Episcopal Day School Of Christ Church Parish vs. Creative Learning Academy

Episcopal Day School of Christ Church Parish is an independent school owned and operated by Christ Church.

Founded in 1856 and operated continuously since 1952, the school functions as an integral part of the total ministry and program of Christ Church.

The curriculum focuses on comprehensive instruction in the areas of language-arts, mathematics, science, Christian education, foreign language, technology education, and the arts.

The faculty is dedicated to stretching and expanding the student's learning experience to the maximum of each student's ability.

The Episcopal Day School of Christ Church Parish offers academic excellence in a Christian environment providing emotional, intellectual, physical, social and spiritual nurturing to our students.

Episcopal Day School enjoys a reputation in this community as upholding the highest of standards in academic excellence.

But more than that, I want you to consider the unique opportunity your child has to wed academic excellence with "moral education" and to do that is a school of ideal size, where every child is known and time is taken to understand the personalities of each and every student.

Ecumenical in nature, we recognize the diversity of other faiths, while emphasizing the Judeo-Christian values that teach us to make good decisions and use our talents to make contributions to the world.

Thus, we strive to help develop citizens for the future.

Creative Learning Academy (CLA) was founded in 1972 as a Montessori program for young children and has since grown into a preprimary 3 years through eighth-grade co-educational day school.

Our mission: Preparing students to learn, lead, and become the creative problem solvers of the future.

Our philosophy: We believe that children should experience a wide variety of academic, artistic, and athletic opportunities in a supportive and diverse community. We value honesty, acceptance, respect, responsibility, and trust. We provide a student-centered learning environment that is academically challenging, personalized, and focused on skills to set students up for success in high school and the workforce. Students, parents, and faculty work as partners to inspire well-rounded, lifelong learners who will become confident citizens eager to engage in a pluralistic and ever-changing world.

We educate not only with respect to academic growth and achievement, but also in the areas of athletics, fine arts, community service, and extra-curricular activities.

Our vision: Creative Learning Academy is a culturally-enriched learning community that inspires creativity, independence, and integrity. Through innovative student experiences and an academically challenging curriculum, CLA creates lifelong learners who share a vision of excellence and engage as active, compassionate citizens.

Fundamental guiding principles include small class sizes, a personalized approach, high academic standards, creative teaching strategies, a full menu of arts and activities, and strong parental involvement.