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$15 Sports Physicals

2013-04-29T17:21:00Z

Most students will be needing sports physical for the next school year. Central Indiana Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is offering $15 physicals examinations. Details regarding the dates and times are given at this link. You can find a link to the IHSAA physical form at their site or here on the IHSAA site. It would be good for the entire 2013-2014 school year. Please contact the office if you have further questions (643-7884).

Interesting article for parents

2013-03-28T13:16:39Z

This article points out a few social media apps that can be very destructive. It is written by a children’s ministry pastor. Just thought that the article could be beneficial to some.

Re-enrollment Period Ends February 28!

2013-03-02T19:41:10Z

http://indianachristianacademy.org/announcements-news/re-enrollment-2013-2014-through-february/

Reaping the Benefits of a Christian School

2013-02-06T13:58:33Z

By Charles Walker

The joy received from watching a child grow academically and mature in the Lord makes all the effort, all the time, all the money worth it.

As a parent, you have prayed, researched, sought counsel, and examined all possible educational options. You have conscientiously made the decision to send your child to a Christian school because you understand the value and benefits of a Christian education. It might prove enlightening and encouraging to you to carefully re-examine the specific reasons that prompted you to make this critical choice for your child and why today you are reaping the benefits of a Christian school.

Your first response to the question of “why?” my child attends a Christian school may go something like this: “I enrolled my child in a Christian school to obtain a Christian education in a morally, spiritually, and physically safe environment.” However, this answer is probably an over-simplification of your decision to capitalize on the values of a Christian school. A review of the many benefits that your child reaps academically, spiritually, and socially in a Christ-centered classroom may illuminate your reasoning preparing you to “be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear” (I Peter 3:15).

A child’s teacher is an important role model. Your child spends a major portion of the school day under the influence of one or more key teachers. You value the importance of the exemplary model set by your child’s teacher. In the Christian school classroom, the teacher openly teaches the truths of Scripture because his commitment compels an open, unashamed love and service to Jesus Christ. The government does not hinder these teachings, nor the reading of the Bible, nor prayer; all three are common every day occurrences. The teachers openly demonstrate and model Christian principles, one of the reasons you send your child to a Christian school.

The academic instruction in the Christian school exceeds that of the public schools. With strict standards of behavior enforced and high academic standards expected, the Christian school provides your child a better education, opening more doors in his life for future success and satisfaction. The benefits of the sound education offered in the Christian school are far-reaching and long-term, another reason you send your child to a Christian school.

Christian values and attitudes are taught and emphasized in the Christian school. The overt effects of violence and immorality so common in today’s public schools clearly demonstrate the need for a Christian education. The Christian ethics and morals expounded in your home and church are reinforced in the Christian school classroom. Nurturing a child with Biblical truth is an excellent way to equip him for maturity. The Christian values taught in the Christian home and reinforced in the Christian school enable your child to deal with a troubled world without succumbing to its troubles, another reason you send your child to a Christian school.

Opportunities for Christian friends and fellowship abound in the Christian school. Negative peer pressure is downplayed by emphasizing the relationship of each child with Jesus Christ, and magnifying the Biblical standard of true friendship which calls for love, forgiveness, and accountability. The positive influence of a child’s Christian peers has no substitute, another reason you send your child to a Christian school.

Teacher-pupil ratio in a Christian school is lower than that of most public schools. This smaller class size permits a teacher to spend more time with each child. Consequently, your child receives more individualized attention from the teacher, and this, of course, greatly benefits him academically and personally, another reason you send your child to a Christian school.

Obeying Biblical guidelines is essential when seeking the best for your child. Scriptural admonitions concerning the rearing of children in the Christian faith, such as Deuteronomy 6:5-7 and II Corinthians 6:14, can only be truly adhered to if children are taught in a Christian environment. The public schools cannot prepare a child for a fruitful, Christ-honoring life. In the Christian classroom, your child learns the Biblical truth absolutely necessary for living a balanced Christian life, another reason you send your child to a Christian school.

Placing your child in a Christian school may necessitate a financial sacrifice, a geographical inconvenience, or a drain on your energy, but the joy received from watching your child grow academically and mature in the Lord makes all the effort, all the time, all the money worth it. You should praise the Lord for the wisdom and direction He has given you, and thank Him for the blessings of a Christian school.

Dr. Charles Walker is a former education director of the American Association of Christian Schools and the executive director of the Tennessee Association of Christian Schools.

Re-enrollment 2013-2014 through February

2013-02-06T13:38:06Z

We are excitedly looking forward to 2013-2014. As we make preparations, we can’t wait to see what will happen in our 40th Anniversary year! You can save a great deal on enrollment prices for next year by signing up in February!

As we plan on adding more teachers to our staff next year, we wanted to get re-enrollment information now, so that we can plan accurately. Students will be receiving the re-enrollment information on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. If for some reason you need another copy, we have included one here. Thank you for allowing us to serve you and we look forward to working together with you next year!

Why Christian Education?

2013-01-29T20:11:40Z

I have recently been doing some reading and ran across the following statement regarding humanism and the public schools. I thought it was good to remind those in Christian education of the importance of making the choices that we have made. Secular humanism is a religion. Perhaps, it is the only religion allowed in our public schools.

John J. Dunphy in an article called “A Religion for a New Age,” has the following to say about humanism and education.

“I am convinced that the battle for humankind’s future must be waged and won in the public school classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their role as proselytizers of a new faith; a religion of humanity that recognizes and respects the spark of what theologians call divinity in every human being.

“These teachers must embody the same selfless dedication as the most rabid fundamentalist preachers, for they will be ministers of another sort, utilizing a classroom instead of a pulpit to convey humanist values in whatever subject they teach, regardless of the educational level – preschool day care or large state university.

“The classroom must and will become an area of conflict between the old and the new – the rotting corpse of Christianity, together with all its adjacent evils and misery and the new faith of Humanism, resplendent in its promise of a world in which the never-realized Christian idea of ‘Love thy Neighbor’ will finally be achieved.”

- Dunphy, John, A Religion for a New Age, Humanist, Jan.-Feb. 1983, p. 26

Elementary Skating, Monday, January 14

2013-01-14T13:27:08Z

The students look forward to the elementary skating parties that the school has each year. Monday, January 14, from after school until 5:30, the senior and junior classes of ICA will be hosting an elementary skating party. Students should plan to bring a permission slip and $5 for skate rental. Concessions at the rink will be provided at additional cost.

Competition Choir Pieces

2013-01-11T17:09:43Z

I am attaching the two songs that we are planning to sing for the IACS competition. I trust that you will enjoy them as you learn to sing them.

It is Good to Give Praise by Dan Forrest

If You Search With All Your Heart

Christmas Program December 14 at 6:30pm

2012-12-13T20:33:13Z

Please join us for our school’s Christmas Program on Friday, December 14 at 6:30pm. The school choirs, band, and handbells will be performing. Each class will be performing in the program as well.

Order Scrip Cards by Friday, December 7

2012-12-03T13:29:04Z

We are placing our Christmas Scrip card order! Scrip cards are great for Christmas presents, especially for that special one who is hard to buy for. Order cards by the end of School on Friday to be included in this order!