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Distinctives
What do we mean by Christian Education?
Since God’s truth is revealed in the Bible and in His creation,
we teach that knowledge is interrelated and can instruct us about God
Himself. We seek to integrate God’s truth and love into the academic,
physical, social, and spiritual education of each student. Ideals and
standards of scholarship consistent with the understanding of the lordship
of Jesus Christ are continually fostered. Students are encouraged to
view their world through God’s truth.
Parents, teachers and students are all expected to take an active role
in the learning process. We believe that education is most effective
when the responsibility for learning is shared among all those involved.
What do we mean by “classical”
education?
One of the most valuable developments of western civilization, classical
education utilizes traditional liberal arts as a means of instilling
wisdom and virtue in our students. Our liberal arts curriculum is delivered
by way of the “Trivium” – a word that describes three
modes of learning: grammar, logic, and rhetoric. Grammar is concerned
with the basic facts, rules and required skills of any given subject.
Logic involves learning to think and reason in the language of various
subjects. And, rhetoric requires students to express their thoughts
in a compelling and persuasive manner.
While each area of the Trivium is addressed at every grade level and
in all subjects, the developmental stages of children lend themselves
to particular modes of learning. For this reason, we emphasize the grammar
mode of learning with kindergarteners through fifth graders, who find
skill acquisition and repetition to be easy and comfortable. Once students
begin to question and contradict, overlapping into fifth grade and up
through about the eighth grade, they are ready to emphasize logic. As
students begin to know, think about, and explain their world, they are
being prepared to begin their lifelong pursuit of truth, goodness, and
beauty.
Statement of Faith
What We Believe About the Christian Faith
- We believe there is one God, eternally existing
in three persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
— His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His reconciling
death for all people, His resurrection from the dead, His ascension
back to the Father, and His return in power and glory.
- We believe the Bible is the authoritative Word
of God which guides all we say and do. The Bible is the complete Word
of God and is truth without error.
- We believe salvation is by the grace of God,
apart from any personal work or merit, and is the common need of all
people. Salvation is secured through Christ alone.
- We believe the appropriate response to the grace
of God is for every person to believe, repent, confess, be baptized,
and continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord. We believe
Biblical baptism is by immersion, as practiced and instructed by Jesus
Himself and the early church.
- We believe in the ministry of the Holy Spirit,
whose indwelling presence enables the Christian to live a godly life.
Christians seek to live daily under the direction of the Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the resurrection from the dead
to eternal life with Christ for Christians, and judgment before the
just and righteous God for non-Christians.
- We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers
in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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