Elementary Expectations

1. An effective, well-trained Christian teacher who loves the Lord and your children.

2. Nurturing classrooms managed by teachers who are personally committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and who strive to model the fruit of the Holy Spirit in all of their living.
The fruit of the Spirit are "LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS and TEMPERANCE"(Galatians 5:22).

3. The Bible, which is God's Word, to be the core of the curriculum.

In addition to daily Bible instruction, every subject being taught is integrated with the truths and Christian values contained in the Bible. Prayer will be an important part of every student's school day.

Because VCS is an interdenominational school, teachers teach Biblical views which are held in common by all Bible believing churches of the Protestant tradition.

4. All students to be taught to seek forgiveness for sin, accept Jesus Christ as their Savior, take personal initiative to study God's Word and make it their primary objective in life to love, serve and honor Jesus Christ.

5. Rigorous educational training to include an academic, physical, social and spiritual emphasis with instruction at a level at which students can succeed with reasonable effort. Reasoning, critical thinking skills and internalization of Christian values are important educational goals.

6. Teachers to view parents as the primary educators of their children under God.

Christian teachers receive their authority to teach children from parents and are therefore to be held accountable to God and parents.

Parents can expect written or personal communication from teachers to allow parents to provide added assistance to the student in time to raise a final grade should an academic grade begin to slip below a "C". Parents are always welcome at school. Parent-teacher conferences may be arranged through the school office. If student difficulties or differences with the school arise, VCS is committed to working with parents and students to a resolution of the difficulties.

7. Primary class sizes will normally be no larger than 25 and intermediate (grades 3-5). A qualified teacher's aide may allow for a larger class. Classes are most often smaller.