Connecting Students Across Campus

For more than 70 years, Unity Christian High School has expanded the mission of their school in fostering faith, increasing knowledge, and developing skills in students to serve God and others. Serving 700 students annually, the school is expected to steadily increase enrollment over the next few years. The high school was constructed on the 110-acre school campus with room to grow for future projects. The new expansion project was proposed to meet the growing demand for space, while still serving the school’s original master plan from 1999.

Sequence I of the high school expansion project will add new classrooms and an expanded Bible classroom to the south wing. The expanded north wing will provide additional space for STEM programs, such as industrial arts, welding, woodworking, CAD/engineering, and robotics. Four existing classrooms will also be renovated into an educational support suite for counseling and student wellness services. A new bridge connector will join the north and south wings of the school together and provide students with additional learning and gathering spaces. The connector encloses an exterior courtyard and creates a separate student area that fosters a feeling of community and inclusion. The connector will include an elevator for equal accessibility and efficiency for all students. This portion of the project began in spring 2023 and is expected to be completed in fall 2024.

Sequence II is planned to begin in the summer of 2024 and will include multi-purpose spaces that support fine arts and physical education. The new multi-use gymnasium will include a theater stage giving the school the flexibility to hold larger in-house fine arts performances and provides additional PE and theatre classroom space for each regular school day. A new student entrance will increase common areas for students to gather before, during and after school and will also provide a daily student drop-off, entrance and lobby area when hosting performances or community activities. A new music suite will also support Unity’s two bands and two orchestras. Alongside the new gymnasium, wrestling practice space will be created with additional bathrooms and locker facilities.

Engagement with the community and local businesses has ensured that materials and labor have stayed close to the school and those who support its mission. Generous community donations have made this project possible, and the sequencing will allow for fundraising to match the progression of a building construction while not interrupting the daily student schedules.