About Us

Established 1976
A ministry of the Walnut St. Baptist Church

“For He hath done marvelous things.”
Ps. 98:16

Our Goal:

Our goal is to help each student reach his or her greatest potential, to offer the highest quality scholastically, and to encourage each student to pursue excellence in all that he or she does.  Our goal is that every student not only enjoy success in the classroom; but also enjoy a meaningful lifetime of academic, professional, and spiritual service to the Lord, one’s country, and one’s community. 

Our History:

  • Founded in 1976 through the prayers and faith of the people of the Walnut Street Baptist Church and Pastor George Grossman
  • School opened with 27 students, offering grades kindergarten through eighth grade.
  • In 1979 WSCS added four grades, offering grades kindergarten through twelfth.
  • In 1994 a pre-school program was added.
  • We experienced a 57.1 % growth rate between the 1994 and 1999 school years.
  • In 1999 we purchased the Woolrich plant to accommodate our growing numbers.
  • In January, 2001, we moved to our new school campus in Avis.
  • In 2005, fifty acres of adjacent land was purchased to expand the ministry.

Distinctives: 

  • Faithful, long-term faculty and staff
  • Christ-centered philosophy
  • Safe, loving, caring atmosphere
  • Family and local church oriented with at least thirty-five or more churches represented each year
  • Over 170 students who come from a radius of more than thirty-five miles
  • Majority of the WSCS staff and faculty have CPR training
  • Locked security entrance
  • Alumni are enrolling their children.
  • Alumni are volunteering at WSCS and two have joined our faculty.
  • Our school is handicap-accessible.

Academics:

  • Phonics based reading curriculum
  • Students learn to read in kindergarten.  Kindergarten students test in the top 12% nationwide.
  • Ninety percent of graduates enter higher education.
  • A large percentage of the high school students qualify to be members of the KCEA State Honor Society.
  • Our students average two to three grades ahead on national achievement tests
  • Advanced, academic A Beka curriculum ~ *Academic Resource Classroom is available for extra help
  • Many high school electives are offered.

Spiritual Emphasis:

  • Daily prayer and Bible study
  • Good testimonies and behavior are modeled, taught, and encouraged.
  • Chapel every Friday

Athletics:

  • Girls’ and boys’ soccer (Three championship seasons)
  • Boys’ and girls’ basketball (Five state varsity championships/One JV championship)

Vision For The future:

  • Technical curriculum
  • Addition of a general and learning disability curriculum to our successful advanced academic program
  • Expansion to include a Family Life Center/gymnasium, sports fields and develop new earning opportunities to support the ministry on the new fifty acres of adjacent property