King's Light Christian Academy

King's Light Christian Academy is a hybrid Christian high school. We base our educational philosophy on three main components: (1) a Biblical foundation, (2) preparing each student for life, and (3) emphasizing the parents’ role. 1. A Biblical Foundation All truth in education is God’s truth. The Bible, as the infallible, inerrant, and inspired Word of God, is the foundation and guide for all knowledge and basic to all elements of education. Because God created, sustains, and will consummate all things through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, the universe and all life are dynamically related to Him and have the purpose of glorifying Him. This purpose is fundamental to Christian education and will permeate every aspect of our goals and objectives, our teaching methods, and our curriculum. All representatives of the school will strive to demonstrate and teach values, character, and “Christ-likeness” as well as facts. 2. Preparing Each Student for Life The primary goal of all Christian education is to prepare each student to glorify and honor God in all that he does. We seek to fulfill this goal by: • training and encouraging students to become committed disciples of Christ, • supporting the family as the primary social and educational unit instituted by God, • promoting personal responsibility for academic excellence and a strong work ethic, and Training hearts & minds to walk worthy for the glory of God 13 • integrating home and school for the development of life skills and strong Christian character in balance with academics and co-curricular activities. Students will be encouraged to assume personal responsibility for learning as part of the maturation process. We expect King’s Light Christian Academy students to be prepared for pursuing any chosen profession, through rigorous academic instruction and discipline, and be committed to a lifetime of learning and service to their families, their churches, and their communities through an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. 3. The Role of Parents We recognize that parents are commanded to rear their children for God’s glory by bringing them up in the nurture and discipline of the Lord (Deut. 6; Eph. 6:4). King’s Light Christian Academy is designed to assist parents in fulfilling the Lord’s commands for education and training of children for His glory. We will seek to provide parents with academic expertise, challenge, pacing, direction, and accountability in a way that enhances and assists the parents’ efforts at teaching their children. The parents’ role is to oversee their child’s education and academic progress. Parents share responsibility for helping their students build the character qualities and work ethic that lead to academic success (and success in general), and for encouraging students to accept increasing responsibility for the consequences of their actions. The parental teaching role ranges from direct instruction in cooperation with the classroom teacher to monitoring of student progress as the student progresses from elementary to high school. We are committed to providing a vital learning experience for students that encourages and facilitates the parent/child relationship. Parents are the single most influential factor in a child’s educational performance.

King's Light Christian Academy has two guiding concerns: to offer students the opportunity to acquire a high degree of academic achievement and to preserve and strengthen the God-ordained family relationships in which the Christian faith is most effectively fostered. The structure in which these two concerns are brought together, provides an academically challenging education while integrating the home and school in the common goal of discipling children. MAJOR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. Love and Glorify God Our first and most important aim at KLCA is to love and glorify God in all that we do (1Cor. 10:31, 1 Pet. 4:11). A. We will seek to delight ourselves in the Lord and celebrate His greatness regardless of our circumstances. B. We will seek a daily, close, loving, and obedient relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. C. We will aspire through all aspects of this ministry’s operations to be in constant, joyful, and whole-hearted submission to God’s purpose and will as revealed in the Holy Bible. D. We will consistently acknowledge, in word and deed, the Holy Bible as our standard of truth and final authority for faith and practice. E. We will challenge our staff, students, and their families to love God by becoming progressively more knowledgeable of and obedient to His will as revealed in the Bible. 2. Fulfill the Great Commission Our second aim at KLCA is to do everything, including academic teaching, in a way that helps fulfill Christ’s commission to go and make disciples (Matt. 28:18-20). A. We will evaluate all aspects of this ministry by how effective they are in “partnering with parents to educate with excellence and prepare students to impact the world for Christ.” Training hearts & minds to walk worthy for the glory of God B. We will encourage all families to be actively involved in a local Christ-honoring church, the primary agency to which Christ gave His commission. C. We will encourage our students to develop their faith, love, and devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ and teach them to apply a God-centered perspective in all of their studies and activities. D. We will cultivate within students an increased awareness of the world that exists beyond their immediate culture and comforts along with the growing understanding that God’s love and Good News are for all people everywhere. 3. Affirm and Encourage Parents Our third aim at KLCA is to affirm and encourage parents in their God-given roles and responsibilities (Deut. 6:6-7; Pro. 22:6). A. We will encourage parents, whenever we have opportunity, to understand that their highest calling and foremost responsibility with their children is to train them to be faithful disciples of Christ. B. We will strive to strengthen families as the first social and educational unit instituted by God and to demonstrate respect for the primary authority and responsibility for children that God has entrusted to parents. C. We will seek to give parents greater access to their children by involving the parents in the scholastic lives of their children’s training in a University-Model® structure and system. D. We will strive to provide relevant and practical family ministries, conferences, and services aimed at keeping parents encouraged, competent, confident, and on-task. 4. Educate with Excellence Our fourth aim at KLCA is to educate students with excellence, providing preparation for college/higher learning that is both high quality and Christ-centered (Luke 2:52; Pro. 1:2-7; 3:13-20; 4:1-9; 9:9; and 10:14). A. We will teach a work ethic that values doing all things “as unto the Lord” (Col. 3:23). B. We will promote and adhere to high academic standards. C. We will stress the importance of character development as a basis for true academic success and achievement. D. In our curriculum design and pedagogical practices, we will emphasize the acquisition and application of critical and creative thinking skills as well as the acquisition of data and the mastery of concepts. E. We will strive for constant and consistent improvement in our instructional methodologies. F. We will help and encourage our students to understand that all truth is God’s truth by integrating the Bible’s message with the content of a classroom subject. G. We will teach and encourage the use of good study habits. We will train our students how to engage in independent study and research. H. We will incorporate and integrate student activities as an important tool in the educational process. I. We will strive to offer a balanced treatment of the arts, humanities, and sciences. Training hearts & minds to walk worthy for the glory of God 5. Integrate Home and School Our fifth aim at KLCA is to integrate the home and school effectively and systematically throughout the curriculum design and student activities to keep facilitating parents’ relational involvement with their children while also preparing those children for college. A. We will seek to develop curricular designs, instructional methods, and student-activity guidelines that effectively utilize and integrate the resources of both home and school. B. We will seek to establish clear guidelines defining the relationship between the home and school as educational institutions. C. We will seek to establish curricular and student-activity guidelines defining the respective responsibilities of the school and home instructors in the university-model system. 6. Serve Other Communities Our sixth aim at KLCA is to reach out and serve people in other communities who need and want what University-Model Schooling offers (Matt. 9:37; Matt. 25:34-36). A. We will develop King’s Light Christian Academy with the care and attention needed for testing an educational model that can be used by parents and educators in other communities who are seeking better ways to teach children. B. We will seek ways to demonstrate effectively that the application of biblical principles on behalf of academically average students can indeed produce better college-preparatory results with less classroom time and less cost through the increased and more meaningful involvement of parents. We will seek ways to assist in the propagation of this educational model by encouraging others in the start-up and development of new UMSI schools.