Exciting New Home for Our Lower School Campus

Over the last 3 years, our school has experienced its most significant growth at the Lower School, causing us to add 3 sections of several early elementary grades (Kindergarten – 2nd) and create waitlists for other grades. We are blessed to share space with Westminster Presbyterian Church but are simply running out of physical space to expand with the projected growth. In addition, the property formerly known as Rosewood Elementary School, allows us to offer larger classroom spaces and natural lighting for all grades to provide an even better learning environment.

Our projected growth plan has the school adding a 3rd section to the remaining elementary grades over the next few years based on natural matriculation rates of early elementary grades and increased interest in admissions. The new school property/building will easily allow for this growth (and more) while maintaining our current student-to-teacher ratios.

The new campus would be closer to the Upper School Campus and is located one block north of Celanese on Rosewood Drive between Dutchman Drive and Hilltop Road. It is approximately 1.4 miles from the Upper School.

Purchasing this property for our Lower School is a temporary solution that allows us to grow our base enrollment at the Lower School while we plan for the long-term solution of building and moving to one shared campus, with separate buildings for different age groups, for the entire school.

Yes! Contact our Director of Admissions, Jane Wilson, at (803) 328-5472 to schedule your tour today!

WCCS has experienced sustained growth in the Early Childhood (infants through kindergarten) and Elementary (1st through 5th grades) programs. The purchase of the Rosewood property will allow us to add up to three sections per grade for twos – 5th grade, creating a larger base of students to feed into the Upper School (6th through 12th.) We want to emphasize that while growth for WCCS does mean slowly adding a third section (if it doesn’t already exist) in each of these grades, we are committed to keeping class ratios the same. We believe small class sizes, with an average of 16-18 students, allows for the best learning environment.

We are excited to offer classroom spaces with much larger square footage and with windows providing natural light.

This new location will feature more dedicated play spaces for each developmental stage of childhood growth. We are planning separate play areas for infants through twos, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary years. In addition, P.E. and art will have their own dedicated outdoor learning areas.

The move to this new location will provide enhanced safety and security features. Benefits include one building with a single guest entrance and double entry security doors. Students will no longer have a need to travel between multiple buildings.

Our music, art, computer, Spanish, and other enrichment classes will each have dedicated classroom space. This includes a large media center and a gymnasium for P.E.

We are excited for the opportunity to potentially expand our elementary self-supported classroom to include students from kindergarten – 4th grade with the addition of more classroom space and square footage.

Even though we are moving into a new building, our mission of educating students to bless our world as disciples of Jesus Christ will remain at the forefront of all decisions regarding personnel, curriculum, admissions, and related activities. We have a vision of this new campus allowing us to better serve our community by providing excellent Christian education.

The Lord has blessed us with the opportunity to acquire this new building without having to take on unmanageable financial burdens as a school. This means that we are still able to offer affordable options for Christian education that meet the financial needs of families in the surrounding area. We do not foresee raising tuition above the normal annual 3.5% increase that accounts for inflation and cost of living increases to support faculty and staff.

This move is necessary for the managed growth that we have already been seeing over the last two years. The new location will provide an opportunity to equip more children with the gospel (by adding more sections per grade) and thereby impact God’s Kingdom. This new facility has more and larger classroom spaces that will allow each class to spread out. We still value the individual attention that teachers are able to give each student in a smaller class environment and do not anticipate increasing class numbers beyond the average 16-18 students per class.

We may be relocating our lower school classrooms and learning spaces, however we remain a committed ministry of Westminster Presbyterian Church. We are grateful for their continued support and guidance as we seek to honor the Lord in all that we do. There will continue to be opportunities where we utilize church spaces for special events, connect with church leadership and staff in seeking wisdom and counsel, and intentionally promote the benefits of family involvement in WPC worship and activities.