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Christ-Centered Education
"Aletheia" means "truth" in Greek, and when Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life," He was not talking about a proposition of truth, but saying rather that He is Truth Itself. He is the Word of God and the Author of Life, and any true education will center upon Him.
Educationally, this means that everything that we do in the classroom is centered on understanding God's world from God's point of view, through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who is the Word of God. Our school is Christian in that math and art and history are pursued and taught from this distinctively Christian--"Christ-centered" and "Word centered"--point of view;
Philosophically, this means that we teach and instruct the students to be prepared to hold their own in a world that increasingly despises God and His Word. Thus, we do not shun a subject like evolution simply because we believe it is wrong. Rather, we engage such subjects with the mind of Christ with the aim of tearing down the strongholds in which the world trusts. This involves building a Christian view of the world, a "world view" which sees things from a biblical and "true" truth standpoint.
Doctrinally, this means our Statement of Faith is in basic agreement with the doctrines of the Protestant, evangelical tradition. We are not a "sectarian" or a "denominational" school, and expect that matters of debate between Christians to be resolved elsewhere: in the home and the church. Having said this, the school does have positions on various issues should these matters arise. For more on this, please see our Secondary Doctrines Policy.
Regarding admissions,this means that anyone is welcome to apply, regardless of their profession of faith, provided they are willing to abide by our standards of homework, discipline, and parental involvement. We expect that our school's people, priorities, and policies to attract people from all different denominations, races, cultures, and even religions. But, the teaching and instruction in the classroom will be explicitly and unapologetically Christian, all faculty and staff are professing Christians and members in good standing of Bible-believing churches, and the discipline and order in the school will seek to promote the aroma of Christ and a Gospel-driven motivation in everything.
We would be failing in our mission to communicate the truth to students if they did not love Christ more and seek more faithfully to follow him having attended Aletheia than otherwise.
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