Veritas College Profile

Mission & History - Veritas Christian Academy is an independent, co-educational, Pre-K – 12, college preparatory school with an educational culture built on the classical Trivium and historic Biblical Christianity.  The school opened in 1998 with 56 students and graduated its leading class in June, 2005. There are 352 students currently enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade.  Veritas employs 62 faculty and staff with fifty-nine percent of the high school faculty holding advanced degrees. Academic Program - Veritas provides an academic curriculum that trains students in the grammatical, dialectical, and rhetorical arts with an equal emphasis on the acquisition of the empirical and mathematical sciences preparatory to, or at the level of, College Board Advanced Placement standards. The program aims not only to equip students with knowledge of the different disciplines, but also to aid their understanding of learning as the pursuit and application of truth. The program’s distinctives include Latin instruction that begins in third grade, a full year of informal and formal logic, a full year of rhetoric, the writing and defense of a senior thesis, and the age-appropriate teaching methodologies required of each subject.	Veritas Christian Academy Class of 2010          College Board Scores   Veritas Classes of 2005-2011 National NC Math/Verbal 1262 1007 999 Math/Verbal/Writing 1875 1495 1476
Memberships/Accreditation •  Accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) •  Member of the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) •  Member of the Society for Classical Learning (SCL) Graduation Requirements      To graduate from Veritas Christian Academy a student must have at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average on a 5.0 scale. The school does not rank students. A minimum of 23 credits is required for graduation.  Veritas requires at least 3 credits in mathematics, 4 credits in English, 4 credits in history, 3 credits in science, and 3 credits in foreign language.
Standardized Tests Annual testing includes the Iowa Test of Basic Skills for grades 3-8, the OLSAT in grade 8, the PSAT for grades 9-11, and the SAT and/or ACT for grades 11-12.
Community Service Students develop sensitivity to the world’s needs through avenues provided by Veritas and through independent pursuits. For example, the students have worked at Camp Courage (a camp for terminally ill children), provided assistance during the Special Olympics, tutored special needs children, and assisted elderly members of the community with home cleaning and maintenance. Fine Arts The Veritas Performing Arts departments provide students with an opportunity for musical instruction and dramatic performance. The Performing Arts students present a Shakespearean play in the fall and a musical in the spring.  Students may take piano, guitar, or flute lessons on campus.   Athletics Varsity letters may be earned in the following sports: men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, co-ed cross country, and co-ed golf. School Clubs Student Council is elected annually from the student body. The students also participate in Chess Club, Mountain Biking Club, Philosophy Club, Ski Club, and Odyssey of the Mind.
High School Curriculum      Subject Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 English World Literature I World Literature II American Literature British Literature Honors World Literature I Honors World Literature II AP Language AP Literature Mathematics Algebra I Geometry Algebra II Advanced Functions & Modeling Honors Algebra II Honors Geometry Honors Pre-Calculus AP Calculus           Science Biology Chemistry Conceptual Physics AP Biology (11th or 12th)   Honors Biology Honors Chemistry Honors Physics AP Chemistry (11th or 12th)     History Western Civilizations I Western Civilizations I U.S. History U.S. Government   Honors Western Civilizations I Honors Western Civilizations I I AP U.S. History AP U.S. Government           Foreign Language Latin I Spanish I Spanish II Honors Spanish III   Honors Latin III Honors Latin IV AP Latin Virgil   Honors Greek I Honors Greek II Honors Greek III           Advanced Studies Logic II Rhetoric I Rhetoric II Philosophy           Theology Doctrine I Doctrine II Apologetics Philosophy