{"id":2234,"date":"2016-02-08T13:14:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insideout.insidewp.test\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2016-02-08T13:14:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:14:10","slug":"deep-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/2016\/02\/08\/deep-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BC government is rolling out a new (or revised) education plan. As a <strong>government-funded school<\/strong>, we are obligated to deliver education in line with the plan. As a <strong>Christian school<\/strong>, our first obligation is to be faithful to our mission.\u00a0And so, on a professional development day earlier this year, we devoted time to work out what the new BC Education Plan means for ACES.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #00bcd3\">We began by asking <strong>what are our deep <span style=\"color: #00bcd3\">hopes<\/span> for learners<\/strong>,\u00a0in light of our mission of \u201cEngaging Minds, Nurturing Hearts, Shaping God\u2019s World.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is what we listed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Know how to live in community<\/li>\n<li>Be able to know and live in God\u2019s story<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #266092\"><strong>Be joy-filled<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Be self-disciplined<\/li>\n<li>Be confident in who God made them<\/li>\n<li>Be a child of God<\/li>\n<li>Recognize their gifts<\/li>\n<li>Discerners<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #266092\"><strong>Develop\/maintain curiosity<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Be fruitful<\/li>\n<li>Love God, love people, do stuff<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #266092\"><strong>Know how to wrestle through faith issues<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Show love to be loving<\/li>\n<li>Be comfortable with not knowing answers to big God questions<\/li>\n<li>Be stewards<\/li>\n<li>Understand culture and know we are all travelers<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to others flourishing<\/li>\n<li>Allow God to infiltrate the lives of others<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #266092\"><strong>Demonstrate an awareness of their part in God\u2019s story<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Global awareness\/blessing<\/li>\n<li>Lives of \u201cotherness\u201d, invested<\/li>\n<li>Be courageous<\/li>\n<li>Embrace failure as a learning opportunity<\/li>\n<li>Faith is stronger than fear (perfect love)<\/li>\n<li>Be forgivers<\/li>\n<li>Communicate with others (culture, geography)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #266092\"><strong>Life-long learners<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Look\/question beyond status quo<\/li>\n<li>Be peculiar<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #266092\"><strong>Be wise<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A concluding observation was: Academics <em>support<\/em> the goal; they are not <em>the<\/em> goal (emphasis mine).<\/p>\n<p>As we recognize that<strong> <span style=\"color: #005693\">school is no longer a place to get information and absorb content<\/span><\/strong>, as anything we need to know is readily available, we also recognize that much of what is listed above has always been our desire for learners in our long tradition of Christian education. Our government funding requires us to deliver education that is in line with the new BC Education Plan, but that plan allows us to focus on what distinguishes us as a Christian school. We have the opportunity to provide leadership in our community and in our province as we continue to discern what it means to provide quality Christian education.<\/p>\n<p>We would love to hear what<span style=\"color: #266092\"> <strong>your deep hopes are for your children<\/strong><\/span>. As I tour new families, I hear many of the same things listed above. Please pray for God\u2019s guidance as we continue the exciting challenge of fulfilling our mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BC government is rolling out a new (or revised) education plan. As a government-funded school, we are obligated to deliver education in line with the plan. 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