Northpoint Christian School (NCS) is a

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located in

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. NCS was founded in 1973 by a group of

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ministers in the

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section of

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...

. Programs for kindergarten through Grade 8 began in 1973, and

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9- 12 were added the following year. The school is dually accredited with

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and the

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. NCS is also a member of the

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, the

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, and the

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. As of 2014, the school was the third-largest private school in Greater Memphis. For the 2022-2023 school year, they are celebrating their 50th anniversary of the schools creation.

History

NCS was established in 1973 as a

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formed by white parents seeking to avoid sending their children to racially integrated public schools. NCS was established shortly after a busing policy was established in Memphis. In 1988, after what the school claimed was "The area was losing professionals as well as families who could afford to send their children to SBEC." The school moved from

, to suburban

as many white people of Memphis were moving to Southaven at that time during

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. Prior to the 2013-2014 school year, the school was known as Southern Baptist Educational Center (SBEC). On April 29th, 2022, Northpoint was criticized by Memphis local news source,

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,reported that a teacher put signs of "colored" and "whites" over water fountains for a civil rights lesson, while alarming questions and criticisms, the current president, Jim Ferguson, defended it as "part of a lesson plan".

Campuses

Memphis

The {{convert, 40, acre, ha Memphis campus, located at the intersection of Holmes Road and Tulane Road, was utilized from 1974 until 1988, when it was sold to the Memphis City School System. There is no information available on where their former location was originally in Memphis, only the school started in Memphis

Southaven

The school campus relocated to

, a Memphis suburb, in September 1988. The {{convert, 67, acre, ha campus contains facilities for grades pre-K through 12. The main building contains approximately {{convert, 100000, sqft, m2 of instructional and support space for students. Specifically, the building contains over 40 regular classrooms, 3 computer labs, 4 science labs, a science lecture lab, a library/media center, a cafeteria, a multi-purpose room, and a performing arts center. The campus also includes a sportsplex, which contains a football stadium and track, baseball stadium, softball stadium, soccer field, and tennis courts. The football stadium includes two concession stands. In 2008, an expansion was constructed just east of the main building. This building contains 12 additional high school classrooms and the high school office, in addition to a gymnasium with a turf room and locker rooms.

Athletics

Despite being located in Mississippi, NCS competes in Division II, Class A of the

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(TSSAA). Other members of their division are: *

Davidson Academy Davidson Academy is a private Christian school located in Nashville, Tennessee. It has students ranging from K-3 to 12th grade. History Davidson Academy, originally called Madison Christian School, enrolled students from grades one through four ...

(Nashville) * First Assembly Christian School (Cordova) * Franklin Road Academy (Nashville) * Friendship Christian School (Lebanon) *King's Academy (Seymour) *Lighthouse Christian (Millington) *

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(Memphis) *Rossville Christian Academy (Rossville) *St. Andrews (Sewanee) *

Tipton-Rosemark Academy Tipton-Rosemark Academy (often abbreviated TRA) is a private Christian school in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It is in the community of Rosemark, and near the border of Shelby and Tipton County. History Tipton-Rosemark Academy's i ...

(Millington) *

Evangelical Christian School Evangelical Christian School, also known as ECS, is a private, non-denominational, evangelical Christian school in Memphis and Germantown, Tennessee. It was founded in 1965 and joined Association of Christian Schools International in 1984. It ho ...

(Cordova) * St. George's (Collierville) Sports offered at NCS include: baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, boys and girls golf, boys and girls soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and trap shooting.Athletics
/ref> NCS is home to 4 State Titles in athletics. 2004 Football, 2009 Baseball, 2016 and 2017 Girls Basketball.

References

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External links

http://www.ncstrojans.com/
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