Calvary Christian School is a private school

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...

 located in Covington, Kentucky

Covington, Kentucky

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...

. CCS is a ministry of Calvary Baptist Church located in Latonia, Kentucky. It has approximately 400 students from Preschool to 12th grade.

History

Calvary was founded in November 1973 under the leadership of Galen Call. Sixty-three students in grades 1-4 began the school year, soon to be joined by 35 kindergarten students one week later. Soon 65 acres (263,045.9 m²) were acquired south of Latonia on Taylor Mill Road. Ground-breaking for the new Calvary Christian School location occurred on July 7, 1974 and was completed in 1976.

Sports

The mascot of Calvary Christian School is the Cougar. Calvary offers many different sports, e.g., volleyball, soccer, basketball, baseball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, golf, tennis,swimming and softball. The Calvary Varsity baseball team won their conference in 2010 for the first time in school history.