Calvary players hoist the championship trophy for the Select, Division III Softball State Tournament at Frasch Park in Sulphur, La., Saturday, April 27, 2024. Calvary Baptist Academy has reached a record of 1,000 students enrolled, and Superintendent Chad McDowell said it’s due to their teachers, staff and the Lord’s guidance.
McDowell said they’ve seen growth in the number of students for years; this is the seventh consecutive year they’ve had an uptick. He said they welcomed 112 new students from 1st through 12th grade. “We’re winning in all aspects,” McDowell said.
Calvary is known to be very competitive athletically, but McDowell said that the students are held to very high academic standards, and they have to win there first. Devin Harper, James Simon and Abram Wardell were selected to The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate for football, but according to McDowell, “We’re going to win in everything we do.” He said the athletics speak for themselves, but the real magic is between 8 a.
m. and 3 p.m.
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“Our teachers are among the best of the best,” McDowell said. The student-to-teacher ratio is small enough that the Calvary teachers can build bonds with the students beyond just academics, which is part of what makes Calvary different, McDowell told The Shreveport-Bossier Advocate. “We don’t have perfect students,” McDowell said.
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