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Academic Environment
For questions regarding class schedules and curriclum click on the desired grade level.
Grove Avenue Christian School is a member of the Association of Christian School International. The Grove Avenue Christian Preschool through the Association of Christian Schools International is an Early Education accredited Preschool.
A Philosophy of Christian Education
| A. | God sees man as His foremost creation, His child (a) lost; (b) redeemed; (c) restored in body, soul, and mind. While this process is completed in eternal life the process is begun and expresses itself in the here and now. |
| B. | Christian educators see the child as God's foremost creation, created righteous and holy, given a rational mind and impressionable personality. He is alienated from God through sin, but redeemed and the object of God's love and forgiveness. A child is a unique personality capable of developing his talents with a sense of individual freedom to the glory of God and in the service of mankind. |
| C. | Because people today need to be led to repentance and nurtured in the Gospel, our task as Christians is to lead them to Christ. He is the center of the Christian life and Christian education. Without Him, there is no need for Christian schools, no need for living. Thus, all instruction in a Christian school must be consciously Christ-centered and Bible based. It proclaims the relevance of the Christian faith to times and situations. |
| D. | Christian education should lead the person to be responsive in all aspects of his personality. Only then will he be equipped to see and serve God in the world through people. |
| E. | It must be clearly understood that the school is not solely responsible for meeting all these needs; other individuals and groups share this responsibility, particularly the Christian parents and family. However, the school is vitally concerned with all needs as it seeks to enable the child to grow to maturity. |
