Friendship Christian School (North Carolina)

Private, Protestant, Christian school in North Carolina

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Friendship Christian School
Location

5510 Falls of Neuse Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 United States
Coordinates	35°51′25″N 78°36′55″W / 35.85694°N 78.61528°W / 35.85694; -78.61528
Information
Type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Protestant Christian
Denomination	Baptist
Established	1970 (55 years ago) (1970)
CEEB code	343197
Head of school	David McClain
Faculty	33
Grades	K–12
Number of students	343
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Forest green, black, and white
Athletics conference	NCISAA
Mascot	Falcons
Accreditation	AACS NCCSA
Affiliation	Friendship Baptist Church
Website	friendshipchristian.net

Friendship Christian School (FCS) is a private, Baptist, coeducational, primary and secondary day school located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Also known as simply Friendship, the school seeks to educate students in a traditional Christian environment. The Administrator of the school is David McClain.

History

Friendship Christian School was founded in 1970 as a ministry of Friendship Baptist Church located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The first graduating class was in 1980, and since then FCS has graduated over 900 students.

Academics

FCS has been fully accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), Cognia, and the Middle States Association (MSA); their teachers are certified through ACSI.

Athletics

In 2018, Friendship Christian School switched from the NCCSA Athletic conference and joined the NCISAA. Friendship Athletics consists of Middle School/High School both men's and women's Cross-country, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, and Golf. Friendship also has a women's cheerleading squad during basketball season.

External links

Education in Wake County, North Carolina

List of schools in the Wake County Public School System

Public schools

High schools	Apex Apex Friendship Athens Drive Broughton Cary East Wake Enloe Fuquay-Varina Garner Green Hope Green Level Heritage Holly Springs Knightdale Leesville Road Middle Creek Millbrook Panther Creek Rolesville Sanderson Southeast Raleigh South Garner Wakefield Wake Forest Willow Spring
Middle schools	Ligon Others
Elementary schools	Lucille Hunter Washington Others
Charter schools	East Wake Academy Endeavor Charter School Franklin Academy Longleaf School of the Arts Raleigh Charter High School
Other	Governor Morehead School Mary E. Phillips Wake Early College of Health and Sciences Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy

Private schools

Secular	Cary Academy Hopewell Academy Ravenscroft School Thales Academy
Protestant	Friendship Christian School Grace Christian School Hilltop Christian School Neuse Christian Academy North Raleigh Christian Academy Raleigh Christian Academy St. David's School Saint Mary's School Trinity Academy Wake Christian Academy Word of God Christian Academy
Catholic	Cardinal Gibbons High School Cathedral School St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic School St. Thomas More Academy

Tertiary

Universities	North Carolina State University Meredith College William Peace University Shaw University St. Augustine's University
Community colleges	Wake Technical Community College
Professional schools	Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law

See also: Hope and Despair in the American City and The End of Consensus

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