
Academic Goals
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Enable students to develop creative thinking and critical thinking skills in academic subjects using the Bible as their standard of faith. |
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Assist families in preparing their children for future education. |
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Recognize and develop the individual personality, intellectual abilities, and unique gifts and talents of each student. |
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Help each student use appropriate effort to reach his or her full academic maximum. |
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Teach students to develop and apply effective study skills and motivate them to pursue independent study in areas of personal interest. |
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Help each student gain a command of the fundamental processes used in communicating and dealing with others through subjects such as reading, writing, speaking, listening, mathematics and character building. |
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Enable students to learn, show an understanding of, and apply ideas and skills in science, social studies, history, fine arts, computer science, foreign language, and personal money management. |
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Teach students to reason logically. |
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Promote responsible citizenship in each student through the development of understanding and appreciation of our Christian heritage, our American Republic and our Western culture. |
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Provide adequate facilities, equipment, and materials for the educational process while avoiding unnecessary expenditures or any unsound financial practice. |
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Teach students the foundation issues and beliefs of the different worldviews present in our Western civilization. |
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Help each student develop his or her skills in analysis, synthesis, interpretation, and application to encourage intellectual growth and reflect in their daily lives a Biblical world and life view. |
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Promote an appreciation for our free enterprise system of government, respect for the property of others, the work ethic and honest business practices. |
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Instill patriotism and respect in each student for the freedoms we have, and challenge him or her to seek out his/her roll in preserving these freedoms. |
Emotional & Social Goals
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Help each student realize that he or she is a unique individual created in the image of God. |
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Help each student develop a sense of competence, self-esteem, and a positive attitude toward the opportunity and privilege of learning. |
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Help each student realize there are consequences for actions. |
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Help children to have an eternal perspective in their approach to decision making. |
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Promote an understanding of time and the effective use of it. |
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Teach students to treat others with love and respect, recognizing each child's unique heritage. |
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Help each student understand that he or she is God's representative and has the ability and responsibility to respond in a Biblical way to situations and circumstances. |
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Impart Biblical attitudes in students toward material things. |
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Help students become competent leaders. |
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Offer the students opportunities to develop positive social skills and healthy friendships, learning to resolve disagreements in Biblical ways. |
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Instill in each student respect for the authority of the parents, school, and government. |
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Encourage and provide opportunities for community service. |
Spiritual & Moral Goals
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Teach the Bible as God's inspired Word. |
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Teach the basic doctrines of the Bible along with its principles and precepts. |
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Help students develop an awareness of God's love and grace as revealed through Jesus Christ. |
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Help students develop a desire to know and obey God's will. |
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Help each student acquire a sense of values and virtues such as honesty, compassion, self-discipline, courage, responsibility, respect of authority, loyalty, perseverance, hard work, courtesy, fidelity, persistence, and commitment. |