Cornerstone Christian Academy (Illinois)

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Cornerstone Christian Academy of McLean County is a non-denominational Christian college preparatory private school located in Bloomington, Illinois. CCA enrolls preschool through 12th grade. It has a total enrolment of around 480 students.

1 Mission Statement
2 History
3 School Format
4 School Administration
5 Athletics
6 School Activities
7 School Facts
8 Winterim
9 School Membership Associations
10 Future
11 See also

[edit] Mission Statement

CCA exists to provide students an exemplary Christ-centered education, preparing them to pursue higher education; while promoting service to others in the name of Christ.

[edit] History

In 1997, the Eastview Christian Church preschool was taken over by a private group. It was soon renamed "Cornerstone Christian Academy" and in 1998 Cornerstone moved to Grace United Methodist Church on the corner of Bell and Bunn in Bloomington.

There they opened up school to house preschool through 4th grade. Later on, Cornerstone had three separate locations throughout Bloomington-Normal, including Faith United Methodist (Preschool), Grace United Methodist (Elementary K-4th), and Presbyterian (middle school 5th and up).

In 2001, plans were made to build a new building on approximately 80 acres of donated land to finally put all students under one roof.

On May 28, 2002, Cornerstone broke ground on its new location which is on the east side of Bloomington, and on December 1st, 2003, students attended their first day at their new school.

[edit] School Format

There are three divisions of the school: Preschool, Lower School and Upper School. Preschool is the preschool area, Lower School is K-5th grade, and Upper School is 6th-12th grade.

When the school first opened it was only preschool-4th grade. The year after that they added a 5th grade and the year after that 6th and so on. Currently they are up to their first Senior class, with the first graduation ceremony to take place in 2007.

[edit] School Administration

Becky Shamess - Administrator
Doug Pavey - Lower School Principal
April Kinzinger - Director of Development
John Schwartz - Athletic Director
Diane Clark - Director of Admissions
Beth Sondgeroth - Academic Dean
Kim Brucker - Preschool Director
Dan Kinzinger - Building and Facilities Director

[edit] Athletics

Cornerstone's nickname/mascot is the "Cyclones" and their school colors are Forest Green and White.

Middle School Sports

Boys/Girls Basketball
Boys Baseball (Co-op)
Girls Volleyball
Boys/Girls Cross Country
Boys/Girls Track
Wrestling

High School Sports

Girls Volleyball
Boys Basketball
Boys/Girls Cross Country
Tennis

[edit] School Activities

Student Council
School Paper: The Cyclone
Art Club
Drama Club
Worship Band
Scholastic Bowl
Cheerleading- 2006 Small Team Routine IESA State Champions
Speech/Debate
Pep Band
Chess Club

[edit] School Facts

Teacher to Student ratio - 1:9
School days in calendar year - 187 days
Hours in school day for students - 7 hours
Acceptance rate - 96%

Cornerstone has a large financial aid program which allows those who would otherwise not be able to afford tuition to apply for financial assistance.

[edit] Winterim

Cornerstone offers a unique program held during the first two weeks of January called Winterim. During this mini-semester high school students are allowed to choose from various classes (e.g Auto mechanics, cooking, referring, music classes and ect). 11th-12th grade students are allowed to choose internships (e.g State Police, Doctors Office, Computer Programing, Psychology, Teaching and ect). Students receive credit for this mini-semester. This program allows students to try various subjects and get them out of the classroom.