The students, teachers, and administrators at Esprit de Corps Center for Learning will recognize excellence in academics and showcase the importance of school choice in a school assembly open to the public at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 29, 2016. The celebration will be held in Gladys Hunt Auditorium at the school located at 9840 Wagner Road, Jacksonville. Hope Chapel Ministries will assist in event support.

The activities are planned to coincide with National School Choice Week 2016, the nation’s largest-ever celebration of excellent options in education.

More than 300 students and faculty are expected to attend to show solidarity surrounding the school choice options provided by Esprit de Corps.

"School Choice has a lot to do with the learning of children. All children and teachers are not the same. Their level of comprehension is matched when they are able to choose the school that best fits the child’s personality and abilities,” said Delores Thomas, fifth grade teacher at Esprit de Corps.

Esprit de Corps Center for Learning is a private Christian school serving 300 students in grades K-12.

National School Choice Week (January 24–30, 2016) will be America’s largest-ever celebration of opportunity in education. Featuring more than 16,000 independently organized events across all 50 states, the Week shines a positive spotlight on effective education options for children. National School Choice Week is independent, nonpolitical, and nonpartisan, and embraces all types of educational choice – from traditional public schools to public charter schools, magnet schools, online learning, private schools, and homeschooling.

For more information, contact Larry Gresham at larry@edccenterforlearning.com.