NEW BGW FACILITY FOR BIG VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL


In August of 2004, 200 high school students and staff of Big Valley Christian School took possession of their new school facility.
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Dr. Richard Odegaard has been the school administrator since 1991. He says the school decided to build the high school facility because many 8 th grade graduates were going to public high schools. “We wanted to give them the opportunity to continue their Christian education for four more years as they prepared to serve Christ and move into the colleges of their choice.” 

Architectural Rendering

The impressive two-story, 67,000 square foot facility houses the 9 th through 12 th grade. The building encompasses the high school gymnasium, multi-purpose room, 23 classrooms, expansive library and media center, science and computer labs, locker rooms, weight room and full-service kitchen, as well as seven staff and administrative offices.

High school principal, Dan Park, encourages anyone considering construction on a building to be used for God's glory to consider the Building God's Way program. “It created a lot of opportunities for people who may not otherwise have gotten involved in a ministry, either as workers or in giving a gift. It's been a very good experience for the school and the ministry of the school.”

Dr. Odegaard also highly recommends Building God's Way not only because of its focus on ministry, but

also because of the substantial savings inherent in the integrated BGW system. “We had originally been told by another architect that to build a facility like the one we're in today – eventually housing over 500 high school students – would cost us between 12 to 15 million dollars. Going with Building God's Way, we've been able to build this facility, not for 12-15 million dollars, but about 7.5 million, literally saving us at least a minimum of 5 million dollars.” Dr. Odegaard feels this was a key element in the school's ability to keep tuitions at a reasonable level despite the rising cost of living in California.

“[The savings are] going to enable us to do some other things in the future that we may not have otherwise been able to do if we had had a larger debt load to pay off,” adds Park.

                     
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