Our origins of providing education for students with learning disabilities go back to 1979.

The inspiration for Valley Hope Christian School goes back to 1979 when John and Robyn Odell were looking for a school for their son who required additional learning support. They couldn’t find the right solution so they started one of their own with a group of other families.

This School featured appropriate teaching materials and a caring and supportive Christian community based on Biblical values. It also had mainstream students learning alongside those with a disability, the same as we have here at Townsend. From it stemmed a group of “Hope Schools” and Valley Hope was established to serve the Clarence River region.