Our Mission: Partnering With Parents To Achieve Academic Success And Develop Christ-Like Character
Partnering With Parents
A key to the success at NCS has been the partnership it shares with the parents of our students. Evidence is great for the positive effects of parent involvement on children when schools and parents continuously support and encourage the children’s learning and development. According to research the most accurate predictor of a student’s achievement in school is not income or social status but the extent to which a student’s family is able to:
- Become involved in their children’s education at school
- Create a home environment that encourages learning
- Express high (but not unrealistic) expectations for their children’s achievement
Parental involvement undoubtedly benefits both the student and school. It is for this reason that we work hard to build strong relationships and collaboration with each of our families. In effort to realize this goal, we promote regular communication between the classroom teachers and parents, and we present various in and out-of- school volunteer opportunities.
Viewing the educational process as a team effort has enriched the entire school and allowed for greater academic success for each of our students.
Academic Success
At NCS we recognize that God has made each student unique, with differing strengths and needs. As a faculty we are committed to see that every student will be challenged and realize substantial growth (success) from their own unique point of readiness. The teachers work collaboratively and are proactive at providing a quality education that is rooted in assessment and multiple approaches which includes whole-class, group, and sometimes individual instruction.
In effort to realize this part of our school mission, teachers meet weekly as a staff to discuss current educational practices, and all teachers collaborate regularly with each other, administration, and support staff to discuss and develop individual student instructional plans.
At NCS we define academic success as GROWTH, and we strive to set the educational stage in a way that will result in the most growth for each individual student!
Christ-like Character
In many cases what separates NCS from others is our strong commitment to the spiritual growth of our students, and therefore, a primary focus of our school’s mission deals with the development of our students’ character. Throughout the course of the year, Christ-like characteristics like honesty, obedience, kindness, respect, forgiveness, thankfulness, perseverance and others are introduced to the children. These qualities are presented and studied formally in the classrooms using a Bible curriculum of practical life-application lessons for the growing young child. Additionally, the students participate in a school-wide weekly chapel program where various teachers, parents and community members enrich our spiritual development.
At the core of all the formal and informal Bible instruction, is a faculty committed to the modeling and demonstration of Christ’s work in their own life and a desire for each student to develop Christ-like character.
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*Northridge Christian School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, or ethnic heritage.
