Educational Philosophy

Mission Statement

Heritage Christian Academy and its partner families aspire to biblically challenge students to honor Christ through academic excellence and exemplary citizenship.

Prayer, Goal and Vision

The prayer, goal and vision of Heritage Christian Academy are to prepare men and women who will carry throughout their lives the banner of Christ because of a personal relationship with Jesus, a knowledge of His Word, a Christian world view and a vision of how God can use them to change the lives of others; to equip them academically, socially, and emotionally; to articulate and defend their faith and become servants and leaders in their chosen vocations.

God, Parents, and Teachers

God is sovereign over all things, yet He has commissioned man to rule over all living things on earth.  We are to be responsible caretakers of all that He has placed in our hands, including our intellectual and spiritual gifts and abilities.  Heritage Christian Academy is designed to prepare our children for this undertaking.  However, God has given responsibility to the parents, not the school, to see that their children are educated.  Thus, while children are at school, the teachers and staff will be working, as an extension of the family who has entrusted them with part of the education of their child.  Heritage Christian Academy will seek to teach and discipline in a manner consistent with the Bible and a godly home.

Academic Excellence

We want to help parents teach their children that all they do should be done “heartily, as unto the Lord.”  (Colossians 3:23)  Therefore, we seek to encourage quality academic work and maintain high standards of conduct.  Heritage Christian Academy will focus on each student achieving high academic goals through the encouragement of teachers and peers rather than through competition and undue pressure.

A Biblical/Christian World View

Heritage Christian Academy will endeavor to teach and impart to each student a Biblical/Christian world view.  A world view is the filter of ideas and values through which we see, evaluate, and behave in all areas of life.  Our beliefs about the nature of man, the possibilities of knowledge, ethics, politics, science and history all flow from our world view.  It is the foundation of our belief system and embodies our most basic presuppositions about God and His relationship to man and nature.  

Teaching a Christian world view is not a single issue, but rather a comprehensive perspective that applies Scripture to all of life.  It is developing a Biblical frame of reference through which all subjects in life are evaluated.  A well-developed Christian world view will affect a student’s ability to respond with wisdom and understanding to art, politics, history, literature, current events, math, and science.  Students should see God’s hand and have His perspective as they view the subject matter they are taught.  They should see how certain subjects were developed from Christian thought and are interwoven with principles that reveal God and His handiwork.  Bible teaching and Scripture memory will be essential tools at the school to lay a spiritual foundation and to demonstrate how Christian thought and academic subject matter are integrated.