Academics
Our approach to our academics is twofold.
First, we aim to approach each subject from a Biblical perspective, meaning we aim to teach our students to acquire, analyze, and utilize knowledge in order to better know, obey and glorify God. Knowledge itself is not our end, but rather the appropriation of knowledge toward Godly living and council so that true wisdom might be attained. Just as it is futile for someone to gain the whole world but lose their soul, so too is knowledge a waste without the Godly character to use it.
Second, we hope to provide our students with an education that is both practical and experiential. The LCA offers an unparalleled 10:1 student to teacher ratio allowing us to emphasize hands-on activities both within and without the classroom in which the students themselves are required to develop initiative and responsibility toward their learning. We want students to recognize that just as important as knowing something is knowing how they acquired that information, why it is important, and how to use it. Our goal is not to produce living databases filled with the latest information, but rather self-conscious learners ready to use their analytical skills to tackle the problems and difficulties of their day. An education that stresses the “how” over the “what” of learning is life changing because it seeks to shape not the particular content of what a student knows but their fundamental discipline and character as a learner.