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Why send your children to Christian schools?
1. The values expressed in Christian schools are those of our family.
Education, all education, is more than academics. Education is not theologically neutral and it is not even politically neutral. As parents, we cannot afford to be neutral where our children are concerned. We are providing them a coherent, consistent education when what is taught and caught in the classroom is the same as our home and church.
2. Christian School Education is Bible Centered.
It is more important than just academics. Good academic training is, of course, essential preparation for life in our complex society. The level of learning in most Christian schools is well above the national average. Christian schools offer spiritual training which is not available in non-Christian schools. Christian schools can teach the whole child, the whole truth, the whole time, academically, spiritually, physically, and socially.
3. A Christ-centered education will affect how our children see the world.
Education in Christian school classrooms is Christ-centered. Christ is the center of life and the message of Christian day schools. Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer in their book, Children At Risk, sound the alarm that our society is enmeshed in a civil war that will determine which value system will guide our nation. Someday soon, a winner will emerge and the loser will fade from memory. Those who determine what young people are taught and what they experience, what they see, hear, think and believe, will set the course for the future of this nation. For now, American children are balanced precariously and the outcome is very much in doubt. Only in Christian schools can children learn within the context of a Christ-centered world view.
4. Your children will be like their teachers
Luke 6:40 reveals that a pupil, after he (she) has been fully trained, will be like his/her teacher. Some parents may choose to send their children to Christian schools because there is better discipline than other schools. Some parents may choose to send their children to Christian schools because of the more rigorous academics found in Christian schools. Some may choose to send their children to Christian schools because of the better moral influence in a Christian school. Some parents may choose to send their children to Christian schools because of the positive learning environment associated with Christian schools. Some parents will send their children to Christian schools because there are less drug problems than in the local schools.
All the above reasons are valid, however, one very good reason parents should send their children to Christian schools is; our children will become like their teachers!
Years from now, your children probably will not remember much detail about what their teachers taught them. They will have even forgotten some the lessons that their teachers especially labored over in their preparation to make the class interesting and exciting. Children's long-term memory, according to educational psychologists, will only permit them to retain less than ten percent of what was taught in class.
Christian School children today will retain in their long term memory who their teachers were as Christians ...Christian Teachers. They will remember their teacher’s concern and love for them, their prayers and understanding of Scripture as it related to where the students really were. Your children will definitely remember the individual personalities of their teachers. Not only will they remember their teachers, but a part of the teacher will be transferred into your children permanently.
Conclusion:
Today, children receive conflicting values-laden messages from television, radio stations, music, and friends. Our children need to be in an educational environment in which their teachers are deeply committed to Jesus Christ and to a Christian philosophy of education. They need to learn from educational materials that are Biblically-integrated. Our children need to know that Jesus Christ does make a difference in their learning. That environment only exists for your children in Christian schools.
As Christian parents, we need to send our children prepared to weather the demands of life. When the weather outside is harsh, as parents we send our children out with the right clothing. The right education is like the right clothing for our children. Our children need to be equipped for the unpredictable weather of a complex world. They should learn in a climate of strong Christian values and a Christ-centered curriculum, an environment where children can pass the test before they take it. Christian school education is preparation to weather the demands of life
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