Principles of Our Educational Approach
Principle is defined as “the cause, source or origin of anything; that from which a thing proceeds; foundation; that which supports an assertion, an action, or a series of actions or of reasoning.” (Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language
- Authority for a child’s education resides with parents.
- Parents are their children’s first teachers and first models of the character of Christ.
- Parents may delegate their authority to a tutor/teacher.
- Christian education begins with instruction in God’s ways.
- Christian education is both instruction and discipline and should enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, furnish students with manners and habits, and prepare them for their divine calling.
- Parents are responsible to train their children in Christian character.
- The parents’ duty to educate should not be abdicated nor usurped by the school or the state.
- Education requires from parents a daily investment of time and instruction.
The battle in the twenty-first century is for the hearts and minds of our youth! In 2001 the Nehemiah Institute published a report stating the following:
If the PEERS trends of high school youth from Christian homes continues at the same rate of decline (those in Traditional Christian schools or in public schools), we would have to officially label the ‘next generation of Christian adults’ as “Committed Secular Humanists with leanings toward Socialism” between the years 2014 and 2018.*
We exist to assist parents in reaching the hearts and minds of their children by providing a curriculum developed from a Biblical worldview.
*www.nehemiahinstitute.com
