Boca Raton Christian School, Boca Raton | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

I don’t often participate in online reviews or surveys, but when I do it’s because I feel that my opinion/experience is significant. I’ve never once found a job, an institution, a business, a community, or a person that hasn’t, at one time or another, disappointed me or frustrated me in some way. So, for me, there’s no gushing without a dose of reality. Anytime people get together there are mistakes and misunderstandings. I don’t feel the need to write any of them, here, because they aren’t extraordinary. What is extraordinary is the culture and nature of Boca Raton Christian School.

We joined the BRCS family when my daughter started high school. Elementary school and middle school had been “okay” but there was a nagging sense that we didn’t fully fit in, that we weren’t thoroughly loved and appreciated in “as is” condition. As we approached the prospect of what would mostly likely be our last grade school experience, we all had a bit of apprehension. BRCS was my daughter’s first and only choice for high school, but I worried. What if she was disappointed again? What if it was really time for her to “leave the bubble” of a small school and experience the “real world” of a big public high school as many of our peers were suggesting? Still, my daughter was determined to attend BRCS, and she even launched a crowd funding campaign to help us get through the first 2 years! I really wanted her in a Christian school anyway, so we took the leap of faith.

We have never really regretted that decision for one main reason beyond the desire for our daughter to have a faith based education. We were immediately—IMMEDIATELY—embraced as a family for exactly who we were as people. We’re not a family with money. We’re not a family with a lot of extra time. We don’t even have a lot of special skills or talents. Yet it never was what we could offer the school. It was only and always what they offered us: Love and belonging—for our daughter and for our family.

I will never forget my daughter getting in the car during her freshman year, after a day when a girl from our previous school came to shadow. My daughter told me about how a handsome, popular boy (a senior!) responded when he heard my daughter talking with the visiting girl about the differences between the schools. The boy said, “Okay, but you’re ours now. You belong here!” He wasn’t being creepy or inappropriate. He was being genuine and open. He was the epitome of what we had already noticed. My daughter was assumed into the pack from day one. She was accepted and appreciated exactly the way she was. In fact, we noticed that ours was not a unique experience.

While, of course, the “real world” was evident at even this small school, and kids fell into their preferred friend groups, EVERY child…EVERY SINGLE CHILD…was accepted and, in various meaningful ways, cherished and appreciated by faculty, students, staff, and administrators. We saw kids who were awkward, pimpled, overweight, underweight, black, brown, Hispanic, Asian, Caribbean, exceptionally talented, athletic, non-athletic, scholarly, non-scholarly, wealthy, poor, shy, loud, depressed, struggling, popular, nerdy, and every kind of “real world” kid you can dream up all interacting and never isolated or shut out from any other groups. In fact, there was great evidence of a kind of code or ethic among the kids that always found a way to exist beyond even their inevitable disagreements and disparities. NO ONE was alone. No one was unwelcome.

I can honestly say that as my daughter enters her senior year, this culture that can only be described as a “family” still exists and is still the norm, the standard, and the expectation among the kids and the adults alike. I’ve experienced this exceptional quality personally, and I’ve witnessed it in the lives of others. We’ve seen kids who have in someways always struggled to belong at every previous school find their place in this school. This kind of community is rare these days!

This school has been a part of my family’s history for over 40 years. The teachers and administrators on staff are 100% committed to developing students ability to process an ever changing world so that they can find the solutions to the world’s future issues with business, environment, government, religion, and relationships.

I’ve heard countless stories of how teachers maintain friendships with students even after they graduate so that they can continue to pour into them above and beyond what a teacher is expected!

The Spirit of God is present in this school from the students all the way to the principal. I hope you will consider it as the place to send your children!

I have four kids at Boca Christian. PreK4, 5th grade, 8th grade and 10th grade. Before attending this school we homeschooled. I love this school and wouldn’t have my kids anywhere else. The teachers genuinely care about their students and work hard to help them succeed. The environment is positive and encouraging. I feel that my kids are safe at this school and also able to find who they are and what they love to do. Our fine arts is amazing and our sports teams are close like a family. For me this is the best place if you live in South Florida to have your kids. ??