Emmanuel Christian School (ECS) opened in 1963 and launched this 46th year in astounding fashion. The new Headmaster, Clark Ballard, came to Hartsville from Aiken, SC where he served as Headmaster / Administrator of Aiken Christian School for 11 years. Mr. Ballard received his Bachelor's degree from University of Alabama and his Masters degree from the Citadel. He has 22 years experience in education (7.5 in public schools and 15 in private/Christian education).
In spite of the economic recession, the enrollment at ECS continues to be strong and has nearly doubled in the past five years! ECS added over 90 new students in grades 2K-12 for the 2009-2010 school year, bringing the total enrollment to 426. In preschool through 5th grade, there are now two classes offered in every grade except fourth. The majority of our growth this year was in our Upper School and I believe it is because people are finally realizing the high quality of academic product that ECS is producing. Our average SAT scores were 137 points higher than Darlington County last year and we have classes ranked in the top 1% nationally.
ECS continued the campus renovations this past summer. ECS spent $100,000 in renovations, which included technological upgrades across our campus. The technology project included new servers, upgrades for classroom computers, purchase of brand new notebook computers for our students, a Promethean board, and educational software. The project is still underway and more improvements are planned for the future, but lacks approximately $10,000 for completion.
For more information about ECS, visit our website at www.ecscrusaders.com.
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