PCA Beliefs
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1. A Christian school should
be committed to honoring Christ by inspiring students to reach their full
spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional, and physical potentials.
2. Students need to
demonstrate their understanding of essential knowledge and skills, and be
actively involved in solving problems and producing quality work in meaningful
contexts.
3. Students learn best when
they are actively engaged in the learning process and have appropriate
opportunities for success.
4. A Christian school values
communication wherein parents and staff form a partnership for student success.
5. Curriculum and
instructional practices should incorporate a variety of learning activities to
accommodate differences in learning styles.
6. Each student is a valued
individual with unique physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual
needs.
7. A safe and physically
comfortable environment promotes student learning.
8. The faculty, staff, and
parents of a Christian school should model Christ-like behavior.
9. Students learn to make
appropriate decisions given a supportive, challenging, and Bible-based
environment.
10. The commitment to
continuous improvement by faculty, staff, and students is imperative if
students are to become confident, self -directed, and
lifelong learners.
11. A Christian school should
prepare qualified students for future success without preference to gender,
race, or national origin.
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