Welcome to the most joy-filled school in Dallas.

young girl covering mouthHere, every day, across our lively classrooms and nature-filled campus, girls and boys in kindergarten through grade 12 open their young minds and blossoming hearts to ideas and thinking that will transform their lives and point them toward the good, true and beautiful, ultimately glorifying our Lord, Jesus Christ.  

With so many quality schools in Dallas, you might wonder what makes us different – what makes Covenant, Covenant? 

 

SO WHY US?

To answer that question, take a moment to experience Covenant through the stories of our parents and students.

 

MEET LIKE-HEARTED PARENTS

After saying goodbye to the interviewing team from Covenant, the mother and father sit at their kitchen table. Searching for the right school has included months of prayer, tours, and countless conversations. This night feels like a big exhale. Hearing anecdotal stories from the parent-interviewers tonight, they both sensed something unique. More than just like-minded, the men and women from Covenant are like-hearted. It is a distinction that means everything. They decide to choose Covenant for their family. It changes their lives forever.

KNOW YOU CAN

The 1st Grade boy tilts his head and considers his watercolor. His burnt sienna tree is taking shape. He saw this tree during his class’s nature walk. Remembering the teacher’s direction, he lightly drags his brush sideways to create texture. He wonders if this is how God makes trees. He must paint a lot. A classmate admires his work with a whispered “Wow” and says he could be an artist when he grows up. The boy smiles, his heart swelling with delight. Covenant isn’t simply changing how he sees nature. It’s changing how he sees himself.

LEARN FROM REMARKABLE TEACHERS

The boy isn’t aware of it when he explores the realism of Caravaggio’s style, or re-reads Dickinson’s "Hope Is The Thing With Feathers" with awe. It surely never crosses his mind when he wrestles with Spanish verb tenses or analyzes the mysteries of leaf cells under a microscope. What he doesn’t know is that his teachers are synthesizing centuries of human knowledge so that he - a 4th Grader - can someday go as far as he dares to dream. It is a profound gift and Covenant’s remarkable teachers give it to every student, in every classroom, every day.

NEW BEGINNINGS

The new girl is shy. She guesses most Covenant students have known each other for years. But kids in her class approach her to introduce themselves. They want to know where she’s from, and if she has siblings, and whether she plays any instruments or sports. Everyone is so kind - even the older students. She eats lunch outside with a group of girls and she laughs more than she expected. When her Mom picks her up at the end of her first day, she's excited for tomorrow. She's excited for a new beginning.

OPEN YOUR MIND

While he might not announce it in football practice, the 7th Grader enjoys logic class. As with Latin, he can almost feel it stretch his mind. When he is with his friends, he is beginning to intuitively recognize inconsistencies in their opinions about everything from the Avengers to the Mavs. At the dinner table, his brother is beginning to notice his ability to winsomely engage with his family. The light in his mind is shining and he secretly thinks it’s kind of cool.  

SPEAK THE TRUTH

Sitting around the Harkness table is one of her favorite things to do at Covenant. In fact, it doesn’t even seem like school when she is debating big ideas with her classmates. Harnessing her blossoming skills in logic and rhetoric, she uses words and reshapes arguments to subtly persuade her fellow students to reconsider their own thinking. While the young woman believes she is learning to lead others to a conclusion, she is actually learning to lead others to the Truth. It is something she will do for years to come.

SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS

The boy is designing a house for his Architecture project. He kneels on the Art Room floor and studies the 1/4” model he built by hand. He wonders if he can install rooftop solar panels to warm the pool water. He makes a note to ask his physics teacher about infrared radiation absorption rates. Beyond enhancing the boy’s sense of design, Covenant is cultivating his ability to solve problems. He will need this skill to bring people together. The world needs problem solvers and he will be ready.

FEEL KNOWN

The tears start when she hears the bagpiper start to play in the back of the church. She has been coming to Covenant's graduation ceremony for years and now it is her turn to see her daughter in cap and gown. The beloved teacher begins to share a personal story about her daughter, as he does for every graduate. She loves how well the faculty know her daughter. The mom knew Covenant would shape her daughter's mind, she just never realized how much it would shape her heart too.


MORE THAN A STUDENT

Looking back, the senior is grateful for many things. She is grateful for sweet memories of racing between cottages during rainstorms, and gathering each year for Christmas Chapel. She is grateful for the ageless Mr. Brown and his recorder during carpool, and for the enigmatic Mr. Whiskers. She is grateful for inspiring teachers who altered the very trajectory of her life (that’s you, Mrs. Miller), and for quietly transcendent moments on the field when she discovered something inside herself (thanks, Coach Golden). Mostly, she is grateful for who she has become. More than a better student, Covenant has made her a more complete human being.

BE TRANSFORMED

Transformed by God and united by faith, we come to Covenant from many different backgrounds. Here, strangers develop into friends, families grow into communities, children flourish into lifelong learners, and young men and women transform into winsome defenders of truth. Some alumni will build businesses that provide jobs. Some will invent medicines that heal the sick. Some will go into ministry to share God’s grace. We all transform at Covenant, and we shape the world when we do.