Crossings Christian School

CCS is a Christian college preparatory school. CCS desires to assist families, representing the diversity of the surrounding community, in developing students who reach their God-given potential. Our Christian purposes for education are directly related to Christian purposes for living. The Christian lives for God and His glory. By providing a safe, nurturing environment, loving but firm discipline, strong academics, and moral standards, the purposes for Christian education can begin to be met. One purpose is to learn about God and the truth of His Word. This is primarily accomplished through Bible curriculum and the integration of Scriptures into every curricular area. A second purpose would be to lead students to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ and encourage them to respond further by committing themselves fully to God and the truth contained in the Scriptures. Finally, students are taught to take this truth and be doers of the word, thus meeting another purpose of Christian education, responding to God and His truth. By teaching students the importance of obedience to God's instructions for righteous living, they are moved from acquisition of knowledge to application of knowledge. A Christian education would also train students to impact others with the knowledge of God and His truth through communication, service, evangelism, discipleship, and then finally, impacting others through career choices that lead to God-honoring work in their vocations. CCS accomplishes the purposes of Christian education through a combination of strong Bible-based curriculum as well as strong traditional and classical curriculum. CCS adheres to the Core Knowledge Sequence, a sequence of content designed to help children establish strong foundations of knowledge, grade by grade. Goals for academic excellence are set in math, language arts, social studies, science, foreign language, physical education, music, art, and the fine arts. However, all content areas are infused with a biblical perspective given by Christian ...