Occohannock Elementary School

High academic standards that are aligned with Christ-centered teaching and values. I appreciate the emphasis on manners and the use of teaching methods that have been proven affective for many years. In contrast to our public schools, Shore Christian Academy requires its students to learn spelling words, write lengthy compositions, and strengthen their mental math skills. If you are looking for a strong academic foundation in a positive, faith based environment, SCA is what you've been looking for.

Broadwater Academy has been amazing for our family. The small class sizes and dedicated faculty allowed our boys to develop and pursue their own interests while still completing all the normal college prep curriculum you would expect. They each graduated with enough AP and Dual Enrollment college credits to enter university as sophomores. This allowed them tremendous flexibility to explore different majors or even double major while still completing their Bachelor's degrees in 4 years. Athletics at Broadwater was another huge bonus for us. In large public schools, the competition for a spot on a team is fierce, and normally requires that kids dedicate themselves to a single sport. At Broadwater, the small student body means that kids are almost always able to get playing time on any team/sport they choose. In fact, our boys ended up playing some sports that they were not initially interested in just so their classmates who were interested had enough players to make a team. In this way, our boys were able to have many different athletic experiences that would never have been open to them had we stayed in the excellent, but very large, public schools in Virginia Beach. They were able to learn all the valuable lessons about competition, teamwork, winning, and losing that athletics have to offer but without the obsessive focus that can sometimes result from dedication to a single sport. Athletics were kept in their proper perspective. The focus was on preparing the kids to excel in college and post college life. Full disclosure, I felt such a debt of gratitude to the Broadwater community that I volunteered to serve as a trustee and continue to serve even after both of my boys have graduated and moved on to university and adult life. Broadwater is much more than a school, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.