Covenant Christian Academy is a Christian, classical, college-preparatory school. As a Christian school, our trustees, administration, faculty, staff, and parent and student bodies are devoted to God's only begotten Son, Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Theologically, our faith derives from the Bible, God's infallible Word, especially as it articulates the nature of God, man, and grace - God as sovereign and holy, man as fallen and depraved, and grace as free and unconditional. As a classical school, we complement the study of classical languages with an emphasis upon "the classics," time-tested and scholar approved works of literature, history, mathematics, science, and art which attest to the Providence of God and the Nature of Man throughout history. As a college-preparatory school, we endeavor to provide our students with the highest educational standards possible within a pre-college setting, with strong emphasis upon teaching our students to think critically and to write and speak accurately, insightfully, and clearly within every discipline.

Our philosophy of child development rests upon two ancient principles of education. First, our school functions in loco parentis - in the place of the parent - but this does not mean that we supplant parental authority; rather, through a shared but delegated responsibility, we "partner with parents" to support them in their divinely ordained mandate to "train up a child in the way he should go."¹ Secondly, our school recognizes that students are created imago Dei - in the image of God - and thus we endeavor to train them in spirit, mind, and body. Spiritual education derives from our study of God's word and our communal expression of its precepts through compassionate, respectful, and ethical relationships among our constituency and towards the community at large. Mental education derives from our diligent study of the vast spectrum of human knowledge as our teachers themselves - life-long learners - model intellectual passion to their students and endeavor to cultivate this passion in them. Bodily education revolves around our fitness-education program, which emphasizes physical discipline, teamwork, humility in triumph, and dignity in defeat.

Excellence is our watchword, meaning that we seek to "do all things heartily as unto the LORD.² If "the first and great commandment"³ is to "love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind,"⁴ then our first duty as a Christian school is to fulfill this commandment in every area: in the classroom, on the playing field, in our relationships with one another, and, above all, in our relationship to God.

"You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up."⁵