Grace Prep-Co Founder, Dannah Gresh, was featured on K-Love Radio, which reaches more than 5 million listeners internationally. Listen to the four minute podcast here.
Our fifth year is now a pleasant memory and God continues to bless us in ways that we know can only be by his hand.
Our search for a facility is ongoing and I hope to have some news for you in the next few days. I hope that you understand that we aren't able to share details of our search in real time because of the nature of any negotiations. We are looking at one church in State College and they are in the process of reviewing our request with the appropriate decision makers.
.....More to come on that as news develops!
Our enrollment prospects look excellent and our estimates are that we will have more student applications than we can accept. Please pray for us to make wise decisions in our student selections.....and if you don't have your application in, please contact us as soon as you can. If our enrollment is full we can put you on a waiting list for the first available opening.
While other schools spend their time and energy preparing students for college or for a job, we spend our resources preparing students for life. Prepare yourself for a pleasant surprise . . . a school where students love to learn, where they’re encouraged to wonder out loud, challenged to question until they understand, and required to do more than learn. Prepare yourself for Grace Prep!
1.We believe that kids need a creative, cool, and challenging environment to spread their wings and to learn the disciplines of life. 2. We believe that helping your child discover his or her passion will fuel spectacular achievement. 3.We believe that developing an intelligent faith and intimate friendship with Jesus will create lifelong fulfillment. 4.We believe that families are too busy and that schools waste lots of time on busy work and homework and justify it in the name of academic rigor. 5. We believe in academic rigor. 6.We believe that schools should be efficient enough to teach your kids in the 30-40 hours per week of class time. 7. We believe that late afternoons in childhood are meant for riding bikes, playing ball, and hanging out with close friends. 8.We believe that evenings are for families and reading and rest. 9. We believe that history is more exciting and easier to remember when you’re in Boston, Gettysburg or Valley Forge. 10. We believe Spanish is easier to learn in Mexico than in a school classroom. 11.We believe that most students go to college with no idea of who they are and what they want to be. 12.We believe it is the school’s privilege to help them discover their spiritual gifts and to show them who God meant them to be. 13.We believe that “why do we have to learn this stuff?” is a very good question. 14. We believe that a school cannot teach the whole truth to students if it doesn’t acknowledge Jesus Christ as the foundation for all Truth. 15.We believe that parents are responsible for their children and have the right to control their educational experience and goals. 16. We believe that teachers are flooded with paperwork and bureaucracy instead of resources and support. 17. We believe parents would have a hard time sitting on those hard school chairs. 18.We believe students are capable of entrepreneurship and student-led businesses and not just selling hoagies. 19.We believe students should learn to avoid debt, pay cash, and read the fine print. 20. We think they should understand God’s view of sex so they can anticipate the blessing.
21. We think parents have the right to know what is going to be taught before it’s taught. 22.We believe not all kids are meant for college and that schools should value them as much as God does. 23.We believe that legalism is the easy way out and is employed by weak leaders. 24. We believe that no sin is too large to forgive and that no sin is too small to ignore. 25. We believe in extravagant grace and have known its beauty. We believe that it’s messy and wonderfully unjust. It gives us what we don’t deserve. 26.We abhor internal politics, superficiality, unnecessary secrets, and constant spin. 27.We believe in truth that confronts and we’re ok with being yelled at behind closed doors. 28. We believe that transparency sets us free and helps us love others more, not less. 29.We believe that on nice days it might be better to have class outside. 30. We believe in leadership that is subjective and considers the uniqueness of kids. 31.We believe in fighting every battle that needs to be fought and leaving no one behind, no matter how broken. 32.We believe there is at least one kid in every class who needs special attention and love in spite of his behavior. 33. We believe that same kid will be transformed by the teacher who finds his passion. 34.We believe teachers work hard during the year, but have a great deal in the summer. 35. We believe modesty is a matter of the girl’s heart and the guy’s mind and we’re committed to protecting both. 36.We believe great schools can afford great sports programs. 37.We believe money follows excellence, excellence follows vision, and visionaries must follow God. 38. We believe that families that can’t afford Christian education sometimes need it most. 39. We believe one of the greatest joys in life is finding out that it's a snow day. 40.We believe in God-sized tasks and believe Grace Prep is one of them.
Drew Davidson, Robby Gresh & Salim George accepted to Schreyer Honors College
Grace Prep would like to congratulate seniors Drew Davidson, Robby Gresh and Salim George as they have been accepted and are currently enrolled at Schreyer Honors College of the Pennsylvania State University. SHC has been compared to Harvard, Yale and Princeton offering 241 honors courses to only 300 incoming freshmen per year. We are delighted to have these three young men represent Grace Prep High School, congratulations gentlemen!
Temporary Office Hours
Reach us by phone at 814-867-1177 on Monday and Wednesday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. In emergencies or to reach someone right away call Kylan at 814-404-5384. Our temporary mailing address is 158 Lower Georges Valley Road, Spring Mills PA 16875. Thank you for your understanding.
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Research from Harvard University, Stanford University, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and virtually all other educational research studies reveal two vital points. 1.Small Schools Work.
2.Small Schools work better than Large Schools.
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“The small environment has been very nurturing and motivating for our daughter. She has been motivated to excel in all areas. Because she has relationships with the teachers and is closely intermixed with upperclassmen, she is compelled to do high quality work.” - Dennis and Sharon Devlin Read
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Teachers, Rebecca Sicree and Andrew Sicree Recently Published.
Our very own Rebecca Sicree has an article in The Smithsonian magazine! Mrs. Sicree teaches pre-calculus at Grace Prep. Check out her interesting and entertaining article on the eating habits of toddlers and insect migration here!
Saudi Aramco World magazine has recently published Dr. Andrew Sicree article on Trilobites in Morocco. You can read his article here.
What an honor to have published teachers on staff shaping our students!
Grace Prep is now enrolling International Students!
We have been approved by the government to issue I-20s for students who would like to transfer from other schools or who would like to come to the United States in order to study at Grace Prep. Please contact Principal Dave Anderson via email or phone 814-867-1177 to receive more information or to begin the application process.
Grace
Prep chosen for
International
Exemplary School
Award by Association
of Christian
Schools International
(ACSI).
Of
the more than
5,200 ACSI member
schools around
the world, only
31 were given
this award of
distinction for their work in Africa.
The
29 students and
chaperones that
traveled to Zambia, Africa
and partnered with
over 1000 donors
to raise more
than $110,000
for the piggery
project. Read
the entire ACSI article
here | Read
about Zambia here
Dear Parents and Friends,
