Veritas Christian School school is a non-denominational Christian school serving students in kindergarten through grade 12.

The school is on a 3 1/2-acre campus at 256 N. Mich. that used to be home to Mustard Seed Christian Fellowship, which left that site in 1990 and moved to its present location at 700 Wakarusa Drive.

The school now occupies a 13,000-square-foot main building, as well as three new, double-wide modular structures housing six additional classrooms for secondary students.

In the fall of 2004, Veritas had an enrollment of 133.

Veritas is graduating its first senior high school class this year.

The school, which gets its name from the Latin word for truth, has been around for more than two decades.

“We at Veritas Christian School believe God’s truths are revealed in Scripture. Thus, we combine a vigorous intellectual pursuit with the study of God’s Word to produce students who have mastered the true goal of education: ‘learning to learn for themselves,'” according to a statement on the school’s Web site at www.veritaschristianschool.com.

The school is an affiliate of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS) and is also a member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). The school is also in its first year as a member of the Kansas Christian Athletic Assn.

Veritas plans to develop a 13-acre piece of property southeast of the U.S. Highway 59 and Douglas County 458 (Wells Overlook Road) junction that Veritas was given by a now-defunct Lawrence church.

The donated property, handed over to Veritas Jan. 17 at the cost of $1 by the former elders of Wheatland Church of Christ, formerly located at 1449 Kasold Drive, will serve as the site of a new campus for the school in the next three to five years.

Dr. Jeffrey Barclay is the school’s administrator.

For more information or to arrange a visit, call 785-749-0083 office.