Chattanooga Christian School

The school was organized as Lookout Mountain Christian School Association on February 4, 1970, by a group of parents including World magazine founder Joel Belz.^[4] The school was incorporated as a Georgia non-profit Corporation on June 30, 1972. As the school grew and expanded to encompass more grade levels, a decision was made to move the school from Lookout Mountain to Chattanooga at its present location and change the name to Chattanooga Christian School, Inc. The move to the present campus was made in 1982. The school grew dramatically over the next 30 years. Chattanooga Christian School is a Christian, interdenominational, coeducational day school. It is a parent-directed school, working through an elected administrative Board of Directors, and accepts students in PreSchool through 12th grades. Chattanooga Christian School is a member of Christian Schools International and is accredited by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Today, the campus on Charger Drive encompasses roughly 55 acres of land. It is the largest private school in Hamilton County, Tennessee.^{[citation needed]}

In 1982, the school moved to its present location, the former site of Ed Wright Chevrolet on South Broad Street.^[5] The initial 10-acre (40,000 m²) site was expanded by additional purchases over the years to encompass 40 acres (160,000 m²) and 6 buildings. The section of Broad Street in front of the school was renamed Charger Drive in early 2003.^[6]

Chattanooga Christian High School has a large theater department. They put on musical every fall and spring semester, the fall being the middle school musical and spring being high school. In the past they have done The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie, The King and I, Beauty and the Beast and among other Broadway shows but most recently Mary Poppins, which was nominated for 20 Jewel Awards (a Jimmy Awards affiliate) and won 6. The middle school has done many musicals, including Annie Jr., Seussical Jr., Once Upon a Mattress, The Lion King Jr. and most recently Peter Pan Jr. The school also offers intensive theater summer programs one being a Regular Musical Theater Camp for younger children and the other being an Advanced Musical Theater Camp for older middle and high school students this program is not only limited to Chattanooga Christian students. Most recently the camps produced Lion King Kids and Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr. The high school theater classes have started to produce spring plays most recently being, Peter and the Starcatcher. These shows are often directed and choreographed by Mary Catherine Schimpf.

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