This model includes the domain category in parentheses after each outcome (and then the original outcome # in italic parentheses): Academic/Thinking (AT), Worldview (WV), Spiritual Formation (SF), Skill Development (SD).
As we strive to attain our vision, we believe it to be important as an ACSI member school that we develop programs, strategies, and methodologies within the context of Biblical principles, producing elementary students with a Christian worldview who…
- Understand and commit to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. (SF)
- Know, understand, and apply God’s Word in daily life. (SF)
- Are empowered by the Holy Spirit to pursue a life of faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. (SF)
- Are knowledgeable and well prepared in all academic disciplines, and are skilled in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking. (AT)
- Are proficient in mathematics and science. (AT)
- Have a knowledge and understanding of people, events, and movements in history (including Bible/church history) and the cultures of other peoples and places. (AT)
- Appreciate literature and the arts and begin to understand how they can express and shape their beliefs and values. (AT)
- Have an appreciation of languages and cultures of other people and an understanding that God made each one of us unique and different and are all loved by Him and deserve to be treated with Biblical hospitality. (WV/SF)
- Understand that every human being has worth, being created in the image of God, but is marred by sin and in need of repentance. (WV/SF)
- Respect and relate appropriately with integrity to the people with whom they work, play, and live. (SF)
- Personally respond to carrying out the Great Commission in a culturally sensitive manner. (SF)
- Can articulate and defend their Christian worldview while having a basic understanding of opposing worldviews. (WV)
- Embrace mercy and forgiveness while practicing peacemaking in school, family, and society, just as God has shown us His mercy, grace, and forgiveness. (WV/SF)
- Value and practice fairness and doing what is right. (SD)
- Value intellectual inquiry and participate in discussions in an open, honest, and polite manner. (AT)
- Treat their bodies as the temple of the Holy Spirit. (SF)
- Are prepared to practice Biblical principles of healthy, moral family living. (SD)
- Know the importance to being committed to lifelong learning, academically and spiritually. (WV)
- Are developing the skills to question, solve problems, and make wise decisions. (SD)
- Are exposed to appropriate social (community) and civic activities and understand the value of being a “light” outside of their Christian school environment. (SD)
- Are good stewards of their finances, time (including discretionary time), and all other resources. (SD)
- Are learning how to utilize resources, including technology, to find, analyze, and evaluate information. (SD)
- Feel called to be in a church community, serving God and others. (SF)
- Have an appreciation for the natural environment and practice responsible stewardship of God’s creation. (AT)
- Understand that work has dignity as an expression of the nature of God. (WV)