Delmarva Christian High School
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Delmarva Christian High School is a Christian
high school
located in Georgetown, Delaware
, the geographic center, and county seat of Sussex County
.
, but a privately funded education facility dedicated to providing quality academic education, while providing youth the knowledge of how to apply biblical
principles to their daily lives.
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...
high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Georgetown, Delaware
Georgetown, Delaware
Georgetown is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to 2010 census figures, the population of the town is 6,422, an increase of 38.3% over the previous decade...
, the geographic center, and county seat of Sussex County
Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 the population was 197,145, an increase of 25.9% over the previous decade. The county seat is Georgetown. The Seaford Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Sussex County.Sussex County is...
.
Background
In April 1999 a group of Sussex County educators, businesspeople, pastors, and parents came together to form Delmarva Christian Schools, Inc., to address the issue of high school education for Christian high school students. Delmarva is not a charter schoolCharter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
, but a privately funded education facility dedicated to providing quality academic education, while providing youth the knowledge of how to apply biblical
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
principles to their daily lives.