Founding Headmaster Rev. George Akins and Principal Mrs. Harold Deane Akins began the school with the following mission, “The Bible first, then teaching students how to live and how to make a living.”

Tuition, including room and board, cost $35 per month.

Tuition and fees currently average $6,200 per year, making SCPS one of the most affordable and comprehensive private educational institutions in our region. Click here for current SCPS tution and fee details.

The following summarizes our primary income divisions:

• Tuition and Fees – Payments directed toward general operating expenses, such as staff salaries and benefits, insurance, textbooks and teaching materials, academic expenses, student activities, utilities, maintenance, building renovations, equipment, furniture, standardized debt service, and inflationary increases.
   
• Annual Fund – Charitable gifts and special event earnings directly deposited into the school’s operating budget to purchase classroom and lab equipment, computers and software, media center books, teacher resources, and a multitude of other instructional-based needs. Proceeds also help fund needed renovation and repairs of campus buildings.
   
• Capital Campaign – Charitable gifts expended on capital improvements to the school, including buildings and furnishings, fields, roads, and land.