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Honor is Given

Honor is one of four ethos of the VCS Way of the Warrior, which includes courage, sacrifice, and wisdom.

A biblical view of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

On June 24, 2021 our Board adopted a Biblical Unity statement which is the only means of achieving biblical diversity, equity, and inclusion which can be read in our Philosophy of Christian Education. This statement can be summed up into seven principles.

Welcome all people of diverse origins. Valley Christian Schools represents a culturally diverse community of students, families, faculty, staff, and Board members of many nations, ethnicities, cultures, and languages.
Include all of God’s children to reveal His beauty. Such an enriched tapestry of God's children provides an enhanced and remarkable view of God's beauty.
As a community and individuals, model and teach, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” including racism, hate, and injustice (1 John 1:9). The redemptive work of Jesus Christ and the Bible's teachings are the only means of achieving biblical diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Teach and model Biblical Unity. VCS strives to teach and model biblical unity in all instruction and activities.
Defeat partiality by loving as God loves. God does not show partiality toward anyone. He created all people, fearfully and wonderfully, in His image, and everyone must treat others as worthy of human dignity, honor, and respect. To achieve this goal, everyone at VCS should obey Jesus's command to “love the Lord your God with your heart, soul, and mind and love your neighbor as yourself.”
Set attitude and conduct standards for all based on Jesus’s teachings in the Bible. The teaching of Jesus and the Bible set the standards for VCS Board members, employees, and students regarding their attitudes and conduct toward all persons representing the many ethnicities, cultures, disabilities, religious affiliations, and beliefs in the VCS community.
As image-bearers of God, celebrate our distinctive characteristics of ethnicity, national culture, gender, tribes, and languages with God’s love for one another in unity for God’s glory. As image-bearers of God, our distinctive characteristics of ethnicity, national culture, gender, tribes, and languages are reasons for celebration. Through love, we form the “perfect bond of unity.” “Let us love one another, for love is from God…God is Love.”

Philosophy of Christian Education
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To respect, value and celebrate all people on our campus.

All campuses will work together to make all feel respected, valued and celebrated. Administrators will make diversity and inclusion a priority. Efforts will be made every year to ensure diversity and inclusion remain a priority.

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Meet the Director of Biblical Unity

Meet the Director of Biblical Unity

Dr. Steven McGriff is the inaugural Director of Biblical Unity at Valley Christian Schools appointed to nurture and model a diverse, informed, loving, and unified education community. He will facilitate groups, synthesizes ideas, create consensus, and communicate biblical perspectives about unity, justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion that uniquely fit the culture of VCS.

He joins the senior leadership team under Superintendent Jerry Merza after a thirty-year career as an education leader and educational technology consultant with K-12 school districts, colleges and universities, nonprofits, and businesses in California, U.S., El Salvador and the Philippines. Dr. McGriff previously served as the Professor-in-Residence at the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College, Los Altos, CA (2008-2016). He was an assistant professor in the graduate program in instructional technology at San José State University (2002-2009). In that role, he mentored and led a cohort of Valley teachers through their master’s degree program on the VCS high school campus (2005-2007).

“Dr. Steve,” as he is often called at Valley, is a native Californian raised in the Evergreen/East Side of San Jose. He holds a doctorate in instructional systems from The Pennsylvania State University, a master’s degree in instructional technology from San José State University, and an undergraduate degree in art design from Stanford University. He currently lives in San Jose with Gloria and their three young adult sons. Steve and Gloria volunteer at the House of Grace with CityTeam Ministries to support women in recovery. He also enjoys walking local parks, gardening, practicing yoga, inspirational blogging, and researching his genealogy.

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