Educational Student Outcomes

Students who graduate from Valley Christian School are equipped to be:

Committed to Christ

1.1.     Understand and commit to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ

1.2.     Can articulate and defend their Christian worldview while having a basic understanding of opposing worldviews

1.3.     Know, understand, and apply God’s Word in daily life

1.4.     Are empowered by the Holy Spirit, pursuing a life of faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love

1.5.     Treat their bodies as a temple of the Holy Spirit; Are prepared to practice the principles of healthy, moral family living

1.6.     Are good stewards of their finances, time (including discretionary time), and all other resources

Competent in Academic Skills

2.1.     Are committed to lifelong learning

2.2.     Are well prepared in all academic disciplines and are skilled in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking

2.3.     Are proficient in mathematics and science

2.4.     Have an appreciation for the natural environment and practice responsible stewardship of God’s creation

2.5.     Have a knowledge and an understanding of people, events, and movements in history (including church history) and the cultures of other peoples and places

2.6.     Appreciate literature and fine arts and understand how they express and shape the students’ beliefs and values

2.7.     Know how to utilize resources—including technology—to find, analyze, and evaluate information

2.8.     Have the skills to question, solve problems, and make wise decisions

2.9.     Value intellectual inquiry and engage in the marketplace of ideas (open, honest exchange of ideas)

Compassionate to Others

3.1.     Understand the worth of every human being as created in the image of God

3.2.     Embrace and practice justice, mercy, and peacemaking in family and society

3.3.     Respect, and relate appropriately with integrity to, the people with whom they work, play, and live

3.4.     Have a critical appreciation of languages and cultures of other peoples, dispelling prejudice, developing cross-cultural competence, and encouraging Biblical hospitality for the alien, or stranger (Hebrews 13:2)

Connected to Churches and Community

4.1.     Personally respond to carry out the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) locally and around the world in a culturally sensitive manner

4.2.     Are actively involved in a church community, serving God and others

4.3.     Understand, value, and engage in appropriate social (community) activities

Understand that work has dignity as an expression of the nature of God