| Evangel Christian Academy | |
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| Location | |
| 7425 Broadacres Rd. Shreveport, LA United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | Raising a Righteous Generation |
| Established | 1980 |
| School district | Caddo Parish |
| Principal | Mr. Bud Dean |
| Head of school | Pastor Jerry Erickson |
| Staff | 15 |
| Faculty | 60 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Number of students | 650 |
| Color(s) | Red, white, blue |
| Athletics | Baseball, Basketball, Football, Tennis, Softball, Wrestling |
| Athletics conference | LHSAA Division AA |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Affiliation | Non-denominational |
| Website | http://www.evangelacademy.com |
Evangel Christian Academy is a preparatory school in Shreveport, Louisiana with two campus spanning K-12, owned & operated privately in association with Shreveport Community Church (formerly First Assembly of God Church) which is located on the property of the grade school sister campus.
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Rodney and Frances Duron, parents of the current chancellor, Denny Duron, founded the school in 1980 as a small kindergarten to eighth grade school. The high school was added as a second campus in 1989. Evangel has grown from 21 graduating seniors in 1990 to over 100 seniors in 2001. The school currently has over 675 students.
As of Spring 2005, Evangel Christian Academy is the only school in Caddo Parish, public or private, to have earned SACS accreditation for grades K-12th. Evangel Christian Academy is a state approved (K(5)-12) school through the Louisiana State Department of Education.
Evangel's football team has won over a dozen state championships since 1993. In a recent book cataloging the top twelve dynasties of high school football, Evangel was given a prominent place.[1]
Evangel also has a baseball, basketball and softball team. The Lady Eagles softball and basketball teams compete for the state title and the baseball team. Evangel also fields tennis, golf, volleyball, wrestling, track and basketball teams at the middle/high school level and football, basketball, baseball and softball teams for most grades K - 6th.
As of January 2009, The Shreveport Country Club is the training ground and tournament facility for the Evangel golf and tennis teams and the future Evangel swim teams.
The drama department puts on at least one major musical per year along with a straight play. ECA drama regularly participates in local, state and national drama competitions.
ECA's band and choir have also grown in recent years. Beyond the traditional arts, Evangel offers a wide array of spirit groups from twirlers to dance and cheer teams, all competitive in their various divisions.
The ECA high school campus lies on approximately 100 acres (400,000 m2) in West Shreveport. The high school campus is home to the "main" high school classrooms (divided into "A" and "B" wings with ten rooms on either side serving various purposes) including a library with over thirty-five Dell Dimension 3000 desktop computers (20 more of which that can be found in the computer lab), a main and student office, and a high school cafeteria with food service provided by the Sodexho food service company. These were original at the opening of the high school campus and were built by previous private schools. Further back in the campus are the "T" (temporary) buildings which were added in 1993 by founder Frances Duron to accommodate the growing number of middle and high school students enrolling in the school. The campus also includes five tennis courts, one softball, baseball, and football field, and a large basketball gym (built in 1997). The campus is surrounded by woods on two sides and by homes on the other two sides. During the summers the campus is used for summer sports camps.
The elementary campus and Shreveport Community Church occupy approximately 33 acres (130,000 m2) just minutes from the high school campus and located next to I-20. The elementary has recently moved into a new space inside of the renovated church including a new auditorium tailored specifically for elementary school students, a two story indoor climbing playground, several new outdoor play spaces, a fully equipped computer lab, a cafe for parents, and new daycare facilities.