History

Genesee Country Christian School is a non-denominational Christian school that was founded in 1996. Susan Teitsworth and other members of the Christian community initiated the idea for the school.  The school began with 6 kindergarten students,  a principal and 1 teacher in a rented room in Groveland Federated Parish. Friends of the school built a schoolhouse and Genesee Country Christian School added one grade per year until the first kindergarten class reached the sixth grade.

 For more than a decade the school  has depended on God’s faithful provision and has remained debt-free operating in the black each year!  The board, parents, and faculty work together to help students grow in Christ and relate Christian truth to all aspects of life.  We strive to work hand in hand with parents and local churches to instill within students the importance of having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and living a God-centered life.  GCCS presently educates more than 70 Nursery through Sixth grade students.

Milestones

1996  Opened school with 6 Kindergarten students.

1997  We moved to our own building on Long Point Road in Geneseo.

2001  We added a nursery school program.

2003  Our first class graduated from 6th grade.

2004  We equipped our computer lab.

2005  We completed and began implementing our first strategic plan.

2006   Became the only elementary school in the Northeast (in 2006-2007) to be named an Exemplary School Program by the Association of Christian Schools International

2007   Winner of the Best Buy Teach Award

2008    Principal Teitsworth named as a finalist for National Distinguished Principals Program.

2008    After school sports program begins for grades 3-6

2010    Genesee Country launches school-wide after school program.