At HHCA, Christian education means helping each student see all of life through the lens of Scripture. We integrate a Christian worldview into all that we do. Whether through Academics, Athletics or Fine Arts, Biblical teaching is at the heart of everything we do.
Teaching the Bible is an essential element of our academic mission.
HHCA Bible classes (required curriculum in Lower, Middle, and Upper School) are designed to be intentional, relevant, clear, and formational. At every stage along their educational journey, our students are given foundational tools to help them see the world as God sees it:
Lower School students are taught that God created the world and continues to be actively involved in His creation. They begin to understand the difference between a biblical worldview of creation vs. evolution.
Students in Middle School are empowered with a biblical view of God and man. Learning is infused with an over-arching biblical view of knowledge and truth.
Throughout Upper School, students prepare for the life God has planned for them they gain a biblical view of ethics.
We stand with the historic Christian church by taking the Bible as the authoritative and inerrant Word of God. This guides how and what we teach in all our Bible classes.
Many Christian schools struggle in one of two ways: (1) they excel in Christian/Biblical elements but struggle in keeping up with the education needed for today or (2) they are strong educationally, yet let Christian/Biblical elements fall to the wayside. Our philosophy is that schools can be excellent in both. We can hold on to Biblical truth, proclaiming and integrating the Christian worldview in all aspects of school, while at the same time delivering an excellent academic education. With both, students have to step out boldly into the world. Our goal is to see lives changed through education in a way that cannot be duplicated in any other way if not for having Christ at the center.
Students will be able to read, interpret, and apply Biblical truth.
Students will comprehend and be able to discuss the basic content of the Bible including: its authors, stories about Old and New Testament characters, the general chronology of major events, and the key figures associated with them, as well as recurring themes and topics
Students will be able to read and interpret the text in light of cultural and historical contexts
Students will understand the importance and be able to interpret properly literary devices to better understand God’s redemptive story and to produce sound interpretations
Students will understand the nature of God as described in the Biblical account
Students will have a comprehension of paterology, Christology, soteriology, pneumatology, and all other aspects of historical Christian theology
Students will be able to identify who they are in the eyes of God and how it shows up in everyday life.
