Begin at the End
At CCS, we begin with the end in mind. We are in our 21st year of education, and we’ve had a lot of young people walk our halls. Each spring, we commission several dozen middle school students to go out into the community, and over the years, we’ve watched them grow. They’ve gone on to law school, nursing school, business school, and medical school. They’ve opened small businesses, gotten their pilot licenses, served in state government, and moved overseas to spread the Gospel. We have three alumni who have come back to work at CCS!
I have long said that we have the best student body of any school around. They have gone from our campus and represented us well in all areas: athletics, the arts, community service and leadership, and my personal favorite, academics. We see all of our students as future leaders in their communities, churches, families, and workplaces, and we want to ensure that our students are prepared and ready for what’s ahead. Our highest aim is to shape young adults who think critically, filter new ideas and concepts through the lens of scripture, and above all, love the Lord.
Faculty
We are first and foremost a school, but our mission is more than that. For the faculty and staff at CCS, education is discipleship. Our administration and board of trustees know that the adults who are placed to minister to and educate our students matter greatly. Teenagers need role models, mentors, teachers, and leaders. I am praying for the people God has planned to lead and shape our high school and who will lay a foundation of biblical truth and an eagerness to learn. This past summer, we began the interview process and shared our vision and mission with potential high school teachers. We ask for your prayers as we continue to talk with faculty and staff to join us in this high endeavor.
Curriculum
Our faculty want the training we are doing now to impact our students long into their futures by giving them the tools to learn within the framework of a biblical worldview. In biology, our ninth graders are covering the concept of irreducible complexity, which is the idea that living systems are so complex and interrelated that they must have been designed for each other by God rather than evolving independently. Students are looking for evidence of the fall and redemption in the characters in Lord of the Flies and seeing how that mirrors our own lives. In Bible, students are reading, discussing, and applying the spiritual disciplines of prayer, worship, serving, and evangelism. In math, they are using reason and logic to calculate inequalities, and in history, they are learning about Mississippi’s beginnings and formation of statehood. Our teachers are using this framework to train them not just for current concepts they are covering but so that they can use this framework for the rest of their lives.
Big picture decisions like curriculum maps and course sequencing along with the finer details of elective offerings and standardized test prep are being finalized. Students will be enrolled in the five core subjects each year: math, science, history, English, and biblical studies as well as elective courses in fine arts, foreign language, and technology. All courses will be taught through the lens of a Biblical worldview and our Biblical studies courses will challenge our students with the purpose of equipping them for the world beyond high school.
Rigorous academics have long been our goal. While we have so many goals and objectives for our students, they all fall under the purview of developing in them a lifelong love for learning. We want to prepare students to go on to those careers and callings the Lord has planned for them, and we understand that a strong high school academic program is vital. We also believe that at the heart of that academic success is training students to see all truth as God’s truth.
I ask that you join me in praying for the current faculty and staff who are pouring into our student body as well as the men and women God has planned to join us in teaching, training, and equipping young minds. It’s an exciting time to be a Warrior! Please reach out to me if you have any questions. We value our partnership with you and want to hear from you!
Maggie Ingram, Dean of Faculty
