Ascension Episcopal School - An Outreach Ministry of The Episcopal Church of the Ascension

ASCENSION EPISCOPAL SCHOOL Originating as a grass-roots effort from within the community of The Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Ascension Day School began life in 1959 with a single kindergarten class of 17 children. After undergoing several expansions and a name change to reflect its increasingly comprehensive nature, Ascension Episcopal School ultimately became the largest parish day school in the Diocese of Western Louisiana and one of the largest Episcopal schools in the state. Today it is the largest outreach ministry of Ascension Parish, serving over 600 students from preschool through the 12th grade.

In keeping with its mission to offer educational excellence in a Christian environment, Ascension integrates the faith into and throughout the entire curriculum.

St. Luke’s Gospel cites Christ’s Great Commission: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” In its role as a major ministry of a local parish, the parish day school has a unique opportunity to help young people bring Jesus’s commandment to fruition.

Ascension’s balanced liberal arts curriculum seeks to develop the 15