Church Educational System

The Church Educational System (CES) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) consists of several institutions that provide religious and secular education for both Latter-day Saint and non–Latter-day Saint elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students and adult learners. Approximately 700,000 individuals were enrolled in CES programs in 143 countries in 2011. CES courses of study are separate and distinct from religious instruction provided through wards (local congregations). Kim B. Clark, a member of the First Quorum of Seventy, has been the Commissioner of the Church Educational System since August 1, 2015.

Seminaries and Institutes of Religion

Seminaries

Religious education programs designed for secondary students are called seminaries. These are programs of religious education for youth aged 14–18 that accompany the students' secular education. In areas with large concentrations of Latter-day Saints, such as in and around the Mormon Corridor in the United States, and some places in Alberta, Canada, instruction is offered on a released time basis during the normal school day in meetinghouses, or facilities built specifically for seminary programs, adjacent to public schools. Released-time seminary classes are generally taught by full-time employees. In areas with smaller LDS populations early-morning or home-study seminary programs are offered. Early-morning seminary classes are held daily before the normal school day in private homes or in meetinghouses and are taught by volunteer teachers. Home-study seminary classes are offered where geographic dispersion of students is so great that it is not feasible to meet on a daily basis. Home-study seminary students study daily, but meet only once a week as a class. Home-study classes are usually held in connection with weekly youth fellowship activities on a weekday evening.

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2025 Alabama high school girls soccer playoffs: See Round of 16 pairings across the state

Montgomery Advertiser 26 Apr 2025
Area 5 RU. Saks (6-2-0) at Area 6 W ... Area 6 RU ... Bernard (record not reported) at Area 5 W ... Area 7 RU. Whitesburg Christian (9-7-1) at Area 8 W. Madison Academy (10-4-1), Tue., Apr ... Area 8 RU. Clements (14-2-1) at Area 7 W ... Area 1 RU. Mobile Christian (record not reported) at Area 2 W. Houston Academy (18-1-3), Tues., Apr ... Area 2 RU ... Area 3 RU ... Area 4 RU....
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2025 Alabama high school boys soccer playoffs: See Round of 16 pairings across the state

Tuscaloosanews.com 26 Apr 2025
Area 5 RU. Donoho (8-6-1) at Area 6 W ... Area 6 RU ... Pennington (6-8-0) at Area 5 W ... Area 7 RU. Sylvania (no record reported) at Area 8 W ... Area 8 RU ... Area 7 W ... Area 1 RU. Cottage Hill Christian (2-2) at Area 2 W ... Area 2 RU. Houston Academy (20-5-0) at Area 1 W ... Area 3 RU. Alabama Christian (10-5-2) at Area 4 W. Tuscaloosa Academy (18-5-0), Mon., Apr ... Area 4 RU....
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Frome school safety scheme organisers want views of residents

BBC News 26 Apr 2025
Frome Town Council will hold a public meeting at Oakfield Academy on 14 May to discuss whether the changes should become permanent. The Safer School Street zones include the areas surrounding Oakfield Academy, Trinity First School, Critchill School and Avanti Park School ... The Oakfield Academy event will be held from 17.00 until 18.30 BST. ....
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Labour’s obsession with equality over quality will turn Britain into a country of bored Neets

AOL 26 Apr 2025
I see it as pandering to the most backward-looking wing of the teaching unions, the agitators who have never forgiven academies for flourishing in deprived areas, thereby making a nonsense of their old excuses about racism and underfunding ... Academies, whether they like it or not, will have the new national curriculum imposed on them....
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Labour's obsession with equality over quality will turn Britain into a country of bored Neets

The Daily Telegraph 26 Apr 2025
I see it as pandering to the most backward-looking wing of the teaching unions, the agitators who have never forgiven academies for flourishing in deprived areas, thereby making a nonsense of their old excuses about racism and underfunding ... Academies, whether they like it or not, will have the new national curriculum imposed on them....
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Area track and field roundup for April 25: Burke girls, Ethan/Parkston boys win Greenway Relays ...

The Daily Republic 26 Apr 2025
Kimball/White Lake (70), Tri-Valley (68) and Wagner (56) rounded out the top five ... Area teams posted two other winners with Kimball/White Lake’s Autumn Baker winning the 1,600-meter (5.18.67) and 3,200-meter (11.45.40) runs ... Freeman Academy/Marion was the only other area team in Hudson, only competing on the boys side to a fifth-place finish....
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Trump’s economic and geopolitical failures took center stage at Pope Francis’ funeral

Cryptopolitan 26 Apr 2025
The funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis on Saturday inside St ... As thousands packed St. Peter’s Square, cheers erupted not for Trump, but for Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy ... Source ... Source ... He accused Vlad Putin of stalling peace by firing missiles into civilian areas and suggested that “Secondary Sanctions” might soon be necessary. Cryptopolitan Academy....
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Northwestern Lehigh’s Nelson sets school’s high jump record plus area track, field bests

The Morning Call 26 Apr 2025
Penn Relays ... Area (and state) bests ... East Stroudsburg North, Jim Thorpe, Northwestern Lehigh, Nativity BVM, Blue Mountain, Marian Catholic, North Schuylkill, Pocono Mountain East, Mahanoy Area, Twin Valley, Lehigh Valley Academy, Lake-Lehman, Shamokin, Pottsville, Nanticoke Area (individuals), Wallenpaupack (individuals) and Cocalico (individuals) ... 1....
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Pic story: young dancer chases dance dream thousands miles away from home

Xinhua 25 Apr 2025
Luo Hao practices Uygur dance at the Dance Academy of Xinjiang Arts University in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 14, 2025 ... With a passion for ethnic dance, Luo, who had never been to northwest China area before, began to learn Xinjiang dance....
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The Day's All-Area Girls' Basketball Player of the Year: Bacon Academy's Katelyn Novak

The Day 25 Apr 2025
Then they arrived at Bacon Academy ... Glover was The Day’s All-Area GirlsSoccer Player of the Year this fall, named as a first team all-state selection ... Novak, a 5-foot-9 wing who leaves Bacon Academy with 1,032 career points, was named The Day’s 2025 All-Area Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year....
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Eagles move up 1 spot and take Alabama LB Jihaad Campbell in the NFL draft

The Associated Press 25 Apr 2025
... who played high school football in the Philly area before transferring as a senior to IMG Academy in Florida....

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