South Christian High School (SCHS) is a private

Private school

Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

 Christian

Christian

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 high

High school

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 school

School

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 in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

. It offers classes from the 9th through 12th grade. SCHS is affiliated with Byron Center Christian School, Dutton Christian School, Legacy Christian School, and Moline Christian School, all of which provide K-8 Education. . They currently compete in the OK Gold

Ottawa-Kent Conference

The Ottawa-Kent Conference is an athletic league located in West Michigan. It has member schools from Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, and Ottawa Counties. It has 51 member schools that partake in athletics. According to the MHSAA they have the main offices located at Grandville...

 Conference in sports.

Academics

South Christian High School provides Advanced Placement courses in math, social studies

Social studies

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, and English

English studies

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History

The school started its first classes in 1954. It was a three year high school until 1992 when 9th grade was added. In 2004, 130 acre (0.5260918 km²) of land was purchased for school use.