BAPTIST ACADEMY
Quick Facts
- Founded by Dr. Hensworth W.C. Jonas in 1991
- An agency of the East Caribbean Baptist Mission (ECBM)
- Four divisions: Secondary, Elementary, Preschool and Daycare
- 27 full-time and 13 part-time faculty and staff positions
- Current enrollment for 2008-2009 academic year: 401
- Curricula:
- A-Beka: entire school
- Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC): Form 1 to Form 5
- Government of Antigua & Barbuda: Kindergarten to Grade 6
- ECBM Bible Curriculum: entire school
100% of Baptist Academy students that have taken the national Common Entrance Examinations have passed every year.
- Number One position in Common Entrance Examinations in Antigua & Barbuda for 4 of the last 6 years
- Two-thirds of the last Grade 6 class in the Top One Hundred
- 100% of Baptist Academy students that have taken the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations have passed five (5) to ten (10) General Proficiency subjects at one sitting with Mathematics and English-A always included
- 3 dramatic presentations annually – Christmas, Easter & Summer (Prize-Giving and Graduation)
- Sports: intramural track & field, intramural & varsity basketball
- Annual Sports Day at Baptist Retreat Centre