Valley Christian Schools (Ohio)

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Valley Christian School is a private K–12 school in Youngstown, Ohio.

History and background

Valley Christian was founded as Youngstown Christian in 1975, and is religiously affiliated with the Assemblies of God Christian denomination. It is sponsored by local Assemblies of God Churches, primarily "Highway Tabernacle". Its mission statement is to prepare students for a life of ministry to Jesus Christ.{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://vcsapps.org/wp/our-history/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Valley Christian Schools}} It is known for being the only school in the Mahoning County area to have a United States Academic Decathlon team and for winning the Small School state championship twice in USAD. It was founded as a place for the evangelical Christian population in the Mahoning County area to go as the only other private schools are Roman Catholic in denomination. On June 2, 2013, 59 students graduated from Youngstown Christian, making it the largest class in the history of the school. Youngstown Christian was renamed Valley Christian in 2015 to better represent their geographic reach.{{cite news |author=WKBN/WYTV Staff |date=2015-01-29 |title=YCS to become Valley Christian Schools |url=https://www.wytv.com/news/ycs-to-become-valley-christian-schools/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |work=WYTV}}

Valley Christian joined the White Division of the North Coast League for the 2015–2016 school year. They were previously in the East Suburban Conference.{{cite web |date=2014-08-19 |title=Youngstown News, Youngstown Christian in North Coast League |url=https://vindyarchives.com/news/2014/aug/19/youngstown-christian-in-north-coast-leag/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021035814/http://www.vindy.com/news/2014/aug/19/youngstown-christian-in-north-coast-leag/ |archive-date=2014-10-21 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=The Vindicator}} They then joined the Portage Trail Conference in 2017 and remained through the 2019–2020 school year.{{cite news |title=Modified PTC moves forward |url=https://www.record-courier.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/08/08/modified-ptc-moves-forward/19998725007/ |last=Rosenblum |first=Jonah |date=8 August 2017 |newspaper=Record-Courier |access-date=2025-04-24}} Valley Christian joined the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference in 2020.{{Cite news |last=Balash |first=Dana |date=2019-10-12 |title=Valley Christian joining Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference |url=https://www.wfmj.com/story/41173481/valley-christian-joining-eastern-ohio-athletic-conference |access-date=2025-04-24 |work=WFMJ}}

See also

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