About ACCA

History of ACCA

When this country was first settled, all education was church-sponsored.  Our oldest educational institutions, such as Harvard University, were originally founded by religious organizations and had the study of the Bible at the center of their academic curricula.

However, the educational process, which was once the responsibility of the parents and run by the church, is now, in the main, controlled and run by the government.  Biblical instruction has been eliminated from curriculums.  Parents, who once took responsibility for the education of their children, now have delegated that responsibility to the government.

From a vision within a small group of community leaders, parents, and churches, Ark City Christian Academy, was founded in 1996, and began classes that fall with 78 students and 8 staff members.  The school has leased facilities in local churches since its.   

The school is governed by a board of directors which is comprised of parents, who have been nominated and voted in by parent/teacher vote.   The school’s bylaws invest the board with the responsibility and authority to oversee the school.  The board sets the educational and business policies of the school and charges the Administrator to implement these policies and provide leadership and supervision of the faculty and staff.

Ark City Christian Academy teachers are spiritually and academically qualified.  Each teacher is a born-again, dedicated Christian who loves young people and has the gift of teaching. 

Purpose

The purpose of ACCA is to create an interdenominational Christian school for the
purpose of teaching children both the precepts of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and academic subjects in such a manner as to give them the tools to be productive
citizens of the Kingdom of God. 

In accordance with Deuteronomy 6, we believe the Lord our God is one Lord. We
accept the command to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself” (Luke
10:27).

ACCA is also to train up young people from Christian families by providing a good
foundation in God’s Word and an excellent academic education.

ACCA will guide and establish learning experiences that will assist each student to
become a maturing Christian person as well as a responsible and productive member
of society.