CRESTVIEW — A faith-based school with Destin and Niceville campuses is coming to Crestview. Rocky Bayou Christian School is expanding to facilities at Central Baptist Church, located at 951 Ferdon Blvd. S.
"It's been part of our master plan since Rocky Bayou started in 1973," Denise Bowers, RBCS elementary principal, said. "It's been considered several times and put on the back burner for three years at Central."
Crestview’s campus is set to open in August of 2017, and open enrollment begins in mid-November.
The school's goal "is to partner with parents to provide a biblically-based education for their children, to help them to be prepared for whatever God calls them to do," Bowers said.
Kindergarten through fifth-grade students will study subjects including science, history, phonics and grammar, reading, spelling and cursive penmanship. They also have a Bible study class. The staff plans to have seven classrooms, with 15 students per class.
An information session is 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Warriors Hall, 201 Stillwell Blvd. Interested parents may attend for details on the school's mission and vision, program and curriculum details, and tuition assistance, according to a school media release.
Bowers — who has worked in Christian education for 13 years and is credited with making Rocky Bayou the No. 4 best private elementary school on www.thebestschools.org list — looks forward to it.
"I'm a Crestview girl and it's been a dream of mine to be … a principal of a Crestview Christian School for many years," she said.
Visit www.rbcs.org or call 850-279-3729 for more information on RBCS enrollment.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Rocky Bayou expands to Crestview