Responsibilities | First Church Academy

Parental Responsibilities

It is the God given responsibility of the parent to “raise up a child in the way he/she should go.” (Proverbs 22:6) It is our privilege at FCA to partner with you in providing daily educational opportunities for your student. The family, church, and school, working together on behalf of the student is a union that is hard to break (Ecc. 4:12). Becoming actively involved in your student’s educational, physical, and spiritual growth will become the most profitable investment of your life. Here are some ways you can invest now to provide an education that is meaningful, challenging, purposeful, and relevant. You will optimize your student’s experience at FCA if you:

1. Attend the scheduled orientation for new/returning students and parents at the beginning of each school year.

This is a mandatory requirement.

2. Make a concerted effort to attend the school activities in which your student is involved. This lets your child know that you support him/her.

3. Support FCA with your prayers, gifts, and volunteer service, assisting with fundraising and other school-related activities. Your prayerful support for our school is essential; this is a spiritual battleground, and the battle must be fought with spiritual weapons.

4. Support FCA standards and policies. The heart-felt support from both parents is necessary if we are to have an effective ministry with your child.

5. When you have questions concerning school procedures or policies, contact the person most immediately involved by calling the office for an appointment.

***Please see handbook for more details.

Code of Conduct

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Each student is expected to behave in a manner that will be a credit to a Christian School and refrain from attitudes and actions that would:

1. Disrupt the activities of others.
2. Show disrespect for parents, faculty, fellow students, country, or themselves. Any form of rebellion against school authority is against what is taught in the Bible and against our policies. This may result in the student being dismissed from FCA.
3. Show evidence of practices of dishonesty or slothfulness which would dishonor the name of Christ and FCA.

4. Show evidence of being discourteous, unkind, or immoral.

School Rules: School rules are designed to foster a safe, nurturing academic and social environment, as well as promote the best spiritual welfare for our students. These rules are based on Biblical principles and in some cases, also State and Federal law. FCA, therefore, requests for each student --whether at home, school or elsewhere--

1. To refrain from the use, purchase, possession or distribution of alcohol, drugs, or drug related materials or tobacco. If there is reason to believe that a student has violated this rule, administration will contact the student’s family. The school reserves the right, after consultation with the student’s family, to require that he or she be tested. If laboratory tests indicate that the student has used illegal substances,
then the student will be dismissed from school.

2. To refrain from unsafe practices or possessions. Students may not put themselves or others at risk by their actions or possessions. Open fires, fireworks, and weapons are forbidden on school grounds or any school function. Unauthorized entrance into classrooms, offices, file cabinets, computers, the kitchen or other school or church facilities is not allowed. Students are not permitted to tamper with fire extinguishers or any other emergency equipment.

3. To refrain from harassment, fighting, violence or threats of any kind regardless of provocation; public disruption or exhibitionism in any form.

4. To refrain from participating in worldly activities such as indecent language, vulgarity, involvement in the occult, gambling, stealing, pornography, premarital sex, or sexual perversions.

Concern for Propriety: As an expression of pride and respect toward their school, students are to assume responsibility for keeping all facilities clean and in good repair. Any student who defaces or destroys school property will be charged the full cost of repairs and will be subject to disciplinary action. All students are expected to treat school property as one would treat any other gift from God.

Public Display of Affection: FCA holds to a “daylight” policy concerning boy/girl relations. Students are to maintain space between their bodies and may not hold hands, walk arm-in-arm, etc. This policy affects all school activities whether on or off campus. No frontal hugs between boys and girls. Young men are to act like gentlemen and young ladies are to be lady-like.

Music: We are a Christian school; therefore, we will play ONLY Christian, patriotic, or educational based music on the school premises and at any school event unless otherwise approved through administration.

Students are expected to abide by these standards throughout their enrollment whether at home, school, or elsewhere. Students found to be out of harmony with the FCA ideals of work and life, any student who is violent to others in his actions or makes violent threats, and/or any student who has been arrested by authorities will be subject to administrative withdrawal.

In this environment of definite and positive Christian standards of conduct, good scholastic planning, and genuine personal interest between faculty and student, there is a fine opportunity for development of strong Christian character.