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Overview
About Christ Lutheran School
For over 50 years Christ Lutheran School has been an integral part of the ministry of Christ Lutheran Church. Our school is committed to partnering with you as parents to nurture your child's spiritual, social, and academic growth. We educate the whole child through rigorous academics, music, arts, sports, an innovative science and computer program, foreign language, and the Word of God. Our school ranks 40% above the national average in core academic assessment testing. Our 8th grade graduates successfully enter public and private high schools, well-prepared for Honors and Advanced Placement classes.
Accreditation
Christ Lutheran School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the National Lutheran School Accreditation (NLSA).
Teaching Staff
All of our full-time teachers hold teaching credentials and 75% of our teaching staff have master's degrees. Kindergarten through 8th grade teachers work collectively developing students who are equipped with organizational and problem-solving skills. Christ Lutheran students learn to set, pursue, and accomplish goals, communicate their ideas and feelings in various media, demonstrate positive citizenship, and give faithful witness to their faith in Jesus Christ.
Purpose
Christ Lutheran School is an integral part of the total ministry of Christ Lutheran Church in La Mesa. The purpose of Christ Lutheran School is to disciple its students. Through this discipling process, the students will grow spiritually, emotionally, socially, physically and intellectually being equipped to be disciples who witness their Christian faith and make disciples of others. All this is accomplished by the power of the Gospel and in partnership with parents.
Philosophy
Christ Lutheran School functions in obedience and response to:
God’s promise that we are to “train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not part from it.” (Proverbs 22:6)
God’s command to parents is that they are to bring up their children “in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:4)
God’s commission to the church that we are to make disciples of all nations, including children, and teach them to “observe all things commanded by the Lord.” (Matthew 28:19-20)
We believe that God is our loving Father and we are His children. All are sinful and in need of a Savior. God sent His only Son, Jesus, to die for our sins. Those who believe in Jesus’ death and resurrection are His disciples. Jesus’ disciples follow his commands. Our goal is to lead students to be disciples of and disciplers for Jesus.
We believe that the family is a child’s primary discipler. Our school is in partnership with parents enabling students to enhance the development of the whole child. This partnership is to provide a solid base of communication for the purpose of furthering the student’s relationship with God and enhancing positive Christian family interactions.
We believe children develop at their own individual pace. We believe a positive learning environment, which utilizes a variety of teaching styles to accommodate diverse learning styles, is essential. Our aim is to have students realize and achieve their own God-given potential and recognize failure as a valuable part of the learning process.
As a diverse, professional team, our staff is committed to the total development of our students. We are dedicated servants who carry out the mission of the church through our witness and personal involvement. We desire to be encouragers, yet set high academic standards and behavioral boundaries.
We build our educational plan with academics taking the highest priority. In ministering to the whole child, we include co-curricular and student-support programs. We understand the importance of continually reviewing our programs to ensure success.
We also believe that students in our school need to achieve and grow in areas outside the academic domain. The ability to accumulate, evaluate and apply information in order to develop problem-solving skills based on Scriptural guidelines is important. We want students to develop self-discipline, and demonstrate forgiveness and respect for others.
We believe that an effective Christian school environment requires a positive teacher-student relationship. This must include a loving relationship built on Scriptural truths and mutual respect as well as the forgiveness and trust that are essential to make teaching and learning effective and lasting. Teacher-student relationships are strengthened when expectations are clearly defined and enforced. We desire to work with students in this relationship unless their behavior interferes with other students’ right to learn.
