Montgomery Christian School cuts ribbon on new home
Montgomery Christian School has cut the ribbon on its new home.
The school took over part of the old Aldersgate United Methodist Church property on Vaughn Road, going from 10,000 square feet of space to more than 65,000 square feet.
The move was made possible through a capital campaign which raised more than $5 million to purchase the location and the building.
With nearly 300 students at the school, every one of them is on scholarship.
“We continue the legacy that Aldersgate started, but also to renovate it because children and students here in Montgomery deserve the best,” Pamela McLemore, the executive director of the school, told Action 8 News.
“Montgomery Christian School is not just a school, it’s an investment. It’s an investment in our community. If you have a child that doesn’t have an education by the sixth grade, you’ve lost them, and that’s what we focused on — the underserved aspect of our community,” Barrie Harmon, who chaired the school’s capital campaign, said.
The first day at school was August 11.
Montgomery Christian School started in 2007 with one kindergarten class. In 2009, a first grade was added with the next higher grade added each subsequent year.
Trinity Presbyterian Church offered the space in their education building for the school. Eight years later, the school grew to K-5. In 2017, after ten years at Trinity, Montgomery Christian School bought the old Green Gate School property on McGehee Road. This year, besides the move to Vaughn Road, a 6th grade class was added as well as a preschool. The school hopes to offer classes in every grade level in the future.
