Valley Christian Schools
is a private, covenant Christian school with campuses located in Chandler, Arizona, and Tempe, Arizona, United States.

History

Valley Christian Schools was first conceptualized in 1981, when six men met together to consider the creation of a Christian high school in the East Valley, which at the time, had a lack of non-denominational Christian schools. A year later in 1982, Valley Christian High School opened its doors at Bethany Christian Community Church in Tempe, Arizona. Today, Valley Christian Schools features a nationally-ranked Christian school offering education from Kindergarten through high school, located across two campuses in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. In 1997, Valley Christian (then only a high school) moved to its current high school campus in Chandler, Arizona. In 2017, Valley Christian announced the addition of grades 6-8. Grades 6-8 were added for the 2018-19 school year. In 2018, Valley Christian announced the addition of an elementary school. In the 2019-20 school year, grades K-5 were added. Grades K-8 are now located at Valley Christian Schools' K-8 campus in Tempe, Arizona.

Academics

Valley Christian Schools offers an education with a college prep emphasis with Biblical integration in every course. On average, 98% of Valley Christian Schools' high school graduates go on to attend college. In 2006, a special education program was implemented, known as V.I.N.E. (Valley's Individual Needs Enhancements). Valley Christian Schools is one of the only Christian high schools in Arizona to have a full-time special education program. Valley Christian offers Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment college courses to its high school students. These programs give upperclassmen the opportunity to acquire college credits while attending high school. The school is accredited by Cognia and Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).

Athletics

Valley Christian High School is a member of the

Arizona Interscholastic Association The Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) is one of two regulatory bodies for high school athletics and activities in the state of Arizona. It comprises all of the state's public district high schools (except Ajo High School, Beaver Dam High S ...

(AIA) 3A Conference. Since 1989, Valley Christian athletic teams have won 78 Arizona State Championships in the AIA. This includes a streak of 32 consecutive years in which a VCS team has won a state championship. In addition, VCS teams have finished as the state runner-up 37 times and have earned more than 140 league championships. The school has won state championships in boys basketball, girls basketball, girls volleyball, girls beach volleyball, boys swimming, girls swimming, cheer, boys cross country, girls cross country, football, boys soccer, baseball, softball, boys track and field, girls track and field, and golf. Valley Christian was awarded the inaugural Blue Cross and Blue Shield Directors Cup Award in 2004, given to the Arizona high school that is rated highest in participation, sportsmanship and success in all athletic programs. It has also received the Donald F. Stone Award seven times. In 1999, the Valley Christian athletic program was named the #1 Women's High School Athletic Program in the nation by ''Athletic Management''. I
1997-98
Valley Christian was a recipient of the Tony Komadina Award for Outstanding Girls' Athletic Program in Arizona. In 2015-16, the school was voted as having the Best Athletic Program in Arizona and one of the Top 12 in the United States by ''The USA Today''. The school has had seven alumni (Courtney Blocher '00, Kim Wigboldy '07, Riley Barclay '08, Alaina Bergsma '08,

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'09, Chanel Brown '10, Ashton Wolf '11), four coaches (Deanna Anglin, Marlin Broek, Dan Kuiper, Scott Timmer, Greg Haagsma), one administrator (Troy Hanzal), and one team (1999-2000 girls volleyball) inducted into the Chandler Sports Hall of Fame.

Notable Alumni

* Austin Moorehead '03, producer/multi-intrumentalist * David Melhorn '04, 2021 Boys Track & Field Coach of the Year in Arizona
Arizona State University
track and field, 2006-08 Academic All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention * Alaina Bergsma '08
University of Oregon
volleyball, University of Oregon Hall of Fame, 2012 National Player of the Year, 2011 AVCA All-American First Team, 2011 Pac-12 Volleyball Player of the Year, Miss Oregon USA 2012 *

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'08
University of Texas at El Paso
volleyball, Miss Texas USA 2010 *

'09, Azusa Pacific University track and field, American pentathlete, heptathlete, and 100m hurdler, Team USA 2015, 2012 NAIA Indoor National Championship 60 meter hurdles winner

References

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