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Christian Schools International (CSI)
More than 500 member schools; Tall Oaks Christian School became a member of CSI on July 18, 2005.
Mission Statement:
CSI’s mission is to advance Christian education and to support schools in their task of teaching students to know God and His world and to glorify Him through obedient service.
“The basis of Christian Schools International is the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the infallible Word of God, as explicated in the Reformed creeds. On this basis, we affirm the following principles for Christian education: views in our Bylaws on the Bible, Creation, Sin, Jesus Christ, Schools, Parents, Teachers, Pupils, Community, and Educational Freedom.
Benefits:
- Networking with more than 500 CSI member schools
- 20% discount on all curriculum materials
- Accreditation services
- Standardized testing program
- Employee benefit program
- Free job placement service on CSI’s Web site
- Annual leadership convention
- Free subscription to Christian Home and School Magazine to every family
- Free subscription to Christian School Teacher for every faculty member
Membership:
- $3.50 per K student (2004-05)
- $7.00 per 1-12 student (2004-05)
- Agree with the Basis and Principles stated in Bylaws.
- Have and follow written policies that disallow discrimination.
- Have legal status – Non-profit 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, or tax-exempt status or incorporation in the state in which the organization exists.
- Have a governing body that sets policy and is responsible for administration and maintenance of the philosophy, purpose and constitution or bylaws of the school.
- Are in compliance with federal, state, and local laws regarding taxation, health and safety, employment and certification.
Mission Statement:
ACCS’s primary mission is to promote, establish, and equip schools committed to a classical approach to education in the light of a Christian worldview grounded in the Old and New Testament Scriptures. The mission of the association is both to promote the classical approach, and provide accountability for member schools to ensure that our cultural heritage is not lost again. Through these various means, ACCS seeks to set an educational standard for a unified and directed approach to classical and Christian learning.
Our mission is also to equip schools in teaching such subjects through the methodology known as the Trivium (grammar, logic, and rhetoric), the educational foundation of our Western culture. We believe that God will bless this approach as He has in the past, as long as it follows the principles set forth in His Word. We ground all that we seek to do upon the revelation of God, both in creation and in Scripture, with the former being interpreted by the latter. The triune God of Scripture has created an ordered universe, which can only be fully known through an orderly submission to His revelation of Himself in Scripture. We are seeking to equip member schools to integrate all their teaching around the revealed Word of God.
History:
ACCS grew out of the national response to a book published in 1991 entitled Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning by Douglas Wilson. This book describes the educational philosophy instituted by Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, which attempts to follow the pattern set down by Dorothy Sayers in her essay The Lost Tools of Learning. The overwhelming response to the publication of this book made it apparent that an association would have to be formed to handle all the requests for help and information. The new association began to host national conferences, giving rise to even more interest, and has steadily grown.
Benefits:
- Free advertising in the ACCS newsletter, Classis, and on the ACCS website.
- 10% discount on all curriculum orders placed through Veritas Press of Lancaster, PA.
- 10% discount on all orders placed through Canon Press of Moscow, Idaho. Plus additional discount of 15% for purchases of ten or more books of the same title.
- Participation in voting for the term board members of ACCS and in changes to Bylaws.
- Accreditation and teacher certification services.
- Discounted registration fee for each registrant attending our yearly national conference.
- Free copies of the annual ACCS Directory of Schools and our newsletter, Classis.
Membership:
- $150 plus $2 per student (2004-05)
- Agree with ACCS Mission Statement and the Westminster Confession of Faith.
- Conformity to the Trivium as set forth in the Mission Statement, including a commitment to required courses in Latin, logic and rhetoric.
Commitment to furthering the work of ACCS -- its goals, purposes, missions, objectives.
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