HB 1 eliminates financial eligibility restrictions and the current enrollment caps for the state scholarship programs. The bill enables school choice for every child in the state.
The $19m Pentecost Athletic Center — named after the project’s largest benefactor — includes several courts for basketball, volleyball and wrestling, along with a multi-purpose field for soccer and football.
Senate Bill 52 and House Bill 1159 especially benefit economically disadvantaged students, who rely on state school choice scholarship programs to attend private schools.
House Bill 7045 widens eligibility and maximizes parental choice in K-12 scholarship programs, separately targeting both both low-income and uniquely-abled students and increasing scholarship awards from 95% to 100%.
The $28.5m state scholarship program would serve as a “gateway to college for so many students,” said Dr. Adam Gaffey of Robert F. Monroe Day School in Quincy.
The Federal Government has allocated $213m in emergency services / relief funds for Florida’s non-public schools, to be released under an expedited timeline.
For their first High School Choir remote assignment, Orangewood Christian School students recorded Elton John & Bernie Taupin’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”. And it’s awesome!
The Florida House has increased teacher salaries by $150 million more than what the Senate proposed — and almost $50m more than Governor Ron DeSantis requested.
Private school enrollment has been rising in Florida for a whole decade, with the most dramatic increase — 22,525 students — occurring between 2015/16 and 2016/17.
For Hurricane Irma in 2017, Orange County distributed no fewer than 123,000 sandbags. This team of 9th-graders tested various bags for cost-efficiency, biodegradability, durability and practicality.
The Governor signed the bill in Jerusalem whilst leading a visit to Israel with other officials. It marks the first time in Florida’s history that a law has been enacted on foreign soil.
Senate Democrats attempted unsuccessfully to remove the section in a school safety bill that would potentially arm teachers; the vote went along party lines.
Member Schools
If you’re a family seeking a Christian school in Florida with nationally recognized accreditation, you found us!
Our member schools are located throughout the Sunshine State, from Pensacola in the panhandle to Miami in the south.
Located in the Rio Vista neighborhood of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Bethany is well known for offering academic excellence to students—currently approximately 325—in a nurturing, Christ-centered environment.
Leading students into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ
Founded in 1960 and located minutes from the Gulf of Mexico in sunny Bradenton, we currently serve over 840 students Pre-K–12th grade from church-attending families in Manatee County.
For nearly 50 years, the school’s mission has been to provide excellence in academics, athletics and fine arts for the good of our students and the glory of God.
Serving Christ Through Excellence in Academics, Athletics, and Fine Arts
TOTS is an affordable, early-education enrichment program for 1–4-year-olds set in a loving Christian environment that includes Bible stories, unit lesson themes, crafts, and playtime.
Granada Day School is a Christ-centered school offering child care for infants through kindergarten since 1959. It is important to us that the children cherish their school, that school be a familiar place, a home away from home.
Established in 1973 as a ministry of Kendall Presbyterian Church, we welcome families of all races, national, and ethnic origins. Our small class sizes allow for close relationships between students and teachers.
An outreach ministry of Orangewood Church, PCA, we serve families from both our church and our local community with part-time programs for children two years of age through Kindergarten.
Located just north of Orlando in Maitland, OCS is a ministry of Orangewood Presbyterian Church (PCA) with over 700 students in grades K–12 and a new $8.5 million expansion to the athletic and high school facilities.
Our mission is to partner with covenant Christian families to educate students in grades VPK through 6th to be world-changers for Christ through a rigorous, Christ-centered, Biblically-based school program.
Located on 52 acres, we emphasize Christian world and life view in all aspects of our educational program. Redeemer serves approximately 275 students from K3 through 11th grade; academic rigor and college preparation remain the focus of middle and high school classes.
Seven Rivers Christian School exists in partnership with families to shape the hearts and minds of children with a distinctly biblical program of academic rigor, artistic beauty, and athletic competition.
SRCS has a 30-year tradition in Boca Raton of high academic standards with accelerated curriculum, advanced technology, and athletics and fine arts programs. We develop a desire in children to study God’s word and apply the Scriptures to their daily lives.
Every child at Sunlight Christian Academy is a unique and important bearer of God’s image. We maintain an individual academic profile for every child that charts his/her learning in each area of our curriculum, and our flexible weekly schedule also reflects our commitment to individualized instruction.
Tampa Bay Christian Academy of Florida is educating for eternity by seeking to nurture the spirit, mind, and body of the international and culturally diverse Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade student population through a Christ-centered, developmentally appropriate and safe educational environment.
Educating the mind, engaging the heart, and empowering students to change their world.
Since 1971, Westminster Academy has been a Christ-centered, biblically-based college preparatory school dedicated to equipping covenant students to excel by using their gifts and talents for God’s glory. In 2014 the Lower School earned National Blue Ribbon School recognition as a 2014 Exemplary High Performing School.
Transformational Education embraces the Gospel as a way of life—a way of thinking, a way of doing ethics, a way of making choices—so that it cannot be segregated out from any other part of life and/or be compartmentalized.
Christian Schools of Florida supports, encourages and accredits Christian early childhood, elementary, and secondary schools in the State of Florida that endorse Transformational Education.
CSF staff and Executive Committee members are credentialed and professional educators experienced in school leadership and accreditation protocols.
We co-accredit with other agencies and have agreements with organizations whose standards we respect and trust.
Member schools enjoy associate, accredited or collaborative status.
CSF for School Accreditation
Accreditation instills new life in a school, fostering a greater awareness among faculty, staff and board members.
“If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.”
—John 5:31
CSF accreditation is an ongoing five-year process for school effectiveness and improvement.
Schools accredited elsewhere can also be accredited by CSF, but must be in compliance with the standards of both agencies.
Accreditation by CSF exempts early childhood programs from state licensing.
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