Youngstown Christian School is a private K-12 school in Youngstown, Ohio

Youngstown, Ohio

Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

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History and Background Information

Youngstown Christian opened in 1975, and is religiously affiliated with the Assemblies of God

Assemblies of God

The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination...

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Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 denomination. It is sponsored by local Assemblies of God Churches, primarily "Highway Tabernacle". It's mission statement is to prepare students for a life of ministry to Jesus Christ. It is known for being the only school in the Mahoning County area to have an United States Academic Decathlon

United States Academic Decathlon

The United States Academic Decathlon is an annual high school academic competition organized by the non-profit United States Academic Decathlon Association. The competition consists of seven multiple choice tests, two performance events, and an essay...

 team and for winning the Small School state championship twice in USAD. It was founded as a safe place for the evangelical Christian population in the Mahoning County area to go as the only other private schools are Roman Catholic in denomination. http://www.ycsweb.com/aboutus.htm
On June 6th 2010, 46 students graduated from Youngstown Christian, making it the largest class in the history of the school