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Hello again, WCA family!

On a previous blog post, October 21st to be specific, we spoke about the Mission Statement for Warner Christian Academy. You can re-read that post HERE!

But just to refresh your memory, the Mission of Warner Christian Academy, from Preschool all the way through graduating Seniors, is as follows…

…to partner with families in shaping students into the image of Christ by helping them discover Truth in academics, athletics, and arts.

This is who we are as a school and why we exist. It dictates what we do on a daily basis. And it invites your participation at home to continue that work of “shaping” when students are outside school.

The Board has now approved our Vision for the school, and so I’d like to share that with you now! But first, a bit about vision statements.

The focus of the Vision Statement is on the FUTURE and the purpose is to describe WHAT THE SCHOOL ASPIRES TO BECOME OR ACHIEVE. Vision statements inspire, motivate, and paint pictures of the desired long-term impact.

Additionally, Vision Statements attempt to answer the following questions:

• What are we aiming to become or produce?
• What kind of future are we shaping?
• What impact will those we serve make beyond us?
• What ultimate good will come from our work?

Without further ado, see below for the Vision Statement for Warner Christian Academy as it pertains to all students, staff, and families from Preschool through Graduating Seniors!

Through a strong partnership with families, Warner Christian Academy is forming and sending out graduates who are Christlike in character and intellectually virtuous—ready to pursue Truth, lead with wisdom, and impact their communities, for God’s glory.

In the Pilliod Amplified Version of this statement, it means this… After working in the present, partnering with families to shape students into the image of Christ by helping them discover truth in academics, athletics, and arts, WCA students will be Christlike, have intellectual virtue (character traits of good thinking and learning), and continue to pursue Truth on their own being ready to lead wisely with impact in their own spheres of influence…all for the glory of God!

This harkens way back to the early years of White Chapel Church when God had placed upon the little church the dream of sending out a thousand (or thousands of) leaders. That dream led directly to the formation of Warner Christian Academy!

I believe this vision for our students is great! We desire for everybody to be increasingly Christ-like and that presumes salvation, right? So in reality, we would LOVE for all of our students to be part of the professing family of Christians who believe in Jesus for the salvation of sins and have given over their wills to the will of God. We are teaching about Intellectual Virtues and teaching students to be intellectually virtuous through their Preschool – 12th grade careers. We desire for our students to CONTINUE to pursue Truth after graduation whether at post-secondary institutions or in the workforce. And we pray that they can be leaders within their sphere of influence. In their families, possibly in their jobs/careers, maybe they become leaders within a company, maybe not. But certainly there are spheres of influence where they can lead. And lastly, that their pursuits will be for God’s glory.

I love this vision for our school…for your school.

Thank you for reading along! Let me know your thoughts on the Mission/Vision and Christian Education in general! I’m a firm believer that only education from a Biblical, Christian worldview can give you a complete education.

Soli Deo Gloria!