Photos: A closer look at some private schools in Kanawha County

The ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Montessori School is located next to the 35th Street Bridge in Kanawha City in this photo taken on May 19, 2025.

Sacred Heart Grade School is located in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä next to the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in this photo taken o…

The Islamic Association of West Virginia Elementary School is located in South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä in this photo taken on May 14, 2025.

Cross Lanes Christian School chemistry and Bible teacher Mike Cumberledge instructs a high school class about the Bible May 12, 2025.

Cross Lanes Christian School Principal Eddie Riley talks with student Isaiah Turner while he works on homework about a Shakespeare play during…

Students at Cross Lanes Christian School walk between buildings to their classes on the campus May 12, 2025.

Students at Cross Lanes Christian School work on computers in the Information Technology room next to the library May 12, 2025.

Cross Lanes Christian School student cell phones sit in pockets hanging by the door in chemistry and Bible teacher Mike Cumberledge's classroo…

ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Montessori School student Alex Lawson, 6, holds a globe as he walks around a candle May 19, 2025 to celebrate his upcoming 7th birt…

ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Montessori School co-director and reading specialist Missy McGovern works with student Kristian Strickland in the school's library …

ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Montessori School Co-Director Anna Japhet inside the school on May 19, 2025.

ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Montessori School students Addison Holmes, 9, (from left), Penelope Walker, 9, and Brenlynn Hall, 9, search for words on a workshee…

ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Montessori School students work on a history project as Assistant Teacher Kweja Little (left) looks on while at the school on May 1…

Sacred Heart student Stella Bird raises her hand to answer a question during fifth-grade teacher Theresa O'Leary's theology class on May 20, 2025.

Sacred Heart Grade School Principal Niki Kurten talks to fifth graders in a language arts class in this photo taken on May 20, 2025.

Sacred Heart Grade School third graders are led in prayer by teacher Annie Price (background, upper left) during their lunch in the school caf…

Sacred Heart Grade School fourth graders Layla Abou-Assaly (left) and Kimber Casto read in the hallway outside a classroom May 20, 2025.

Islamic Association of West Virginia Elementary School Arabic teacher Ragda Foual (left) helps fifth-grader Mawada Rawash (right) spell out wo…

Imam Mostafa Rawash (at right) leads the elementary school students and staff in prayer in the gym at the Islamic Association of West Virginia…

Islamic Association of West Virginia Elementary School Principal and Founder Kiran Faridi checks in on a classroom at the school May 14, 2025.