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| Address | |
| 7400 Getwell Road Southaven, Mississippi 38672 United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°58′3″N 89°55′59″W / 34.96750°N 89.93306°W / 34.96750; -89.93306 |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | Find Your True North |
| Established | 1973 |
| President | Jim Ferguson |
| Grades | pre-K–12 |
| Enrollment | 1075 (2022-2023) |
| Average class size | 20 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.5 to 1 |
| Color(s) | Navy, White, and Carolina Blue |
| Mascot | Trojan |
| Nickname | NCS |
| Affiliation | Baptist |
| Tuition | $4075-$8695 |
| Website | NCSTrojans.com |
Northpoint Christian School (NCS) is a private, coeducational, college preparatory [[Christian school. Located in Southaven, Mississippi. NCS was founded in 1973 by a group of Baptist ministers in the Whitehaven section of Memphis, Tennessee. Programs for kindergarten through Grade 8 began in 1973, and grades 9-12 were added the following year. The school is dually accredited with SAIS and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. NCS is also a member of the Association of Christian Schools International, the TAIS, and the TSSAA. As of 2014, the school was the third-largest private school in Greater Memphis. For the 2022-2023 school year, they are celebrating their 50th anniversary of the schools creation.
History
The Southern Baptist Educational Center was established by ten Southern Baptist churches in 1973 as a segregation academy formed by white parents seeking to avoid sending their children to racially integrated public schools. When the school encountered financial problems in the summer of 1976, five of them dropped out, but the other five raised cash and bought bonds to keep the school going. In 1977, white flight to the suburbs caused a decline in enrollment from 1,279 to 885. This resulted in another financial crisis and several churches, including Graceland, Hickory Hills, LaBelle Haven, LaBelle Place and Whitehaven Baptist Churches decided to end their support of the school. Broadway Baptist took over the schools debts and from then on solely operated the school. Broadway immediately began providing busing to the school.
In 1988, after what the school claimed was "The area was losing professionals as well as families who could afford to send their children to SBEC." The school moved from Memphis, Tennessee, to suburban Southaven, Mississippi as many white people of Memphis were moving to Southaven at that time during white flight.
Prior to the 2013-2014 school year, the school was known as Southern Baptist Educational Center (SBEC).
On April 29, 2022, Northpoint was criticized by Memphis local news source, WMC-TV, reported that a teacher put signs of "colored" and "whites" over water fountains for a civil rights lesson, while alarming questions and criticisms, the current president, Jim Ferguson, defended it as "part of a lesson plan".
Campuses
Broadway Baptist Church
Because of the urgency to start a school immediately as integration took place, in 1972 the school was initially housed in Broadway Baptist Church in Whitehaven.
Holmes Road
The second 40 acres (16 ha) Memphis campus, located in Whitehaven at the intersection of Holmes Road and Tulane Road, was utilized from 1974 until 1988, when it was sold to the Memphis City School System to house the John P. Freeman School.
Southaven
The school campus relocated to Southaven, Mississippi, in September 1988. The 67 acres (27 ha) campus contains facilities for grades pre-K through 12. The main building contains approximately 100,000 square feet (9,300 m) of instructional and support space for students. Specifically, the building contains over 40 regular classrooms, 3 computer labs, 4 science labs, a science lecture lab, a library/media center, a cafeteria, a multi-purpose room, and a performing arts center. The campus also includes a sportsplex, which contains a football stadium and track, baseball stadium, softball stadium, soccer field, and tennis courts. The football stadium includes two concession stands.
In 2008, an expansion was constructed just east of the main building. This building contains 12 additional high school classrooms and the high school office, in addition to a gymnasium with a turf room and locker rooms.
Athletics
Despite being located in Mississippi, NCS competes in Division II, Class A of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA). Other members of their division are:
- Davidson Academy (Nashville)
- First Assembly Christian School (Cordova)
- Franklin Road Academy (Nashville)
- Friendship Christian School (Lebanon)
- King's Academy (Seymour)
- Lighthouse Christian (Millington)
- Memphis Catholic High School (Memphis)
- Rossville Christian Academy (Rossville)
- St. Andrews (Sewanee)
- Tipton-Rosemark Academy (Millington)
- Evangelical Christian School (Cordova)
- St. George's (Collierville)
Sports offered at NCS include: baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, boys and girls golf, boys and girls soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, and trap shooting.
NCS is home to 4 State Titles in athletics. 2004 Football, 2009 Baseball, 2016 and 2017 Girls Basketball.
See also
References
- ^ "Northpoint Christian School Educational Foundation". National Center for Education Statistics. 2016. Retrieved 27 Nov 2018.
- "Largest private schools in Memphis for 2014".
- ^ Pohlmann, Marcus D. (2008). Opportunity Lost: Race and Poverty in the Memphis City Schools. Univ. of Tennessee Press. p. 85. ISBN 9781572336384.
- "Northpoint Christian Schools". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- Vancil, Paul (November 9, 1977). "Church to assume school's operation: Financial woes spur shift". Memphis Press-Scimitar. p. 21.
- {{Cite book| url=https://thedmonline.com/opinion-i-went-to-a-segregation-academy-now-i-want-to-ban-them/
- {{Cite book| url=https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/04/29/northpoint-christian-school-questioned-controversial-lesson-plan/
- Bayne, William C (September 14, 1995). "Boulevard Baptist moving from Holmes to Southaven". Memphis Commercial Appeal. p. EC2.
- "Dedication set at school". Memphis Commercial Appeal. October 7, 1988. p. A16.
- Athletics
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