About Us
In the fall of 1982, after several attempts to enroll their children in
a Christian school, Roy and Laura Wilson reluctantly enrolled their
three young children in one of the public schools in Olathe, KS.
Even though the school was well known for academic excellence, it soon
became obvious to them that the school was teaching a philosophy in
opposition to their Christian beliefs. The views of the school
were quite liberal; and, according to its history and science textbooks,
the school had subscribed to the humanistic views of origins and
history.
Roy and Laura Wilson were in Olathe to start a new church and had been
repeatedly warned to let that take precedence in their lives and let the
state take care of the education of their children. They tried to
ignore the glaring differences of philosophy between the state education
system and their Christian beliefs. However, their personal
convictions that it was their responsibility to train their children and
not the state’s soon took precedence. In November of 1982, they
removed their children from the public school and began to home school
them. The decision to home school was even more difficult due to
an increased public opposition to home schooling in the late ‘70’s and
early ‘80’s.
During the next year many parents began to ask them for help in the
education of their children. Having already been in a situation
where they had needed help, they didn’t feel they could turn these
people away. Thus, a school was born. The school was given the
name “Olathe Christian School” in 1985 and joined efforts with Olathe
Wesleyan Church in 1995. OCS experienced sustained growth over the next
fourteen years.
In 2009, the Olathe Wesleyan Church decided the school should find its
own location. After fourteen years of cooperative ministry, OCS was
forced to move to a small building at 515 S. Ridgeview. The building was
unable to handle a larger school and the school reduced in size from
around two hundred students to a population of seventy. The
administration of the school continued to look for ways to either
supplement that location or replace it.
Replacing it became possible in 2011 when a church purchased the
building at 515 and their present location on Highway 7 became available
to them. The property consisted of twenty-two acres with a building to
easily handle its smaller size with room to grow. The challenges like
finding places for the children to play on the property were easily
erased with this new location.
The new location will serve the Olathe Christian School for many years
to come. It can easily handle a very large population. OCS also owns
forty-eight acres in south Olathe where it hopes to have an athletic
complex for future teams.
God is blessing the school and we are very grateful to Dickinson
Theatres for allowing us to purchase this site. It is a very beautiful
location sitting very visible and available on beautiful Highway 7 as
one enters Olathe from the northwest.
We are very grateful to God and His plans for the school. We pray for
His blessing to continue upon this ministry.
Accreditation
Olathe Christian School has been serving Olathe and Johnson County for over twenty-five years. It has recently earned recognition in the highly acclaimed organization - the North Central Accrediting Association.
