School's Core Values 

Saint Mark Christian Academy strives to fulfill its mission while attaining its vision.

Truth: Scripture is the revealed Word of God and is taught as truth. Students are taught that:

• All truth is God’s truth.

• They are created in the image of God.

• They must confront the issue of sin and redemption.

• They can have a personal relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ.

• They can know God as revealed in Christ and made present through the Holy Spirit.

• They can live to be honest and responsible.

• They can fulfill God’s plan for their lives.

Potential In Christ: The learning environment promotes an experience that enables students to reach their full potential in Christ. The school focuses its teaching on the following:

• Providing programs and services appropriate for the student.

• Establishing awareness of the student’s relationship and responsibility to society.

• Preparing for work of service.

• Developing an eternal view of life.

• Developing students intellectually, spiritually, socially, emotionally, and physically.

• Making disciples.

• Thinking and processing information in the context of a biblical worldview.

Intellectual Development: The school strives to enlighten students’ minds to be like Christ by teaching God’s principles with academic pursuits. Developing students with a biblical worldview who are well prepared in all academic disciplines with an emphasis on:

• Accurately interpreting the Word of God.

• Mastering communication skills.

• Showing proficiency in mathematics and science.

• Understanding God’s role in history.

• Appreciating literature and the arts.

• Reasoning and thinking critically.

• Developing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics).

• Finding, analyzing, evaluating, and appropriately using information.

• Integrating faith and learning in all academic disciplines.

• Teaching Bible as an essential core subject in the academic curriculum.

 Christian Leadership: The School Board, Headmaster, administration, faculty, and staff are called to be committed followers of Christ, to teach and lead from a biblical perspective. Expectations of the school’s governance, leadership, and teaching will be to:

• Model Christ in their teaching and leading.

• Reflect and support the school’s mission and core values.

• Exhibit love, justice, humility, and service throughout the community.

• Understand and focus on achieving the school’s vision and expected outcomes.

 Operational Integrity: The school’s operational practices model includes integrity, productivity, and accountability. The operation of the school consistently:

• Reflects the high road to policy development and accountability in governance.

• Manages people resources ethically and justly.

• Manages and monitors school finances with integrity and disclosure.

• Reflects honesty, openness, and fairness in parent relations.

• Maintains high academic standards with internal and external evaluation.

• Initiates a plan of consistent evaluation and assessment for continuous improvement.

• Conducts straightforward Christ-like relations with the government and its agencies.

• Creates ethical strategies in business, development, marketing, and personnel.

• Conducts fair and consistent classroom management.