Evans Christian Academy- Preparing your student for college and life.

MISSION STATEMENT

Evans Christian Academy (ECA) is a non-profit, educational institution whose skilled instructors focus on providing students in the Augusta and surrounding area with excellent academic opportunities in a nurturing Christian environment. It is our mission for each student to expand his unique and varied talents in order to achieve his full potential as a well-rounded citizen in our ever changing community. In support of this mission we seek to provide a professional workplace of integrity and excellence for our faculty and staff as well as a learning environment for our students that is enriched by the collaborative efforts of parents, faculty, and administration.

PURPOSE

The comprehensive purpose of Evans Christian Academy (ECA) is to provide the Evans area with a non-discriminating Christian education for grades 6th-12th with a positive environment based on a semester college semester using the A/B block system. ECA provides complete academic programs including lab sciences and advanced placement classes as well as fine arts electives, clubs, and sports opportunites for full-time students and part-time home schooled students. ECA has nurtured students to become young adults able to compete for the college of their choice.

ACCREDITATION AND MEMBERSHIPS

ECA is accredited through the Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC). GAC is recognized by the Chancellor's Office of the University System of Georgia, the Technical College system of Georgia, and by HOPE scholarship officials. Graduating seniors enrolled in four core courses and who meet the HOPE requirements may be eligible for the HOPE Scholarship. The Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) will determine HOPE eligibility.

In 2009, ECA was accepted for membership in the Georgia Association of Christian Schools (GACS).

GOVERNANCE

ECA is an independent school, owned and operated by the Evans Christian Academy, Inc. The Advisory School Board is selected from among qualified candidates whose names are submitted by parents and other Board members. Among the primary duties of the Board is setting the governance polices of the Academy, direction and planning, financial stability of the institution, and defining the role of the Board and its committees.

ADVISORY SCHOOL BOARD FOR 2009 - 2010

  • Mrs. Freida Lachman,   Director / President
       B.S. Wayne State University - Education
  • Mr. Ross Montgomery,   Vice President
       B.S. Virginia Polytechnic Institute- Nuclear Science
  • Dr. Pam Jackson, Secretary
       Ph.D. University of Georgia - Accounting - CPA
  • Reverend Dr. Brent Dowis
  • Mr. Robert Boucher
       B.S. Excelsior College - Business

ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM FOR 2009-2010

  • Mrs. Freida Lachman,   Director
       B.S. Wayne State University - Education
  • Mrs. Kathyrn Nave,   Principal
       M.Ed. University of Arizona - Educational Administration
  • Mrs. Kathy Hicks,   Office Staff
       B.S. University of Georgia - Education
  • Mrs. Gladys Roberts,   Office Staff
       Florida Bible College - Music
  • Mrs. Kim Maloy, Office Staff Volunteer
  • Mrs. Carol Kinnaird, Development/Librarian
       M.Lib. Emory University - Professional Librarian
  • Mr. Richard E. Sheppard,   Systems Coordinator
       M.S. University of Michigan - Nuclear Science
  • Mr. Jonathan R. Sheppard,   Website Manager
       B.S. Georgia Institute of Technology - Industrial Design

HISTORY

The Director, Mrs. Freida Lachman, founded Lachman Institute in 1991 when she started home-schooling and later began holding educational classes and workshops. In 1996 the Lachman Institute expanded to In Focus Church, with the use of one classroom. In July 2001, the Lachman Institute was incorporated and renamed as Evans Christian Academy, Inc. ECA expanded to use all available classrooms at In Focus Church, including the use of the fellowship hall and the nursery. In 2008, ECA moved to its present location, Crossbridge Baptist Church.

STUDENT POPULATION

Originally ECA existed to support families choosing to home educate their children by providing instruction to students in the more advanced subjects of mathematics, sciences, and language arts. Now a full curriculum of courses is available to students in the Middle School and High School grades. The student population has changed to the extent that nearly fifty percent of the student body is comprised of students coming from private or public schools. This increase in the number of non-home-schooled students can be attributed to parents seeking an environment more conducive for their children to learn by having smaller classroom sizes and the corresponding greater teacher attention.