FaQs

Does DBCS offer transportation?
DBCS does not offer transportation to and from school. We do, however, have an online carpool resource available for parents' use.

Do your students wear uniforms?
No, our student body is not required to wear uniforms, but we do adhere to a dress code which you can find outlined in the DBCS Student Handbook.

What is your birthday "cut-off" for accepting students in kindergarten?
DBCS adheres to an October 1st, cut-off date. Students entering our 4-year-old kindergarten program must have turned four by October 1 of that school year. Likewise students entering our 5-year-old kindergarten program must have turned five by October 1 of that school year.

What does your "book fee" cover?
The book fee, as given on the tuition information page of the application package, goes to maintain or replace the textbooks, as needed, that your student will be using. This fee also covers consumables (workbooks) that are part of the curriculum.

What sports programs do you offer?
DBCS offers either recess or gym every day to our Elementary students.
Our organized inter-scholastic sports teams begin in the sixth grade. DBCS fields Middle School, Junior Varsity and Varsity teams. We are a part of the METRO Athletic Conference. We have programs that include basketball, soccer, tennis, track, cross country, baseball, and golf for students of both genders. In addition we also offer fast-pitch softball, volleyball, and cheerleading for the ladies. Please note that there is a charge for each inter-scholastic sport in which your student participates.

Do you have a cafeteria?
We do, but we do not serve hot lunches as such. While most of our students pack their lunches, we do offer hot micro-waved selections (hamburgers, subs, chicken nuggets, etc.) available for purchase, along with snacks, milk, juices, and diet sodas. Microwaves are maintained in the main dining area for students to warm or cook what they've brought from home.

Does DBCS offer band/orchestra?
DBCS does not have an instrumental music program as such. However, we do offer piano as a high school elective, and recorder instruction in the elementary school. We also offer a comprehensive music theory and appreciation, as well as choir program for our elementary and middle school students.

Our high school has two award-winning mixed choirs, the Concert Choir, "Total Praise" and the a capella ensemble, "One Voice". Both choirs perform locally, and in a yearly out-of-state performance tour.

What curriculum do you use?
Our lower Elementary grades (K4-3rd) primarily use the Abeka system. Our upper Elementary (4th & 5th graders) primarily use a combination of Abeka and Bob Jones University Press. Our Middle School uses a combination of resources, as does our High School.

What kind of courses does your High School Offer? Do you offer foreign language?
DBCS offers a full range of subjects that enable our students to compete at selective colleges and universities throughout the country. Our mathematics classes go up to and include college freshman calculus. All of our mathematics classes above Algebra 2/Trig are offered at DBCS as dual enrollment classes with Thomas Nelson Community College.

We offer three years of Spanish, which the qualified student may begin in the eighth grade, or may delay until the tenth grade, and still fulfill the foreign language requirement for most colleges and universities.

We offer Honors English classes in grades 9-12, as well as AP English Literature in the twelfth grade. We also offer two years of creative writing, plus speech and drama. We have many English and foreign language majors counted among our alumni.

Our music department boasts an a capella choir and a mixed concert choir that have toured and competed throughout the eastern sea board. In addition to spring and Christmas concerts, the Speech and Drama class collaborates with the music department to offer a musical every spring.

Our Art instruction begins in elementary school, and includes an elective four year high school curriculum. Our students have successfully competed in statewide and regional shows. Our fine arts students have gone to major in music as well as interior design, studio art, graphic design, and architecture.

Our science curriculum includes biology courses in general biology, genetics, anatomy, and AP Biology. We also offer chemistry and physics classes in order to round out the curriculum of the next aspiring Nobel laureate. Our students have majored in and pursued careers in mathematics, engineering, pre-med, nursing, physical therapy, and other scientific and allied health fields.

What kind of extra curricular activities do you have?
Several options are available for student participation including our sports program (see item #5), Student Council, Choir, Praise Band, Mu Alpha Theta - Math Honor Society, The Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Kappa Zeta - The National Science Honor Society, and the J.O.Y. Club (Jesus, Others, You).

What makes DBCS better than any other school?
We do not claim to be "better than any other school." That's huge, and largely, not provable.

Yet, we do offer a school in which all of our teachers are professing Christians. We view this work as ministry, and strive to teach and model Christian values for your student in the context of daily instruction, performance, and athletic competition. We sincerely hope that each student becomes a follower of Christ, and, from DBCS, goes on to live a God-honoring life, in whichever area God has directed him or her.

We strive to provide a quality education that will allow your student to compete successfully in college or career, wherever God may direct, while at the same time providing a safe and healthy environment emphasizing honesty, kindness, and courtesy. Many of our students make lifelong friends at DBCS.

Where do students from DBCS go after they graduate?
Our students choose many different paths upon graduation. Some go into technical training, the military, and community college. At least two-thirds go on to four year colleges or universities, both Christian and secular. We have graduates of William and Mary, U.Va., Virginia Tech, the United States Naval Academy, as well as Old Dominion University, Christopher Newport University, Liberty University, Grove City College, and Messiah College among our alumni. Our students have pursued careers in everything from the clergy and the mission field to engineering, and everything in between. We try to instill in our students the concept that wherever God leads you, you are ultimately serving Him in that capacity.