Living Word Christian Academy is an integral, inseparable ministry of Living Word Christian Center.

OUR OBJECTIVES ARE:

1. To provide a well rounded Christian education for our youth in spirit, soul and body.

2. To develop strong Christian leaders to help lead this nation back to God.

The Holy Bible is our foundation textbook for all subjects, and Jesus Christ is the One Lord we seek to follow. Jesus is our Master Teacher.

We use the Accelerated Christian Education Curriculum (A.C.E.) which magnifies individual and personal achievement. Each student can personally consult with the staff as often as he or she needs to in order to understand the material.

WE STRIVE TO DEVELOP IN EACH STUDENT:

1. The leadership of the Holy Spirit.
2. A good conscience - right and wrong.
3. Prayer - how to talk to God.
4. Vocation - God's call for adult employment.
5. Family - God's will to marry or remain single.
6. Defense - how to obtain God's protection in a dangerous world.
7. A sharp mind - after the mind of Christ.
8. Emotional balance - after the fruit of the Spirit.
9. A strong and obedient will - after the will of God.

To reach these objectives the Academy must produce a highly disciplined Christian environment for its students. It is important that you know and understand the A.C.E. program. It is not solely Living Word Christian Academy's responsibility to educate children. God gave the responsibility to the parent. The function of the academy is to assist the parents in carrying out what God has given.

The Academy staff recognizes that it cannot meet the educational needs of all children. The Academy offers a high quality of Christian training, but is not designed to be a correctional institution for problems arising beyond those usually encountered in average school children. While we love delinquent and emotionally unstable children, the Academy is not equipped to meet their needs. Some children do not adjust to a disciplined academic environment and find excuse to criticize the policies and decision of the staff and administration. In such cases, the Academy reserves the right to have full discretion in the discipline, to place such students on suspension and/or probation for a reasonable corrective period of time and to dismiss any student who does not cooperate with the total educational process. The more familiar you and your family are with A.C.E. and with our handbook, "Our Objectives & Standards of Conduct", the more likely your child will have a successful learning experience.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT AGREEMENT: Parents must realize that God expects all things to be done decently and in order, it is mutually agreed by and between the Parents and the Church to meet all financial support agreements of the academy. The set amount of one-tenth of the total Tuition & Curriculum shall be paid on or before the 1st day of each month beginning August 1st through May 1st.

Any payment mentioned above shall not have been received in full by the church-academy office by the 5th of the month in which the payment is due a 10% late charge will be added to the unpaid balance. Withdrawal from the church-academy can be accomplished only by a Withdrawal Notice signed by the Parents, and only a Withdrawal Notice in writing 4 weeks before any student's last day will stop the Tuition charge accumulation.

VERIFICATION OF IMMUNIZATION: It is important that students entering The Living Word Christian Academy be fully immunized against Polio, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Tetanus, Measles (10 day/red measles) or Rubella (3 day German Measles), and Mumps and Hepatitis B.

If the student has not received all of the required immunizations, please obtain them before attending. Otherwise the student will be excluded until this is done or unless an exemption statement from a physician is presented or verification of immunization statement is signed that the above mentioned immunizations are contrary to your beliefs.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERMISSION: An Emergency Medical Permission slip authorizing Living Word Christian Academy to seek emergency medical treatment for all students attending the academy must be completed each year of enrollment.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS & PROCEDURES: Dress code and other requirements of this academy are aimed at developing good Christian character and leadership qualities. Therefore, our objectives are to be strong Christian leaders and to look like it. We want no compromise with the world's ways, especially those ways which mean rebellion. "Abstain from all appearance of evil" I Thes. 5:22.

DRESS CODE:

1. Ladies' and Gentlemen's hair are to be within academy standards.
2. Uniforms are required during attendance at this academy. Standards for Dress Code are published on the uniform requirement sheet.

PARENT / STUDENT REQUIREMENTS:

1. Parent/staff meetings and conferences. Five meetings required during the year.
2. To meet all Curriculum requirements.
3. To follow all rules for Assembly, Chapel, Learning Center, Breaks, Lunch, Physical Education, and Supplies needed.
4. To follow all Corrective Action Procedures for all who violate the rules.
5. Students will be held responsible for their actions. Student's behavior is to be courteous and respectful to others at all times. There is to be no cheating, stealing, vandalism, bad language, inappropriate physical contact, and worldly pursuits by any student. Students and parents are to respect and honor their agreement with the academy.

ACADEMY ACTIVITIES: To help promote school spirit, both students and parents are required to support all Academy programs. All set standards, rules, and corrective action procedure requirements are published under Basic Procedures & Requirements which are distributed every year.

STANDARD OF CONDUCT: The student's attitude, conversation, and behavior reflect the character of the institution from which he derives his training, both at home and at school. This form reflects the academy's attempts to secure students who would best adjust to the rigor of a highly disciplined training program which must set high standards as a pilot institution for an international student development program.

GENERAL POLICY: Students of this Christian Academy pledge to uphold the academy's standards against cheating, swearing, smoking, gambling, drinking alcoholic beverages, using or talking favorably (even in jest) about worldly ways, narcotics, and using indecent language. Students are required to act in a very orderly and respectful manner, and maintain Christian standards in courtesy, kindness, morality, and honesty. We must all strive for unquestionable character in dress, conduct, and other areas of life.

Students are expected to abide by these standards of conduct throughout their enrollment at the academy, or elsewhere. Parents should remember that lack of parental support, undermining of academy staff and system, and refusal to maintain any set Standard of Conduct, Dress Code or Learning Center rules, will reflect in the child's attitude. Students found to be out of harmony with this Christian academy's ideals of work and life may be asked to withdraw whenever the administration determines that it is necessary.

SCRIPTURAL DISCIPLINE: Our total program is designed to develop the spiritual and academic qualities that characterize your child. "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6. In order to carry out this total character development we believe it is necessary to follow Scriptural admonitions to correct a child when his behavior is in violation of our reasonable rules and proper procedures. "Correct thy son and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul." Proverbs 29:17. "The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame." Proverbs 29:15.

We use other methods of discipline when correction is needed beyond detention. We cannot, however, give the teenager the idea that he/she is above being disciplined,. and can "get away" with infractions of the rules. We will do everything possible to agree on effective alternatives with parents. If agreement cannot be reached, the parent must withdraw the student.

ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY CARE AGREEMENT: Understand that there is NO DAY CARE provided to fill the need of working parents before 7:00 a.m. and after 4:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and after 2:00 p.m. Wednesday for all grades. In case of an emergency proper care will be given to my child for an additional fee. I also understand that for this Additional Emergency Care to provide responsible care, every student on church property during Additional Emergency Care time must be under the direct control of the Additional Emergency Care Monitor. Therefore, I and my child agree to cooperate with strict Additional Emergency Care rules.

Charges for Additional Emergency Care will be for time used in quarter hour increments. Students on Additional Emergency Care, arriving less than the final 15 minutes before the starting bell, will be on Additional Care but will not be charged for that time. Students who leave promptly after the dismissal bell will be on Additional Emergency Care until they are signed out. Those still on church property 15 minutes after being dismissed will be charged for Additional Emergency Care starting from the time that student was dismissed. The rate for any student not picked up by 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday or 4:00 p.m. the rest of the week becomes $1.00 for each 1 minute period. The rate will be adjusted as necessary to cover all costs of providing this Additional Emergency Care for those who use it.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS: Living Word Christian Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students in our church-school. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of educational and admissions policies, scholarship, athletic, and other church-school administered programs.

We cannot tell you how many students of different origins we have attending our Academy. We purposely do not count or otherwise distinguish between people having God-created differences.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

The following is not a complete statement of faith, but will let you know where we stand on some of the major issues.

THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY:  The number one priority is soul winning. We do many things but the one thing we believe must be first is winning people to faith in Jesus Christ.

THE SALVATION EXPERIENCE:  We believe that every person old enough to be accountable to God must know when and where he deliberately received Jesus Christ as his Savior. We simply mean that he must remember a definite experience when he or she actually received Jesus.

THE HOLY SPIRIT:  We believe that every person who genuinely receives Jesus as his Savior and Lord is born of the Holy Spirit in the same experience. We believe it is totally impossible to become a Christian without the Holy Spirit.

Genuine believers need to be filled with the Holy Spirit or baptized in the Holy Spirit's power after salvation.

THE LORD JESUS:  We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, both God and Man merged in one Person, that He is the only Savior, and that we are saved by His life, death and Resurrection.

THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT:  We believe that the Holy Spirit gives the same gifts today as He did in the New Testament.

HEALING:  We lay hands on and anoint the sick with oil and by faith lay hold of God's miraculous healing power.

TOUNGES:  We forbid not to speak in tongues. We emphasize the gift of prophecy according to the instruction of Paul. We regulate tongues according to his instructions.

THE BIBLE:  We believe the Bible is the Word of God and that it is absolutelyate in every detail.

BAPTISM AND CHURCH MEMEBERSHIP:  We believe that every person who receives Jesus as Lord should be baptized by immersion in water into fellowship of a local body of believers. There is no such thing as baptism without being baptized into membership of a local church. Anyone baptized by this Church becomes a member of its fellowship.

SALVATION: We believe that each person is saved completely by grace through faith. Jesus accomplished our total salvation on the cross. Our good works are nothing but filthy rags. In a deliberate decision of faith we trust Him, and He saves us totally by His grace. We can claim no credit for our salvation.

ETERNAL SALVATION:  We believe that each believer receives everlasting life, and can never be lost under any circumstance. We do not believe the Lord will lose you. We do not believe you can lose yourself. We believe a saved person cannot deny His Lord, neither can His Lord deny him.

BAPTISM AFTER SAVLVATION:  We believe baptism is am outward clothing of righteousness and must be done after you are actually born again. If a church member realizes that he has not actually been saved and receives Jesus, he should then be baptized. His baptism while he was unsaved is invalid. Baptism can be genuine only after a true salvation experience.

EVERY MEMBER:  We believe that it is every Christian's business to win other people to Jesus. We believe that every new member should go to work to bring every possible person to Jesus Christ. Every member must give himself, his finances, his time, his energy, his capabilities, and everything he has to promote the church's program to reach the lost for Christ.

THE PASTOR:  We believe the pastor is the God-called shepherd for our church. We believe he is God's man to lead our church in our outreach program to reach people for Christ. We believe that as long as he is faithful to God's Word and the goal of winning the lost, we are to give him our honest loyalty and enthusiastic support.

THE DEACONS:  The deacons are God's servants to help the pastor lead the church.

Divorced and remarried persons who love the Lord faithfully may serve in all other places of service.

LOVE:  We believe the one outstanding characteristic of the pastor, the staff, the deacons, the workers and all members is love. We are a "fellowship of love." We love God. We love one another. In spite of all our faults we love one another. "By this shall all men know that we are Jesus' disciples" - that we love one another.

THE SEPERATED LIFE:  We believe that to follow Jesus means to forsake the ways of the ungodly world. Our lifestyle must be in harmony with our Lord's teachings. Our walk, our talk, our dress, our social life, our finances, our homes, our habits must not be questionable, but honor Jesus.

AUHTORITY AND OBEDIANCE:  We believe that every person is to obey the human authority over him or her. Children are to obey parents. Wives are to obey husbands. Employees are to obey employers. Everyone is to obey the government. Each believer is to obey the supervisor over him in the Lord's work. A believer is to obey God if his human authority is in direct conflict with Scripture, but he must always humbly respect the human authority regardless of the error in judgment.

MAN AND WOMAN:  We believe that men should be men and gentlemen, and women should be women and ladies. Children should be taught this from childhood. The man should always be the leader where a man is available.

THE LORD'S RETURN:  We believe in the Pre-millennial return of Christ - that is, that the true church will soon be raptured out, the world will be engulfed in the great tribulation, the Lord will return to reign over the earth for 1,000 years, raise and judge the wicked at the great white throne, the wicked consigned to burning hell forever, and the saved to reign in the new earth with the Lord forever.

 

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