every weekend to be cleaned. The mats will be wiped down at least twice per week by our cleaning staff.
- At the upper levels of the school, self-defense classes will not be provided for this school year. PE classes will be held outdoors with distance type activities for students.
- There will be no field trips until COVIDS subsides.
- All technology that is shared must be wiped down between each user.
Environmental and Cleaning Protocols
- The school restrooms will be cleaned and sanitized three times per day.
- Touchless soap dispensers and low-touch facet handles have been installed in the restrooms to allow plenty of water for washing.
- Paper towel and hand soap will be checked upon each bathroom cleaning.
- The door handles and desktops will be sanitized whenever students are on the playground.
- UV sanitizing units have been purchased for each classroom. These will be used when students are on the playground to supplement sanitizing wipe downs.
- Classroom air cleaners have been purchased for each classroom. These HEPA filters will filter the air in our average size room about every fifteen minutes.
- Carpets will be vacuumed after school on Friday nights after students have left the building.
- Carpets will be professionally cleaned at least three times per school year.
- Air ducts will be cleaned at least three times during the school year.
- HEPA filters will be added to the HVAC air handlers serving the school area.
Guidelines for Closing the Traditional Campus
Because of the changing nature of COVID, it is essential that the school constantly monitor the virus’s impact on Southern Prince William and Stafford Counties. The following metrics will be used to evaluate the status of operations:
- Two-week cumulative incidence rate: The number of new cases in the prior two weeks per 100,000 people. This metric provides the recent incidence of COVID-19 infections in that county. Categorization (# cases/100,000 people):
- Low: 0 – 50
- Medium: 51 – 200
- High: ≥ 201
- Trend in incidence rate: Whether the two-week incidence rate is increasing, decreasing, or stable compared to the previous two weeks. For purposes of this assessment, consider the trends to be equivalent to:
- Decreasing = Low
- Stable = Medium
- Increasing = High
- Two-week percent positive rate: the percentage of individuals who tested positive out of the number of individuals tested with a molecular (swab, or PCR) test in the last two weeks for each county. The metric takes into consideration the number of tests performed in the county in the prior two weeks. Categorization:
- Low: ≤ 5.0%
- Medium: 5.1 – 9.9%
- High: ≥ 10.0%
There is also the possibility of a COVID positive student or a student or family member that has come into close contact with another person who has been determined to be COVID positive. In such cases, the Virginia Department of Health will send at least that students class home for a period of time. The entire school could also be sent home. Again, we would revert to virtual school. It is vital that parents report COVID exposure with their family residing in the same home.
In the event, the CCS Traditional School will be closed for greater that thirty days, all tuition will revert to the published virtual school rates. Lunch and daycare fees will be eliminated until we can once again return to school.
This virus will end. When it does, virtual students will be offered seats in the traditional school (classes will go t 14-15 students again) in the order of their enrollment for the school year in the virtual school.
A Final Note from the Administration
It is important that we remember that study after study, as well as empirical statistical data, show the extremely low impact of COVID on children and young people. Transmission from one child to another has low probability. Most children who have COVID are asymptomatic. Children conveying the virus to adults also has a low probability of occurrence. It appears that the science is speaking volumes. Still, every parent needs to weigh the situation against the educational needs of their child.
If the school entre school community creates a “Community of Care” by being diligent doing our part, we will have done all that we can to move forward in the face of this adversity. Please pray for our school, its faculty and students, and the other families that call CCS “home”.
New Families Welcome on Traditional Campus or in the CCS Virtual School
At present, these are the remaining seats at CCS campus for the 2020-21 school year: K4-3, K5-3, 1st/2nd-1, 3rd/4th-1, 5th/6th-3, 7th/8th-1, High School-3. Call for up-to-date availability. Wait listing is now occurring.
Each year, it is a privilege to partner with parents who desire a Christ- centered education for their children. The school is completing the application process of our current students, and we are now interviewing new students.
The Application Process:
1- Review the website (calvary-christianschool.com) to become acquainted with the school. You will find the CCS Student Handbook, Curriculum Information, calendar, and the current tuition and before/after school rates.
2- You can set up an initial profile to schedule an appointment at all for a personal interview. All interviews are being done via video conference calls due to the Corona Virus.. You may also call 703-221-2016 for more information. We request that both parents attend the meeting if possible. Parents should bring the most recent progress report which will allow the administration to see if additional educational evaluation is needed.
3- Parents will have five days from the date of the interview to make application along with the payment of the Registration and Book Fee. The school will review the application within five days. In the event the school is unable to accept a student, fees paid will be refunded.
You may contact us:
Administrative Phone: 703-221-2016 or 703-441-6868
Office Phone: 703-622-9649
Administrator Email: Jwallace@calvary-christianschool.com
New School Office Hours
Calvary Christian School will resume normal office hours of 8:00-3:00 beginning August 10, 2020.
Download the CCS App
Parents, please download the CCS Schoolcues App.. This new tool may be used on your phone, tablet, laptop, or desk computer and will facilitate communication, allow digital forms to be completed such as field trip, tardy, and absence. Conferences can be scheduled a student specific school calendar will literally be as close as your smart phone. Eventually, we will allow remote purchase of lunches, field trips and other activities that are not part of the normal monthly tuition/fee structure. We will also add remote grade access once things are running smoothly. Call the school office, and ask Ms. Spear for help or if you need the school code to connect to your student's information.
New School Mask
Parents may now order using the payment option "Fund Raiser" on the SchoolCues App or by dropping off a payment at CCS. The mask are $10.00 each. Delivery: before the start of school.
Hot Links:
2020-2021 Initial Registration Form for Triangle, VA Location
2020-21 Initial Registration for The CCS Virtual School
Autodraft Form
Parent and Student Handbook
COVID Reopening Document (August 1, 2020 version)
2020-21 Boys Uniform Information
2020-21 Girls Uniform Information
2020-21 CCS Calendar
2020-21 CCS Supply List
2020-21 Curriculum Information
Virginia School Physical Form
School Policies- Including Sick Students
Medication Administration Form