| Dominion Christian School | |
| Established: | 1996 |
| Type: | Private, Classical Christian |
| Grades: | K–12 |
| Accreditation: | Southern Association of Independent Schools |
| City: | Herndon and Oakton |
| State: | Virginia |
| Country: | US |
| Students: | 339 |
| Campus: | suburban |
| Mascot: | Eagles |
| Website: | http://www.dominionschool.com |
Dominion Christian School is a private, classical Christian school. It is an accredited member of the Southern Association of Independent Schools. It is also a member of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS). Dominion Christian has campuses in Oakton, and Herndon, Virginia.
In 2021, Niche ranked Dominion Christian School 53 out of 2489 private schools in the United States, making it the fourth best in Virginia.[1]
Dominion Christian School opened in 1996. As of 2000, the school had classes for kindergarten through grade 3, at campuses in Potomac Falls, Oakton and Reston. It has since expanded to cover all grades K-12. It held in-person classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, Dominion acquired a new North Campus on Dranesville Road and consolidated the Reston and Potomac Falls campuses into one K-12 campus in Herndon.[2]
Dominion Christian School is a part of the Classical Christian education movement in the United States. Its teaching method is based on the Trivium, which is denoted by three stages: Grammar, Dialectic (logic) and Rhetoric. The school's pedagogy draws heavily from the Socratic Method and more so from the Harkness Method.
It teaches its curriculum from a Christian view "that all truth belongs to God".[3]