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Our Mission & Guiding Principles

OUR MISSION

To form Christian children in their calling to glorify God and to assist parents in
discipling their children through gospel-centered, academically rigorous, and financially
achievable classical education.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

We celebrate and guard these six Guiding Principles so that they, alongside our Core Values, shape the culture of our community:

 

I. Family Partnership

We are convinced that education is primarily the responsibility of the family and that a school is there to assist families in the Christian nurture of their children. Therefore, we invite parents to be highly involved in their child’s education, both on campus and at home. Our students spend Monday through Thursday in the classroom, within the support, accountability, and community of the school environment. On Fridays, they continue their instruction at home, under the guidance of their parents.

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II. Theologically Reformed

We are convinced that a theologically robust institution produces theologically robust students. The only way to truly teach a Christian worldview is to equip our children with a theological heritage deep enough to inform that worldview. We do not elevate the Reformed tradition above the ultimate authority of the Scriptures but strive to give our students tools that lead them into the Scriptures soundly and confidently. Therefore, we will not simply affirm or teach a lowest-common-denominator evangelicalism, but we will equip our children with the richness of Reformed theology (e.g., Westminster Confession of Faith) that they may knowledgeably understand and communicate the truths of Scripture.

 

III. Joyful Ethos

We are convinced that a mature Christian life flows out of the joy of the Gospel. If we believe that our children are accepted by God, not because of their good morals or their educational performance but only by the free grace that is ours in Christ, then we will always resist perfectionism and will instead encourage them with the joy of the Lord. Therefore, we expect the atmosphere of our school to not be one of demanding rigor and rules, but the dominant tone will be one of joy in all that God is and has done for us.

 

IV. Hard Work and Excellence

We are convinced that we must train our children to work hard and to pursue excellence. The Bible is clear that true excellence is always the fruit of God’s grace. But Proverbs—a book about training children—continually emphasizes how those who work hard find blessing. Therefore, we will expect rigor, discipline, and excellence from our students’ work, not only because we want to teach them a disciplined lifestyle but because we believe in how capable each one of them is of achieving great things through God’s grace.

 

V. Financially Achievable

We believe that Christian schools should be an option for all Christian parents. We view education as ultimately the responsibility of the family and know that meeting the tuition rates for our school--which reflect the real cost of running a school with excellence and efficiency--will require parents to sacrifice financially in order to give this discipleship opportunity to their children. But we do not want financial need to bar any Christian family who loves our model from being a part of our school. Therefore, we are committed to providing tuition assistance in order to welcome students, regardless of financial background, to learn together under the same roof.
 

VI. Missional

We are convinced that Christian children should be equipped for going out into the world. Christian schools can often be seen as safe havens for Christian children that never actually prepare students to engage the world around them. In contrast, the training of our students will always have an eye toward preparing them to go out into the world as servants of Christ, doing his mission in whatever calling God has on their lives.

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