During the summer of 2003, one of Cornerstone’s founding members attended the first seminar held by this new organization. Excited and encouraged by what was seen, she began praying for like-minded families who might be interested in starting a UM school on the west side of Cobb County, Georgia. In December of 2003, several families came together with an interest in considering being a part of this new school. By late January of 2004, a group of six families met to form a new school, Cornerstone Preparatory Academy.
Cornerstone Prep is a unique educational model designed to bring together the best attributes of traditional schooling with the best attributes of home schooling and integrate them into one model. The immediate goal is quality, cost-effective, college preparatory education accomplished in a way that gives parents more time for imparting the faith and values they hold precious.
Cornerstone Prep integrates the parents, working one-on-one with their students in partnership with highly qualified professional instructors to gain better academic and spiritual development in each student. Cornerstone Preparatory Academy was officially incorporated on February 4, 2004, with six Founding Families creating the Founding Families Academy Board. The school opened for the first day of classes in August 2004.
The name Cornerstone was chosen based on Ephesians 2:19-22, which describes what the Founding Families pray will be a description of the future of this academy.