You can sense and feel it immediately when you walk into Covenant or John Knox. They are schools, and bear the many hallmarks of any regular school facility: big yellow school buses, playgrounds, our nation's flag, a gymnasium and a library, computer labs, classrooms, letters, numbers, artwork, and even administrative offices. But when people set a foot into one of our schools, this is often the impression with which they are struck, and even moreso the one with which they leave: that there's 'something different'.
Speaking with numerous families who have experienced a few different schools, they echo this. John Knox and Covenant are able to and do approach education differently. We spend a lot of time using the word WITH in our staff discussions. Education is not something we do TO our students, it's an endeavour we do WITH them. We don't block families out of the educational journey, we work WITH them. Communication, transparency, opportunities to help and get involved.... these are all things that make our schools 'different'.
But WHY do we take this approach? It's because we ultimately view one another in a relationship. You are created in God's image, you bear His likeness, our relationship honours God's workmanship throughout the world and in each other. Christ truly is LORD of all, regardless of our personal abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. It's this perspective that makes our schools so special. We aren't perfect, but we strive on in God's grace and continue to work to 'get it right'.
That is what you can feel as soon as you step in the building... that there's something different... and it's why we want to continue to bless children and families across our regions.
Do you know of someone who needs to just take a step inside? Next week's information evenings are a perfect opportunity for them to come and experience what the love embedded throughout Chrisitan Education does and can do.
John 13: 35 "Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples."
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