Welcome to Wedgefield University
Wedgefield University (for Kids) began in 2011, under the directorship of Joy Truesdale and Pastor Paul Goff.
We officially opened our doors to students in July 2012 offering Nursery through 4K, as well as after school services. We made a commitment to add a grade each school year and added first grade in 2014. We held our first 5th grade graduation in May 2019. We added middle school the following fall and plan to hold our first 8th grade graduation in May of 2022.
Wedgefield University uses the ABeka curriculum, which is published by ABekaBooks of Pensacola, Florida. ABeka Books is associated with Pensacola Christian College. We teach the basic “3 R’s” reading, writing, and arithmetic. The curriculum is also enhanced by science, community helpers, and season units. In conjunction with these units the children are visited by members in our community. We teach various Bible units, which include: a Bible Story, verse, song, and activities. We incorporate God’s love and His plan for us in all we teach. (The Scope & Sequence Below gives more detail)
The ultimate goal and purpose of Wedgefield University is to lead boys and girls to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, train them in the knowledge of God, teach the Christian way of life, and offer them an excellent education. Our desire is to work with parents in raising their child up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and thus equipping him/her to identify, evaluate, and relate properly to life’s problems.
Wedgefield University is a ministry of Wedgefield Baptist Church; however students come from a variety of church denominations. Wedgefield University teachers also come from a variety of backgrounds and denominations and are qualified as Christian leaders of our students – academically, spiritually, and morally.
Rushing Building | Grades 1st - 8th
Nursery - 5K
Wedgefield University is a ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ through Wedgefield Baptist Church and has since her inception depended upon His gracious guidance, and protection. God continues to use the generous giving of the members of Wedgefield Baptist Church in addition to student’s tuition and generous contributions from families and members of our community to provide salaries, insurance, utilities, equipment, materials, training, development, and etc.
By the grace of God, it is the combined support of church members, families, faculty, and our community to make this unique university a reality. We do not have the advantage of grants or governmental support. Nevertheless, we do earnestly pray together that God would continue to call individuals, families, churches, and groups who recognize the need for such a ministry in our area which combines academic excellence with practical biblical teaching to join us in this great work. For more information on how you can make a difference for generations to come, please contact our Headmaster, Joy Truesdale.
Wedgefield Baptist Church
Our Mission
Our mission is to partner with parents in preparing their children for life, to provide a quality Christian education and to prepare students for a lifetime of following Christ.
Our vision at Wedgefield University is to raise up Godly generations of young people who love the Lord with all their heart, mind, soul and strength. Children who serve Christ in their vocation and through their local church, who share the Gospel of Christ in order to make disciples and further His Kingdom and who worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Our rationale: “so that with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Roman 15:6
Our philosophy is founded not eh inerrant, inspired, and infallible Word of God with a Christ-centered Biblical world view.
Our instructional goals are twofold:
The development of Godly Christian character in a loving Christian environment
To provide excellence in academies, arts, athletics, and Christian apologetics