ELWA Academy Today
ELWA Academy's purpose is "to train the mind and character of children in preparation for life and leadership in the church and society." That purpose is accomplished through a Christ-centered educational experience, from the curriculum to the interactions of teachers with their students. The priority of the ELWA Academy is to provide affordable, quality education for families who are involved in full-time Christian ministry.
ELWA Academy has grown significantly since its early days and today provides an essential education and stable structure to the lives of young Liberians. There are 33 staff members and 
teachers currently teaching more than 500 students, averaging 40-45 in each class. They stretch from nursery/preschool level to the 9th grade.
This year, thanks to fund raising by the Sacras, a new classroom building was completed and is now in use. In spite of school fees having had to be doubled, ELWA Academy continues to operate beyond capacity. There are many challenges, including the fact that the computer lab has about half of its computers needing repair, probably due to frequent power surges.
Other current needs include:
- digital camera
- video camera
- basic supplies including paper, pencils, pens, crayons
- flash cards
- reading books for grade 1 - 6
- dictionaries
- textbooks for junior high [Biology, chemistry, physics]
- encyclopedias
- computers [desktops and laptops] for students' and teachers' use
- printers
- HP toner cartridges 51A, 51X, 13X and 12A
- Bibles for students
- tracts for evangelism
- instructional posters
- sporting equipment including balls, boots and jerseys, preferably blue
- classroom furniture
ELWA Academy history
For 5 years after the 1996 crisis in the Liberian civil war, the ELWA Academy campus sat
idle. No one swinging on the swings, no one singing praises to God in early morning devotions, no school bells ringing and children's voices in the school yard.
The buildings had once housed a school for missionary children, but after more than a decade of civil war, the school was no longer in operation. In 2001, three local mothers asked to use the preschool building to host a childcare program for 2-3 year olds.
The children showed such benefit from the care and attention and teaching that the parents were soon asking if the childcare could become a school. In 2003, just months after the civil war ended, the ELWA Academy opened the Kindergarten division. In 2004, grades 1-4 were added. Another grade was added each year so that by 2009, the Academy is a complete preschool, elementary and junior high school, up through 9th grade.
