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04.27.08 - SMLCA to open at Halesford Baptist Church for the 2008-09 school year.
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A Note from the Head of School:
We have been overwhelmed with the community response to Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy. Although the original vision called for a middle school, based on feedback and much prayer, we have committed to launch as K-6 with plans to add a grade level each subsequent year. The vision of SMLCA has been in the making for several years and now, after a season of prayer and laying a foundation, is ready for harvest.
Having raised six children of our own, my wife and I know too well the burden that parents face deciding on the best educational alternative for their children. For years, we would spend Labor Day Weekend (all schools used to open the day after Labor Day) in prayer, seeking God’s will as to where to send our children to school. Consequently, we have experienced it all; public, private, Christian, home schooling and even a tennis academy! If you are reading this, you too, may be struggling with what is the best option. After all, your children, God’s gift to you, will spend more time in school than any other place outside of home. That is a humbling thought. Jesus said it would be better to have a millstone around your neck and cast into the sea than to cause a child to stumble. That is a fearful thought and a highly motivating thought!
Our prayer is for SMLCA to be a community school and that means whether you have children, grandchildren or maybe just a concern for the education of future generations, we welcome your involvement.
I invite you to reflect on our Mission Statement. We feel it conveys our passion and what we want to be about. It actually is a paraphrase of the four pillars of our own Integrity Institute curriculum which reads in full:
Acquiring the eye of the tiger… becoming academically acute
Being gentle as a lamb… becoming a selfless servant
Soaring like an eagle… having a mind for the Master
Developing the heart of a lion…. becoming physically fit
We hope you will share in our vision of raising a generation of students with the heart of a lion, the eye of the tiger, gentle as lambs and soaring as eagles; a generation that is strong, wise, humble and godly.
Sincerely,
Deke Andrews
SMLCA is a member of Association of Christian Schools International.
SMLCA admits students of any race, color, national origin and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activitiesgenerally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
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