Grades 9–12 · Upper School
Built to compete — and prepared for life.
College-level academics that stand toe-to-toe with any public school — AP, dual credit, honors, and a senior capstone. A four-day week with room for a job, a sport, or college classes. Teachers who know you by name. And a faith worth building a life on.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
Your unfair advantage
What will you do with the fifth day?
We teach Monday–Thursday in focused, full days. That gives high schoolers something most students never get — a whole day back, every week, to build a real life now.
Hold a real job, start a side business, or save for college — on a schedule that allows it.
Serious about a sport, instrument, or art? Use the day to train, rehearse, and level up.
Dual-enroll, intern, or dig into a passion project that actually moves your future forward.
Breathe, worship, and give back — without your week running you into the ground.
College prep that competes
Smaller than public school. Just as serious about college.
Families don't trade rigor for a Christian education here. Our students take on the same college-level coursework as the big public high schools — with a fraction of the class size and a teacher who actually knows their name.
- ✓AP & Honors — the same college-level coursework colleges look for.
- ✓Dual credit — bank real college credits (and tuition savings) before graduation.
- ✓Senior capstone — a real project that shows admissions officers what you can do.
- ✓Known & mentored — recommendation letters from teachers who can write about the real you.
Life in the upper grades
Not just students. A class that feels like a team.
Beyond the classroom
Athletics, arts, adventure.
High school is bigger than a transcript. Compete, create, lead, and get outside — with a community that shows up for you.
Team sports like basketball and soccer (futsal), with coaches who build character as much as skill.
Worship team, performances, visual arts, and creative electives to find your voice.
Field studies, nature walks, and trips that grow grit and friendship beyond the classroom walls.
Build it, test it, present it — labs and projects that turn ideas into something real.
Lead a club, mentor a younger student, or launch something new.
Studios, museums, and real-world experiences that make learning stick.
Where our graduates go
They graduate ready to compete — anywhere.
Our students go on to the same colleges as their public-school peers — but they leave with college credit already earned, a faith of their own, and the character to thrive wherever they land.
See if SMCA is your kind of high school.
Spend a morning with us — sit in on a class, meet a teacher and a few students, and picture your next four years here.