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Foundation:
Acacia is founded upon God’s ultimate, perfect,
and unchanging truth, goodness, and beauty
as expressed in the Scriptures, through
nature, and through the person of Jesus
Christ.
Christ-centered:
Acacia is a Christ-centered school. The
centrality of the person Jesus Christ, living
both in history and through faith in our lives,
impacts every aspect of the life of the school
including what is taught, how it is taught, and
how individuals conduct
themselves.
Biblical
worldview: Acacia will train
students in Christian discipleship, integrating
a Biblical worldview, to have zeal for serving
God and transforming the society in which they
live.
Christian
community: To accomplish its
mission, Acacia must have an atmosphere of love,
kindness, forgiveness, orderliness and joy; in
essence, a Christian community. A school culture
will be promoted in which misconduct is not
acceptable, students recognize and respect
authority, an excited love of learning is
fostered, and reconciliation across societal
boundaries is practiced.
Trivium:
Acacia will employ classical education methods:
organized learning that is compatible with the
stages of development of the children and
emphasizes the grammar (knowledge), logic
(understanding), and rhetoric (expression)
skills necessary to launch young men and women
on a lifetime journey of growth and
learning.
The
Great Conversation of Books:
Students will pursue a mastery of language by
utilizing classic written works by great authors
from original sources along the continuum of
history (The Great Conversation) and by studying
core languages including Latin and
English.
Integration
of subjects: The school will
supply a liberal education that emphasizes the
connectivity and context of subjects: the
interrelationships of art, history, music,
language, philosophy, mathematics, and
science.
Partnership
with parents: Acacia recognizes
that the foremost responsibility of the
education of children lies with the parents or
persons acting in the place of parents. As such,
faculty and staff of Acacia enter into a
deliberate partnership with parents in the
educational process of their children
spiritually, intellectually, physically,
emotionally, and socially.
Exemplary
leadership: All those who teach or
who are in a position of authority at Acacia
will follow Christ and inspire excellence in
each student.
Teaching
methods: Teachers will utilize
mind-building teaching methods including
narration, chants, nature study, short lessons,
objective student evaluations, and minimal
homework.
Class
size: Meaningful teacher-student
relationships and appropriate individualized
attention will be enhanced by using small class
sizes.
Individualized
learning: Acacia seeks to
accommodate flexible learning rates and styles.
Decisions about school entry age and retention,
readiness for enrichment, testing and evaluation
are made in recognition that each student has
special gifts and contributes in various ways.
Habits:
Acacia will promote the development of
character-building habits: Attention, Obedience,
Respect, Responsibility, Reverence, Reflection,
Thoroughness, Punctuality, Service,
Self-control, and
Integrity.
Schools:
Acacia will seek to build bridges, not walls,
between all schools and places that educate
children.
Businesses
and organizations: The staff and
directors will establish relationships within
the local community for mutual
learning.
Christian
community: The leadership of
Acacia will exemplify the body of Christ through
cooperation with Christian
groups.
Service
learning: Acacia teachers will
integrate service to the community with
classroom curriculum.
Accessibility:
Acacia will strive to be accessible to families
of all income levels through need-based
financial assistance.
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