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Hyde Park Baptist Schools is a co-educational, college preparatory school system in Austin, Texas. The schools are non-discriminatory and enroll students from Bridging-Kindergarten through Grade 12. Hyde Park Baptist Schools is a self-supporting ministry of Hyde Park Baptist and Bannockburn Baptist Churches.
Governance
Hyde Park Baptist Schools is governed by the School Board Committee of Hyde Park Baptist Church. There are nine board members from Hyde Park Baptist Church and two from Bannockburn Baptist Church. The members of this committee serve staggered three-year terms. This School Board hires the Superintendent and, along with the Superintendent, serves as an Executive Board that governs the school system. The School Board meets monthly with the Superintendent and all school administrators in a publicized, public meeting open to all people interested in attending.
History
Hyde Park Baptist Schools began as a Child Development Center (CDC) in 1968. The CDC was one of the first such programs in Austin to be accredited by the National Association for Early Childhood Education. Hyde Park Child Development Center’s purpose was to provide outstanding care and teaching in a Christian setting.
In the fall of 1968, a Kindergarten began for 5 year olds, and the school began to add one grade per year until it had reached Grade Six. As the school began to grow, it separated from the CDC and formed the Hyde Park Baptist School system. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood near the University of Texas, the elementary school’s mission was to provide the opportunity for an excellent Christian education to the Austin, Texas, community. The elementary school was fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency in the 1970s.
There were 230 students in grades 7 – 12 when our fully-accredited Hyde Park Baptist Junior/Senior High School began in the fall of 1980. The purpose of this secondary school was to prepare young people for college with a firm foundation for lifelong decision-making. The faculty of Hyde Park Baptist Schools continue to work in partnership with families to lead students towards mastery of fundamental skills and thinking processes and to develop the “whole student” intellectually, emotionally, socially, physically, spiritually, and ethically.
One year later, in 1981, another elementary school campus was opened to meet the growing demand in the Southwest Austin area for a strong and well-rounded program based on sound educational and biblical principles. This Bannockburn Elementary campus of Hyde Park Baptist Schools began with an enrollment of 80 students and is located on the property of Bannockburn Baptist Church, 7100 Brodie Lane, Austin, Texas 78745.
While remaining true to its heritage, Hyde Park Baptist Schools has grown to more than 760 students, making it one of the largest private school systems in Austin, Texas. Over 99% of all Hyde Park graduates go on to higher education; 1,100 students have graduated from Hyde Park Baptist Schools as of May 2004.
Hyde Park Baptist Schools is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Accreditation Commission of the Texas Association of Baptist Schools.
Facilities
Hyde Park Baptist Schools’ educational and athletic facilities are located at the Hyde Park Baptist Church (HPBC) campus in Central Austin, the Bannockburn Baptist Elementary School campus in Southwest Austin, and at the Quarries site owned and operated by Hyde Park Baptist Church.
The student attending Bridging-Kindergarten through 12th grade at Hyde Park Baptist School attends classes on all three floors of the East Building. Facilities at this campus include:
* 27 Elementary classrooms
(the Elementary School also has four mobile Science labs)
* 23 Secondary classrooms (including 4 dedicated Science labs)
* Elementary Computer Lab
* Secondary Computer Lab
* 2 classrooms located in the HPBC Gym building
* Dedicated Elementary School playground and 1 playground
shared with the Child Development Center
* 1 Teachers' Lounge
* Technology and Administrative Offices
* Nurse’s Office
* 2 Libraries (the Elementary shares a library with the church;
the Secondary has a dedicated library)
* Storage rooms for books and equipment
* 1 Cafeteria, located in Fellowship Hall, which utilizes
HPBC’s Food Services Department
* Various Hyde Park Baptist Church (HPBC) rooms that are
available for extracurricular activities, occasional lunches
and meetings, including but not limited to Fellowship Hall,
Friendship Hall, and other meeting rooms in the West Building
* HPBC Chapel – used for graduation and other school events
* HPBC Gymnasium – used for P.E. and extracurricular sports,
as well as special events (the girls' weight room is located in
the HPBC gym)
The students attending K – 6 at the Bannockburn Baptist Elementary School campus attend classes on the two floors of the Children’s Building of Bannockburn Baptist Church. Facilities at this campus include:
* 9 Classrooms
* 1 Teachers' Lounge
* 2 Administrative Offices
* 1 Library/Computer Lab
* 2 storage rooms for books and equipment and 3 closets
* Bannockburn Baptist Church Gymnasium – used for P.E.,
extracurricular sports, assemblies, student performances and
other school events
* Bannockburn Baptist Church Sanctuary – used for weekly
chapel, school events, rehearsals, and performances
* Bannockburn Baptist Church Fields – used for recess, P.E.,
Field Day, and extracurricular sports, including the soccer
field and sand volleyball pit
* Bannockburn Baptist Church Playground – adequate
and suitable for all students at Bannockburn Baptist Schools,
Kindergarten through Grade 6
* Various other Bannockburn Baptist Church (BBC) rooms that
are available and used for extracurricular activities and special
lunches or meetings
The Quarries property in Northwest Austin is owned by Hyde Park Baptist Church. Hyde Park Baptist Schools and Hyde Park Baptist Church share the facilities on this property, including:
* Practice fields for softball, football, baseball, and tennis courts
* A pavilion that is used for special events
* Hyde Park Baptist Schools’ construction of a $600,000
multi-sport athletic field at the Quarries was completed in 2003.
This dual-use facility houses both a football field and a baseball
field for hosting home games. (Prior to 2003, HPBS rented fields
for home games.)
* Shared use of the HPBC Christian Life Center for varsity practices and
varsity volleyball and basketball games.
To ensure safety at our facilities, Hyde Park Baptist Schools utilizes the following Emergency Procedures – Fire Drill Procedures, Severe Weather Procedures, Emergency Evacuation Procedures, Security Drill (Lock-down) Procedures, and Safety Policies/Guidelines for Parent Drivers/Field Trips. Hyde Park Baptist Schools also benefits from the security staff in place every day at the Hyde Park Baptist Church and Bannockburn Baptist Church campuses, and the schools employ additional security at the Quarries site for special events.
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