The philosophical vision of Life Christian School and Academy is rooted in the Christian view of life. We celebrate the triune God as the author of all truth and reality as He is revealed in Scripture and creation. The center of a student's education is Jesus Christ through whom all other learning must be viewed and integrated; He is both the reason and source for all learning. The design for Christian learning integrates increased understanding of the natural world, human history, culture, and the arts, with increased personal knowledge of God Himself as revealed in Christ and understood through the Scriptures.

As a school we depend upon the Holy Spirit to do His work of illumination. However, because sin entered God's universe and man lives with a fallen nature, man's ability to learn and know is limited. Although man's understanding is separated from God through sin, man bears God's image. God's grace thus allows man to understand truth and to fulfill his potential.

Life Christian, as an educational institution, believes bringing up a child in Christ-likeness is primarily the responsibility and Biblical duty of the parent. Our school exists to assist in that education but will never replace the family's role. We work in partnership with the family as we work through our shared commitment to the student's upbringing. That commitment is expressed in a mutual desire to see student's character transformed to reflect the image of Christ, impacting the world in their calling, family and community.

With Christ as the center and source, in partnership with the family in helping students realize their unique reflection of God's image, Life Christian has these goals for its students:

Spiritual:

  1) Know that God is the creator and author of all truth.
  2) Know what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and to demonstrate an authentic Christ-like spirit.
  3) Be able to defend their faith in a clear and logical way.
  4) Know God's word and its doctrines, being able to apply the moral and ethical principals of Scripture.
  5) Know that their personal identity and self-worth are based on Christ.
  6) Identify and apply their spiritual gifts: encouraging, giving, leading, serving and teaching (Romans 12).
  7) Know and practice the Christian disciplines including prayer, worship, study and discipleship.
  8) Be able to lead non-Christians to a personal relationship with Christ.
  9) Demonstrate self-discipline, responsibility, and submission to God and all Biblical authority.

Each child is uniquely created, possessing gifts enabling him or her to reflect on and act within God's plan and world. As a matter of stewardship, instructional strategies will build on the child's individual strengths, and talents preparing him or her to confront life's intellectual, philosophical and creative challenges with a well-reasoned faith.

While exploring the sciences, mathematics, language arts, humanities, technology, culture and extra-curricular activities, we seek to nurture student maturity in leadership, self-discipline and personal and social development. This process can truly happen only through application of scripture, placing God, not man, at the center of learning.

In understanding God's sovereignty over all creation, we recognize all truth as coming from God. Our program of faith and learning integrates Christ, character development and challenging academics into one curriculum, striving to stimulate a life-long love of learning, teaching to respond from within a Biblical world view, and training to think in a Christ-like manner in all settings.

Academic:

  1) Use a Biblical perspective to acquire, interpret, analyze, synthesize, evaluate and apply new ideas and information.
  2) Confidently and creatively take part in the process of communication involving writing, speaking, reading and listening activities.
  3) Respond in a Christian manner when thinking about and encountering the fine arts and other media.
  4) Develop study skills and disciplines, enabling them to become lifelong learners.
  5) Become self-motivated learners who can share information with others.
  6) Work cooperatively with others in an academic environment.
  7) Demonstrate critical thinking skills to the application of knowledge.

Personal, Social and Physical:

  1) Exercise the ability to lead and follow, perceiving their role in a community and humbly filling that responsibility.
  2) Treat all people with respect, love and grace regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, faith or belief.
  3) Accept responsibility and the consequences for their own choices and actions.
  4) Recognize that their body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and know how to maintain its purity, health and well being.
  5) Have an instilled sense of their stewardship and their responsibility to God's creation and provision.
  6) Recognize the value of competition, sportsmanship, and fair play.
  7) Create and respond to change with courage and conviction.