Valor announces school expansion

SANDPOINT — Valor Christian School is expanding to include grades 7th through 12th.

Originally founded in 2023 as a high school with grades 9 and 10, Valor has since grown quickly, adding one additional grade each year, Luke Patterson, VCS board president, said.

“There has been tremendous excitement in the community about the possibility of our adding grades 7 and 8," Patterson said. "Many parents have expressed a strong desire for our robust Christian education to be offered to their middle-schoolers as well. I’m happy to announce that starting this fall, we will be expanding to include these grades.”

According to Patterson, this expansion is occurring amidst a widespread shift regarding the perception of education in America. 

“Many parents across the country have begun to realize the need for a rigorous education which has a truly moral foundation. Without being anchored to a transcendent source of morality, education will always be co-opted by various interests, inevitably pushed around by the culture. I think the average parent is waking up to the fact that they want something better for their child, an education with a deeper foundation and a higher aim.”

Patterson said the school believes that biblical truth provides the means by which its students can form a truly coherent understanding of reality as well as a standard to which they can grow their character. Toward that end, the school focuses on nurturing a spirit of inquiry in students, encouraging them to pursue knowledge and wisdom in all areas, whether history, science, mathematics, the arts and so on.

Located at 201 North Division Ave, Valor Christian School is accepting applications for the 2025-'26 school year.

Information: valorsandpoint.com