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The old adage that
Return to previous pageThe old adage that “it takes a village to raise a child” is highly regarded at John Knox Christian School! In our setting the phrase is more aptly “it takes a community to educate a child”. Throughout our forty-two years of operation, one of the constants has been the high level of cooperation between our school and the families that send their children. In John Knox’s case, being an independent school has meant that the parents are involved in the key decisions that shape the direction our school follows.
An example of the high level of parental involvement is the group of volunteers who make up our “Education Committee”. This committee, with substantial help from our professional administrators, coordinates a system of curriculum review and update that ensures the content we are teaching in the classrooms will meet or exceed Ministry of Education and Training guidelines. More importantly for us, they also ensure this material promotes our desire to help our students “Live for Jesus, Learn for Life, and Serve With Gladness.” And the Education Committee is only one of the important committees that supports the work of our professional educators.
As a school we are committed to maintaining a high level of communication between the home and school. Each week our newsletter, the John Knox Journey goes home with school news and classroom reports that help parents remain aware of the work done in the classrooms, and ways in which they can reinforce that learning.
This week our first term reports have gone home and we are anticipating another helpful means of home-school communication: the parent-teacher conferences. We are also anticipating our Membership Meeting next week, which provides an opportunity to touch on a whole range of activities with our support community. The message is clear: John Knox couldn’t provide the high level of Christian education it does without recognizing the importance of our partners in this task, the parents and families of our students. It really does “take a community to raise (and educate!) a child”.
