Private Education vs Public Education

A recent poll showed that 1 in 4 parents are considering switching their child(ren) from a traditional large public school environment to a smaller (independent, private, charter, religious) school. Parents feel that smaller schools have a clear academic focus and vision for high quality successful learning.

Many feel that in the public school system, there is a greater gap in achievement between socioeconomic classes, more violence and higher dropout rates, and children can easily get lost in the large, impersonal system.

Upper Room Christian School is a medium sized K-12 Private Christian School located on Long Island, NY. We have been established as a NYS Regent approved school for over 30 years! Our class size is small and we provide a safe academic environment that fosters intellectual growth while emphasizing Character Development.

Grace and Peace,
Ed

Keith Davis at Upper Room Christian School

 

Featured on:

   . ABC, NBC, CBS, TBN, BET, CBN and ESPN Sports

   . USA Today

   . Sports Illustrated

   . Ebony, Essence and Parade Magazines

   . National weekly broadcast of the "Power Connection"

Scholastic Awards:

   . Degree in Finance, University of Southern California

   . Dean's List - Scholar Award Winner

   . Graduated with team's highest grade point average

   . Academic Achievement Award Recipient

   . Academic All-Conference - 3 consecutive years

   . Academic All-American Nominee

   . Post Graduate Award Winner

Athletic Accomplishments:

   . Professional Football - New York Giants *Pre-Season injuries

   . 2 Rose Bowl Championship Rings

   . All-American Football Strength Team

   . All-Conference ( PAC-10 Conference )

   . Team Captain

   . All-Star Hula Bowl

   . One of America's strongest linebackers:

         . 6'1" tall, 265 pounds, bench presses 515 lbs., leg presses 1800 lbs.

Leadership Awards and Community Service:

   . Toyota Leadership Award for Outstanding Academics and Citizenship

   . Community Big Brother

   . Dallas County Volunteer of the Year Nominee

   Rose Bowl Champion, professional football player, and academic scholar student. A speaker in more than 3,000 schools worldwide . Motivational programs in 47 states and 40 countries including Australia, Brazil, England, Japan, Russia, Egypt, India and South Africa

   Keith Davis is a man who loves to see people succeed. Keith is a former college and professional football player that you may have seen on ESPN, ABC, USA Today or Sports Illustrated. He is also an entrepreneur as well as a motivational speaker.

   Keith Davis Graduated from the University of Southern California with his team's highest grade point average and a degree in Business Finance. While at U.S.C., Keith was the leading tackler, an All-Conference linebacker, and was selected to the All-American Strength Team. Keith also played twice in one of college football's biggest bowl games, the Rose Bowl.

   He has won 2 championship rings. After college, Keith signed his professional football contract with the New York Giants. During the pre-season, he was one of the strongest players on the team. Yet , injuries caused his time as a pro to be brief. Keith Davis stands 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 265 lbs., bench presses 515 lbs. and leg presses 1800 lbs.

Keith has a powerful testimony and word for today's youth and we are so glad that he will be doing a Chapel Service for us tomorrow. 1:15-3pm.

Open House

We had our first "Open House" this past Saturday. We had about 25 families come to hear and see what's going on here at Upper Room Christian School. Dr. Eck, our Principal, opened at 10am and began sharing the history of our school and the vision of where we're going. I was up next with some more info and inspiration.

The school band and choir ministered to us in song and there was a tangible presence of God in the room. After they finished we introduced several parents of students who attend our school to share their experience with our prospective new families. Our teachers were on hand to answer personal questions afterward and we had out a sampling from our art department, student publications department and the various curriculum that we use for each grade.

All in all it was a great two hour presentation of our school and as a result we had 10 families enroll new students for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year. As schools are closing all around us both in the public and private sector we are grateful that God continues to bless, provide and enable us to go forward with the vision he gave us 30 years ago to "Train up our children in the way they should go so that when they are old they will not depart from it"!

Grace and Peace,
Ed

Sydney Zambrotta

On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8th grader Sydney Zambrotta broke the Long Island Girls Varsity All Time Scoring  Record  with 63 POINTS in one game! The previous record was 60 points in a game. Sydney is only an Eighth Grader and she plays on our Lady Royals Varsity Team. OSNA tried everything to stop her....even triple teaming her but together with the rest of her teammates she was able to score both from the outside and by "going to the hoop". The girls went on to win the game 77-17 against OSNA. They're defense opened up plenty of opportunities for Sydney to score. The girls play in the IPSALL League and are 3-3 for the season so far.

Sydney is already being scouted by several Division One Schools and even has some commitments already! She is a natural athlete and works super hard. She practices before and after school, 6 days a week and travels with her AAU team in the summer.

Our new Athletic Director Ms. Becky Stevens who is also our Girls Varsity Head Coach has done such a great job with her team this year. They improve each game as they learn the skills that Ms. Stevens learned while she played at LuHi, College and Overseas. She is also fostering lifelong relationships with the girls as they pray and fellowship each day before and after practice and games.

Grace and peace,
Ed