Grand View University is a four-year liberal arts university offering bachelor's and master's degrees. It is a private institution affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Founded more than 100 years ago in 1896, Grand View offers a high-quality education to a diverse student body in a career-oriented, liberal arts–grounded curriculum in Des Moines, Iowa, a metropolitan area of more than half a million people.
Grand View engages, equips, and empowers students to fulfill their individual potential and serve society. Committed to the development of the whole person – mind, body and spirit – and to preparing students for successful careers and responsible citizenship both in their communities and in a diverse and changing world.
Oak Hill School is a coeducational, nondenominational, independent school serving approximately 560 students in PreK 3 through sixth grade.
It is the Oak Hill School mission to build character and integrity in a Christian environment for a lifetime of learning and service. Indeed, Oak Hill is an illustration of the mission statement come to life, ensuring that students will be persons of integrity grounded in Christian morals and values.
Since 1961, the Oak Hill School has educated children based on timeless values of personal integrity, academic accomplishment, and a strong spiritual foundation. Oak Hill School was founded in faith as an outreach of First Presbyterian Church.
Developing character and fostering children to lead with integrity are the cornerstone of this nurturing Christian environment. With a dynamic curriculum, exceptional instruction and high achievement as an expectation, our students are well prepared for their future. At their next schools, our graduates are known to be the first to raise their hand, and the first to lend a hand.