Connected in Christ

By now, you have all been introduced to the six character traits that surround our schools' themes this year. These six traits are part of a longer story that originated more than a year and a half ago when we asked the NACE community 'Why?'

Why do you send your kids to a Christian School? Why is Christian Education important? What do you hope for in Christian Education?

These important questions revealed some important data which included a number of things that we would all expect: We knew that the foundational world-and-life view that keeping Christ at the centre of all we study was important. We also knew that we all desire a safe and loving place for our students where we know that they will be cared for as children of God and image bearers of Him.

One other item surfaced loud and clear at that time: You had a deep desire to see your children live out their Christian faith in a real and tangible way - not just as head knowledge, but as heart and hands knowledge as evidenced by character and service.

As a teaching staff, we dove deep into this concept to uncover what character traits we could intentionally develop over the long term that would not only encourage deeper learning and academic excellence but ones that would model Christ and discover His story in our lives.

You will hear more about these six character traits over the coming months and years. We don't intend just to 'teach' them to our kids. We intend to make them central to who we are and how we do things as an entire learning community - entering with Curiosity, and responding in Joy. Working with Compassion, Collaboration, Integrity, and Perseverance in all that we do.

In living and working together, we are connected together, to God's world, and in Christ.

Blessings to all of you as we enter into a new year of living, learning and serving together to God's glory!