objectives
Our primary objective is that the child will grow in all ways as a God-pleasing individual, guided by the home, the school, and the church. Although the child is a single, unified being, for convenience sake, the primary objective is divided into four parts:
THE CHILD WILL GROW IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
1. The child will develop a growing knowledge of the Triune God, and will be able to express this knowledge orally or in writing.
2. The child will develop a growing trust in Jesus Christ as his personal Savior form sin, and will turn to Him in repentance, asking for forgiveness.
3. The child will develop an increasingly worshipful, sanctified life, and will show by improved church attendance, Bible study, and prayer life.
4. The child will develop an increased ability and desire to make moral, ethical, and other real-life decisions.
5. The child will increasingly trust in God for all wants and needs, whether they are spiritual, physical, material, intellectual, emotional, social, aesthetic, or of nature or government, and will also increasingly thank God for all blessings received, and will make this thankfulness evident in word and action.
THE CHILD WILL GROW IN RELATIONSHIP TO HIMSELF
1. The child will develop good stewardship of all his talents and abilities, and will show this by working at least approximately equivalent to his ability as indicated in test results.
2. The child will develop logical, scientific, and creative thinking habits, gain knowledge and communication skills, and acquire significant elements of his cultural heritage to the extent that he can compare favorably in test results with other students of similar age and grade level.
3. The child will understand his emotions and what affects them, and will control them through trusts in Christ and with the help of the Holy Spirit.
4. The child will develop an understanding of his body and how it works, will appreciate it as a gift of God, and will increasingly accept responsibility for its health, safety, and recreation.
5. The child will speak and act appreciatively of the beauties of nature and the fine arts, and will have the ability to express himself creatively in different fine art media.
THE CHILD WILL GROW IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS
1. The child will recognize all people to be God's creation and will by word and action show love, forgiveness, respect, courtesy, cooperation, and consideration toward all them.
2. The child will be concerned for the spiritual welfare of everyone and will show this concern by communicating to others by word and action his knowledge of God's saving grace and by supporting through word and action the mission endeavors of the church.
3. The child will be concerned of the material welfare of everyone and will show this concern by supporting genuine welfare activities through word and action.
4. The child will respect parents as God's representatives, and will appreciate privilege and responsibilities as a member of the family. He will also make these feelings evident by word and action.
5. The child will respect government as God-ordained, be aware of its purpose and structure, and accept and fulfill his privileges and responsibilities as a Christian citizen on the local, state, national and world levels.
THE CHILD WILL GROW IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE
1. The child will increasingly see and appreciate nature of God's creation, and will therefore also use God's gift of nature as a way that would glorify God and serve all people.
