First Wesleyan Christian School
Address: 208-A South Church St. Gastonia, NC 28054
Voice: 704.865.9823
Fax: 704.852.4219
Contact:
fwcssec@carolina.rr.com
Website: www.fwcsfwcs.org
About:
First Wesleyan is a traditional, interdenominational Christian school which has been providing quality Christian education since 1971. It currently serves some 270 students in its state-licensed, academic preschool and accelerated K-8 division. FWCS’s staff and school families represent some 40 evangelical churches.
Academically, FWCS’s K-8 students as a group have repeatedly scored in the top 20% of the nation on the rigorous Stanford Achievement Test. FWCS’s average K-8 teacher/pupil ratio is 1:15. Its average kindergartener graduates read at near the second grade level. Beginning with its two-year-old classes FWCS’s 110 preschoolers receive intense instruction in phonics.
FWCS’s K-8 curriculum uses texts from ABeka, ACSI, Bob Jones, Saxon Math, Positive Action in Christ, and McDougal Littell. Besides regular academic subjects and daily Bible classes, FWCS K-8 students enjoy weekly classes in art, music, Spanish, P.E., computer, and library. Extracurricular activities include after-school chess club, art club, enrichment choir, etc. K-8 students also have numerous opportunities to compete in spelling bees, speech meets, math contests, science fairs, and geography bowls.
FWCS also offers unique emphases such as: Public-speaking training for all students in grades 1-8; Small, advanced computer classes in grades K-8; Training in systematic Bible study methods in grades 6-8; Expanded/enriched Bible curriculum in grades K-8.
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