About Soaring Education Services
Soaring Education Services is a division of Open Sky Education. Open Sky is an entrepreneurial not-for-profit organization in tireless pursuit of making a full and lasting education accessible and affordable for all children. Founded in 2002, we support and manage a growing network of learning environments.
Building upon over 20 years of experience supporting sustainable Christian schools through our HOPE Christian School Network, Soaring Education Services was launched in 2021 to catalyze the growth of Christian education in the United States. Soaring Education Services helps churches and school operators by providing the experience, process, and structure to help reduce the costs and risks associated with operating new schools. Soaring leverages bleeding-edge innovation and creative solutions to make Christian education affordable and accessible for all. We are a national organization that understands how to launch and sustain privately or publicly funded Christian schools.
Mission-Driven, Serving Leaders
Our mission is to make Christian education affordable and accessible for all. Our team of experienced, serving leaders in education is committed to helping create more seats in Christian education.
With over 80 years of collective experience in education on our team, we bring practical expertise with Gospel motivation. In addition, our experience reduces the risk and friction of starting and supporting Christian schools.
A Legacy of Success
Soaring is built on over twenty years of experience launching and supporting transformational learning environments at Open Sky Education. Soaring is part of an Open Sky Network that supports ten schools across two states.
Our Team
Dr. Jack Preus is the National Director of Soaring Education Services. He is an education leader with a passion for Christian education.
Yesenia Fitzhugh is the Operations Manager of Soaring Education Services with years of leadership experience in education.
Kristie Flohra is the Implementation Lead of Soaring Education Services. She has a love of education and a desire to see all children succeed.
Kelly Dawson is Project Manager of Soaring Education Services. She’s passionate about Christian education and has seen first-hand the impact it has on families.
Katie Nafzger is Content Curation Specialist of Soaring Education Services. She’s passionate about making learning “fun” and has years of education experience.
Glenna Steiner is the Design & Build Coach for Soaring Education Services with decades of experience in education and a passion for Christian ministry.
Danielle Van Vlack is a Design and Build Coach who is passionate about sharing the love of Jesus through education.
We Have an Easy Process To Help You Get Your Christian School Created
Discovery Call
Connect with the Soaring Education Services team on a free discovery call where they’ll help you explore your goals and identify the community you’d like to serve.
Custom Strategy
The Soaring Education Services team will craft a custom strategy to help meet your goals.
Design and Build Your School
The Soaring Education Services team brings the process, structure, and expertise needed to design and build your Christian school.