In this Fall 2025 State of the School address, Head of School Ben Davis shares a candid, hope-filled look at where Vacaville Christian Schools stands today and where God is leading next. From the story behind Firm Foundations – Strong Future to faculty investment, campus improvements, and the vision that drives it all, this episode unpacks how our school is growing in excellence, faith, and community—and how every family can play a part.

Follow along with the presentation slides here.

You can review the written transcript / summary here (note - transcript created with the help of Artificial Intelligence).

Chapter Markers:

3:03 – Welcome Story & Vision

8:35 – Who We’re Raising Up: The Portrait of a VCS Graduate

11:13 – Our Strategic Direction

14:50 – Our Core Focus Areas: From Classrooms, to Fine Arts, to Chapels

23:53 – What Your Giving Has Already Made Possible 

28:08 – Giving-Driven Steps, Part 2: Step 2 and Next Goals

29:36 –  Answering the Big Questions on Fundraising and Falcon Field

33:00 – Falcon Field: Phase 1 and 2 Revealed

37:30 – How Every Family Can Be Part of the Vision

40:53 – Inside Look: Finances, Safety, and Current Enrollment

48:36 – Parent Forum 

Discover the exciting developments at VCS by tuning in to our fall on-campus event, Firm Foundations - Strong Future (State of the School). Join Mr. Davis and the VCS Board of Directors as they unveil pivotal updates and visionary plans for our community. Highlights from the event include:

- Progress on our three-year strategic effort, including our goal to achieve better salary parity for our faculty.
- Plans to rebuild Falcon Field, ensuring safety and excellence for all our programs, including athletics.
- Launch of our K-12 school-wide drama performance and advancements in fine arts.
- Introduction of a new American History and Western Civilization course for high school.
- Updates on enhancing academic programs, including new math and writing initiatives.
- Details on our ambitious $1.7 million fundraising goal by 2026 to support key initiatives.

To follow along with the detailed slide presentation, click here.

Join Mr. Davis, staff, and VCS parents as we share more about the vision for the future of Fine Arts at VCS. You'll hear more about:

• Our student led, HD radio broadcasting program (and intentions to further integrate it into many other programs at our school, including theater, music, and journalism)
  • Check out photos of the full remodel of our radio broadcast station!
• Developments in, as well as a future vision for, music and choir
• Projects that have integrated the arts into other academic disciplines - and plans for more in the future
• Lots of great questions and parent feedback!

Tune in for our important fall on-campus event, Firm Foundations - Strong Future (State of the School), where Mr. Davis and the VCS Board of Directors shares many important updates and future plans for VCS, such as:

• Our school’s plan to do the most important thing in our school - hire, train, and retain our amazing VCS faculty (and what ALL PARENTS CAN DO to help in this effort!)
• Specific plans for the future of both Athletics and the Conservatory (and fine arts across VCS), including facilities and program opportunities
• Plans to make missions and service opportunities, EE - 12th grade, broad and curricular
• ALL (school-wide) fundraising and development efforts at VCS (including our upcoming Fun Run fundraiser) will be directed towards 4 key areas - what are those, and how will those benefit our program?
• What do our enrollment and finances look like at VCS? What else are we doing to improve VCS?

You can also follow along on the slide presentation by clicking here.

In the fall of 2023, our Head of Schools, Ben Davis, released this article within our community. Because of it's popularity (and importance for the health and success of our school), we've released it here in audio version.

You can also find the full article here. 

Listen in as Dr. Howard shares a powerful chapel message with our students on VCS about Diversity, Unity, and Belonging. Dr. Howard visited VCS on Wednesday, March 15th (2023), to share about how sin, not race (or anything else that separates us), is the core issue creating disunity in our culture. And the Gospel, in the person of Jesus Christ, is the unifying solution.

Listen in as the VCS high school environmental club and second grade art classes interview world-renowned marine life artist, writer, photographer, filmmaker and conservationist, Robert Wyland.

Artwork presented on this project by Elena Mendonsa (VCS sophomore), with original music composed by VCS Radio Jazz

Join Mr. Davis, staff, and parents in learning what's happening in our academic program (K-12) at VCS. Here are some of the areas Mr. Davis shares:

• Academics related strategic growth opportunities - what actions have we taken, and what are some of our plans?
• What is our primary academic focus for the current 2022-2023 school year?
• What is the status of our curricular materials, and do we have plans to update additional curriculum?
• What are the plans for the middle and high school instructional elective schedule, and what's being considered?

The following audio was excerpted from the Fall, 2022 VCS State of the School. Join our VCS Director of Operations, John Villanueva, as he shares the current status (as of fall, 2022) of our major capital and infrastructure needs. You can also preview the accompanying slide presentation here. 

What are our school's goals and plans for the future? What about enrollment, facilities, safety, finances, and more?
 
Tune in for our important fall on-campus event, Christian - Faith, Family, Foundations (State of the School), where Mr. Davis and the VCS Board of Directors share updates on these important areas and others for VCS.

You can also follow along on the slide presentation by clicking here.