The Geneva School

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The Geneva School
Location
Winter Park , Florida United States
Coordinates	28°33′29″N 81°22′19″W / 28.558043°N 81.371959°W / 28.558043; -81.371959Coordinates: 28°33′29″N 81°22′19″W / 28.558043°N 81.371959°W / 28.558043; -81.371959
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Post Tenebras Lux, Light After Darkness
Established	1993
Headmaster	Mr. Brad Ryden
Enrollment	540
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue and Silver
Song	Non nobis
Mascot	The Knights
Tuition	$7,540-$16,305 (K4-12)
Website	www.genevaschool.org

The Geneva School is a private, classical, coeducational Christian day school, founded in 1993. The Geneva School has two campuses in Winter Park and Casselberry. The 5-acre lower school (K4–6th grade) campus is situated in Winter Park, Florida. The newer 40-acre upper school (7th–12th grade) campus, located in Casselberry, Florida, opened in August 2019 for fall classes.^[1] Geneva is accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools and the Florida Kindergarten Council and is a member of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools. Though most of the families at The Geneva School are Christian, the school does not require that its students or their parents provide any statement of faith or attendance at a local church. All staff are required to sign a statement of faith in keeping with Reformed Christian theology.^[2] The total enrollment for 2019–2020 is about 540 students, K4–12.

Academics[]

Geneva employs a Christian classical education model. This trivium model of education consists of three distinct stages: grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric.

Grammar (Grades K4–6) makes use of a student's innate curiosity, inquisitiveness, and ability to absorb the basic material of a subject. Students learn such fundamentals as arithmetic tables, scientific formulas, biblical narratives, Latin paradigms, and cultural histories from Mesopotamia to our own time.

Dialectic (Grades 7–8) uses a student's natural inclination to question and analyze. In this investigative stage of learning, students acquire the tools of logic and critical thought to build the framework to ask meaningful questions and pursue deeper truths.

Rhetoric (Grades 9–12) teaches students how to communicate the grammar and dialectic disciplines effectively. Their confidence in how to think for themselves is built up by developing a capacity to present their views through speech and through writing.

Athletics[]

The Geneva School athletic teams are known as the Knights. Dan Harger has served as athletic director since 1999. The Knights are full members of FHSAA and compete at the 2A level in most sports. In the 2018–19 season, the girls' volleyball team won the 2A state championship^[3] and the overall program was awarded the Cary McDonald Athletic Program of the Year by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association, with the program finishing second in the 2A FHSAA Sunshine Cup. In 2020, varsity volleyball won their 10th consecutive district title and 12th in 14 years.

Building and expansion[]

In the fall of 2019, The Geneva School Upper School (7th–12th grades) moved into the new facility in Casselberry at the same location as the state-of-the-art outdoor athletic facility opened in 2016. The new building followed from the capital campaign called Movement in G and has space for performing arts and athletics as well as classroom facilities equipped with modern educational technology. A future portion of the master plan includes building a new lower school (K4–6th grade) facility on the same 40-acre parcel, which would make it the largest dedicated private school campus in the Orlando Metropolitan Area.The building of lower school in the 40 acres has begun, and it is planned to be open in the fall of 2022. ^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website