We are excited to open of the finest spaces for high school student-athlete development in Arizona!

We’re thankful for the contributions and hard work the past few months to expand and re-imagine this space into our Trojan Sports Performance Center.

Stay tuned as we install some finishing touches this month – including a large display.

Our Marketing and Communications team received seven awards from the National School Public Relations Association, the nation’s leading school communications and marketing association made up primarily of public schools and their communication professionals.

It was the most awards of any Arizona school or school district and among the most of any school in the country. Of the seven awards, our MarCom team received four Awards of Excellence, the highest award in each category.

VCS Marketing & Communications received awards in:

Website (2x – Awards of Excellence)
Magazine (Award of Excellence)
Video (Award of Excellence)
Special Purpose Publication
Marketing Publication
Branding Package

ACSTO, Arizona’s largest STO and Valley Christian’s preferred STO partner, recently released statistics from the 2019-20 school year, and our families knocked it out of the park once again! We were thrilled that our donors helped VCS – and, most importantly, our families – to benefit so much from this program:

• VCS families ranked #1 in average ACSTO donations per total students at $3,780, and #1 in average ACSTO donations per applicant at $4,681
• VCS ranked #1 in the YOY percentage increase (26.5%) and gross increase ($538,170) in overall giving, meaning our many new families participated right away
• Earlier this year, VCS became the first school in Arizona to surpass $25 million in tax credit scholarships for our families from ACSTO and its sister organization, School Choice Arizona, since the first award in 1999

Praise God for His provision, and thank you to ACSTO for being such a wonderful partner in making Christian education an affordable option for so many families. This year alone, ACSTO awarded scholarships to more than 8,000 students from more than 17,000 donors in Arizona, including more than 1,800 donors at VCS. ACSTO was founded in 1998 by one of the founders of VCS, Steve Yarbrough. Thank you, Steve, and everyone at ACSTO.

VCS Families and Students,

We thank you for your continued support during these unprecedented and challenging times. We continue to place our hope and trust in the Lord as we make decisions that seek to balance our desire to welcome our students back to campus as “normal” as possible with our charge to ensure the health and safety of all our students and faculty.

Out of our desire to ensure a safe return to campus and in light of Governor Ducey’s executive order for Arizona public and charter schools, the Valley Christian Board of Directors has approved our administration’s decision to welcome students back to our campuses on Monday, August 17. This date is not only in alignment with the targeted in-person start date for public and charter schools, but also for nearly every Christian school in the state.

The health and safety of our students, staff, and faculty is our number one priority. While the situation around the COVID-19 pandemic remains fluid, VCS remains committed to taking the health and safety seriously. This includes following any city, county, or state mandates in place that apply to our school’s operations. Our community is a hallmark of the Valley Christian experience and is the reason we are doing everything we can to bring our community back together in a safe and considered manner.

Leading up to our August 17 start date, we will be engaging in additional training for our faculty and staff to prepare for the safe return of our students to our campuses and provide an enhanced virtual learning platform across all of our campuses should the need arise during the school year.

We are excited to host an all-new Trojan Welcome Week the week of August 10-14 for our students and families. This week will consist of orientation days and activities to prepare for our return to in-person instruction on August 17. To facilitate social distancing, the events will be designed to limit the number of individuals on campus at one time. Your campus principal will communicate specific dates and times for Trojan Welcome Week and other related information specific to your campus. An updated school calendar for 2020-21 will be released shortly, as well.

Again, we appreciate your ongoing support and patience as we address these challenges. We ask that you keep in mind the need for continued prayer and flexibility leading up to the start of our 2020-21 school year. We also want to reiterate our commitment to hold classes on campus for the upcoming school year. As we come together as a community once again, we will love our neighbors by putting needs for safety first. We cannot wait to welcome our students back on campus this fall and provide our distinctly Christian education that has made VCS the No. 1-rated Christian school in Arizona by Niche.com.

In light of Governor Ducey’s Executive Order pushing back the start of in-person learning in Arizona K-12 public and charter schools to at least August 17, our leadership team is currently re-evaluating our in-person start date and calendar for 2020-21. We will communicate any changes and additional information by Friday, July 10, as decisions are finalized.

Additionally, all VCS Athletics and activities (including camps/clinics, practices, trainings, etc.) will be shut down until July 19. We plan to re-open athletics and activities on Monday, July 20.

We are excited to partner with you in the education of your children again this fall and cannot wait to safely welcome them back to campus. We ask that you keep in mind the need for continued prayer and flexibility leading up to the start of our 2020-21 school year.

Congratulations to all of our students who earned honor roll recognition for the second semester of the 2020-21 school year!

Students on the Principal’s Honor Roll had an unweighted GPA of 3.75-4.0. Students earning Blue and Silver Honor Roll recognition maintained a 3.5-3.749 unweighted GPA.