Niagara Association for Christian Education

Admissions :

How to Join Us!

Enrolling Your Child

  1. Contact us and we will arrange for a tour and/or a meeting with our Executive Director or Principal.
  2. We’ll give you more in-depth information so that together we can determine if this is the school for your child.
  3. The Principal will work through the Student Admissions Application and the Student Enrolment Agreement and ascertain if we can provide the education best suited for your child. Space and program permitting, the Principal will recommend your acceptance to the Executive Director and the registration process will begin!

Becoming a Member of our Association

Once your enrollment has been approved, you will receive a letter from our Membership Committee encouraging you to consider joining the Niagara Association for Christian Education (NACE). This is the group of parents and interested supporters who actually control the direction and activities of the school, and it is very beneficial to be part of this organization. Joining NACE gives you a voice in the most important decisions that face the Christian Education movement, so give this special consideration!

The criteria for becoming a member are straightforward: you must be 18 years of age or older, your must be a member of a Bible-believing church, you must pay the annual membership fee, and you must agree with the principles of Bylaw #1

Niagara Association For Christian Education Bylaws of the Constitution

BYLAW NO. 1

A Bylaw relating generally to the constitutional affairs of the Niagara Association for Christian Education Incorporated.

Constitutional Preamble

Believing that it is our duty and privilege as Christians to provide Christian education for our community and believing that this can best be accomplished by concerted action, we do hereby make and adopt the following Articles of Association, to wit:

Article I - Name

This corporation shall be known as Niagara Association for Christian Education Incorporated hereinafter referred as the Society.

Article II - Basis

The basis of the Society is the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments which together are the infallible Word of God.

PRINCIPAL GUIDELINES

Christian Education - A Unique Vision

We believe that the Lord God, by graciously giving us the Scriptures, has revealed to His people ordering principles relevant to education, and mandates us to bring the whole Word of God to bear in all its power upon education, we confess that:

  1. LIFE: human life in its entirety is religious, since God created men and women to serve Him everywhere. This requires us to educate our children for His service.
  2. BIBLE: the Bible as the written Word of God is the Truth by which the Holy Spirit enlightens our understanding of God, ourselves and the world, and the infallible authority by which He directs and governs all our activities, including the educating of our children.
  3. CREATION: we can understand the world rightly only in its relation to God, because the world, in its origin, gracious preservation and ultimate restoration is the work of the Triune God. Creation exists to glorify his name.
  4. HUMANITY: we were created in the image of God to enjoy covenantal fellowship with our Creator and to reflect the excellencies of our Maker. We are instructed to exercise dominion over the world in strict and loving obedience to God and to interpret all reality in accordance with His design and law.
  5. SIN: sin is disobedience of God's law and humanity by sinning forsook its office and task, became estranged from God and neighbour, and brought God's curse upon the creation. As a result, we have become corrupt in heart and blind to the true meaning of life and repress and misuse the knowledge of God which confronts us in creation and in Scripture.
  6. JESUS CHRIST: through our Saviour, Jesus Christ, there is renewal of our educational enterprise because He is the Redeemer, the Light and the Way for human life in all its entirety. Only through Him and the work of His Spirit are we guided in the truth and recommitted to our original calling.
  7. THE KINGDOM OF GOD: the Kingdom of God is His present and future, righteous and universal reign through Jesus Christ. This reign of grace and power makes education possible and meaningful. In obedience to Christ we submit in every area of life to His commandment to love the Lord with all our heart and mind.
  8. PURPOSE OF EDUCATION: the purpose of Christian education is to direct and guide children to commit their hearts to Christ the Truth, to attain to understanding, wisdom and righteousness, and to perform their competent and responsible service to the Lord in every aspect of life.
  9. PARENTS: God has given parents the responsibility to nurture and educate their children. Therefore, Christian parents should establish and maintain Christian education.
  10. THE STUDENT: the student as child, entrusted by God to parents, needs ordering, correction and instruction. Children of the Christian home share in the promises and demands of the new covenant. Hence they ought to receive Christian education.
  11. THE TEACHER: Christian teachers, both in obedience to God and in cooperation with parents, have a unique responsibility while educating the child in the school.
  12. THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: the Christian school established and controlled by a society of Christian believers, in accordance with legitimate standards and provisions, possesses the freedom to function in education in total and voluntary submission to Christ the King.

Article III - Purpose

The purpose of the Society is to perform all such activities for the promotion and advancement of Christian education as are in agreement with the objects listed in the Society's Charter and which are in accordance with Article II of this Bylaw.