City: Savannah, GA

Category: Education

Telephone: (912) 351-2299

Address: 4625 Waters Ave.

Description: This coed school in Savannah’s Midtown is a ministry of Calvary in Savannah and is open to students of all faiths and creeds. The school and church occupy 22 acres at Waters Avenue and 63rd Street. The school started downtown with a kindergarten class in 1961 under the leadership of the Reverend John T. Tippitt Jr., and a grade was added each year. Calvary, which moved south to Midtown in 1964, now provides Christian-based education to more than 900 students in prekindergarten through 12th grade.According to school officials, academics are blended with a strong program of athletics and other activities to help students evolve into well-rounded citizens. The student-teacher ratio is 18 to 1. The curriculum is designed to prepare students for college, and 98 percent of Calvary’s graduates attend institutions of higher learning. Among the tools used in accomplishing the goal of readying students for life after high school are five computer labs, a high-school medical profession program, a middle-school technology lab, and two libraries. The school offers a full program of athletics and has its own football stadium and track, a complex named M. C. Anderson Field. Cavalry offers before- and after-school programs for students prekindergarten through sixth grades.