Educational research over the last four decades has demonstrated both clearly and consistently that the greatest single contributor to a child’s success in school is not the quality of the school that child attends, nor the income of that child’s parents, nor their marital status, nor their education. It is the activities that take place in the home as part of everyday family life that are the truest predictors of that child’s success in school.

Faith Christian Academy is committed to encouraging family-centered, out-of-school learning by helping parents create learning activities and adventures that they can share with their children both now and for years to come. We believe that this will help students become better students and families become stronger families. Faith (Christian Academy), after all, is built on families, and families are built on faith. Families were designed as the foundation for learning about this life and the next, and we want to support and strengthen that foundation in every way we can.

“Families Learning Through Faith” is an ongoing series of evening gatherings in which parents are encouraged to share out-of-school learning adventures with their children. These shared learning adventures are designed to meet the interests of children in every grade, and they served to reinforce lessons taught in every classroom subject. For example, one evening in this series, titled “Backyard Astronomy,” helped parents help their children learn to locate major stars, planets, and constellations with the naked eye, while “The Power of Reading Aloud” suggested exciting ways that parents could make read-aloud times more enjoyable and more stimulating for the whole family.

A new schedule of meeting will be release shortly after the start of the school year.  Please plan to join us for our next presentation.