Our History

1956

Our school was established by members of First Christian Reformed Church in Minneapolis. Convinced that Christian education was not solely the task of the Church, they organized a voluntary membership association of parents and other Christian education supporters. On April 27, 1956, they gathered in the first meeting of the Calvin Christian School Society.

1957

In the fall of 1957, five and a half acres of land near 42nd Street and France Avenue was selected as the future home of what was then called Calvin Christian School.

1961

A two-room school building was built in Edina, and the school opened in the fall with one teacher and 15 students in grades 1-5.

1966

Growth was rapid, the first building expansion took place in Edina. Four more phases of expansion followed, the last in 2008, as enrollment grew and kindergarten and middle school grades were added.

1992

In the late 1980s, a task force was formed to explore starting a second K-8 campus in a northern suburb of the metro area. The task force located a former public elementary school building in Blaine that was purchased and renovated in the spring and summer of 1992. In the fall of 1992 the Blaine campus opened with 33 students in grades K-3.

2004

Calvin Christian launched its high school program with four teachers and 14 freshmen in space leased from Olivet Baptist Church in Crystal, MN.

2008

Determining that the high school needed to be closer to one of the Calvin Christian School K-8 campuses, Calvin Christian High School moved to its current location in Fridley, MN.

2018

Calvin Christian School officially changed its name to Avail Academy.

2025

Avail Academy will launch Pre-Kindergarten in Blaine and Edina in 2025 with 20 students at each location.

What began as a school with 15 students from eight families, primarily from one church in the Christian Reformed denomination, has blossomed to include approximately 400 students representing more than 225 families from 80+ churches in the Twin Cities! Soli Deo Gloria!