Who We Are

Here are some thoughts about what makes us a unique Christian academy.

We cannot be all things to all people. We do have the ability to be very, very, good at what we do.

We are a Christian school which provides a unique and special learning environment in our culture.

Since the Bible has no mention of what a Christian School looks like, our interpretation is the following. It is a school where the staff members of the school are all professing believers whose lives reflect their obedience and love for the God of the Bible. All instruction is viewed through the lens of the Bible.

The uniqueness of the school is shown in many ways. The families which comprise it are almost all Christians from over 10 different churches. Our instructional model contains many different methods but leans heavily towards a didactic method which has also been named an “active learning” “differential learning” or “home school approach.” The teachers are provided with clear instructional guidelines and usually with lesson plans clearly laid out for them. The students have clear instructional and behavioral goals. Within our clear instructional goals and lesson plans teachers are expected to “break the rules” daily when needed to individualize each student’s education and provide maximum learning.

The school has a few basic themes with which to guide the teachers, parents and students in our school practices.

To describe the school:
*Bios Christian prepares
*Serving Our Lord One Student at a Time

Other ideas and themes include:
*all students can learn
*the staff is to honor God always as their first priority
*on our sports teams up through junior varsity, everyone plays, there are no cuts; all athletes are trained to work hard, show great sportsmanship, and always increase in their skills.
*God’s world and the understanding of its beauty is learned through skills in music and the visual arts.

In describing the basic points of our educational model the following is said:
“Our first priority is to encourage believing students or witness to those who do not believe. Second we train behaviors, and last we teach to the individual.”

Concerning our teaching of the Bible it is explained:
“There are basic ideas which guide our instruction of the Bible and these include that the Bible is inerrant, God is sovereign in all things, and salvation is only through a person’s faith in the works of Christ.”

The school prepares students to serve our God in the culture we live. The philosophy of the school is that learning entails more than book work. While book work is important to convey specific information there is much to be learned about God’s revealed world through field trips, activities, the arts, sports, mission work and from mature believers.

The “book” aspect of our school is built around basic ideas already mentioned. Additional ideas include usually much higher educational academic expectations beginning in kindergarten and continuing through 12th grade. Our learning of the “3 R’s” is structured on several educational foundations which include:

A. All students are able to learn meaningful information.
B. Large group instruction rarely serves the needs of the individual; lecture is the least effective instructional mode.
C. The instructional goals of every student in kindergarten through the senior year of high school are planned down to the day. We are not here to cover material, but to provide an educational program where students learn and apply their skills.
D. In theory, every student’s goals are reevaluated on a daily basis from the work achievements of each day.
E. Behavior training may become a higher goal than educational goals until the student is able to work consistently.
F. Primary (1st-3rd) students have a goal of 100% of the students meeting grade level expectations or higher for reading, math, and composition as measured on daily work and the AIMS test results.
G. Elementary (4th-6th) students have a goal of 100% meeting grade level expectations or higher for math, reading and composition as measured on their daily work and the AIMS test along with introductory knowledge and skills in history and science.
H. Junior High (7th & 8th grades) is essentially high school prep. Students are trained in these two years in addition to their academic skills, the appropriate methods to study for tests, being accountable to more than one teacher, and achieving at a higher level of expectations.
I. High School is focused on preparing for life after Bios and college. With clear expectations for each day’s work in each class, students are able to consistently increase their skills in all our subjects. Teachers assist and support students/parents in guiding them toward career choices.