ABOUT CLA

Who We Are

Christian Liberty Academy is a privately run non-denominational school. Christian Liberty Academy is a Section 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation recognized by the IRS and the State of Hawaii. Christian Liberty Academy is owned and operated by the Board of Directors of Hawaii Christian Camping Association, Inc.

History

Christian Liberty Academy was established in the fall of 1985 as a one-room school program. The founder sought to provide a quality alternative to the public school system. Since that time, Christian Liberty Academy has grown into an extensive pre-school – 12th grade program. Christian Liberty Academy is a ministry of Hawaii Christian Camping Association, which is run by an independent Board of Directors.

Mission Statement

We seek to train and encourage students spiritually, academically, physically, and socially according to principles from the Word of God. (Luke 2:52, Colossians 1:28-29)

It is imperative that each staff member understands and accepts the responsibility of the Mission Statement of Christian Liberty Academy.

Aims & Objectives of CLA

For the spiritual and moral growth of the students, the school seeks to:

• Teach the Bible as God’s inspired Word and develop attitudes of love and respect toward it.
• Lead the pupil to a decision of confession and accepting Jesus Christ a Lord and Savior.
• Develop a desire to know and obey the will of God as revealed in Scriptures.
• Develop a biblical attitude toward godliness and overcoming sin.
• Encourage the development of self-discipline and responsibility in the student, based on respect for and submission to God and all other authority.

For the student’s personal and social development, the school aims to:

• Help the student develop his personality based on a proper understanding of himself as an individual created in the image of God.
• Teach the students to treat everyone with love and respect.
• Encourage the student to become well rounded, contributing members of society, who realize their dependence on others and their dependence on God.
• Show a realistic and biblical view of life and work, and provide skills for developing healthy personal relationships.
• Develop proper attitudes toward marriage and the family and the understanding needed to establish a God-honoring home.
• Promote physical fitness, good health habits, and the wise use of the body as the temple of God.
• Impart biblical attitudes towards material things and encourage individual responsibility for using them for God’s glory.

Academically, the school endeavors to:

• Promote high academic standards and help the student realize his full potential.
• Help each student gain a thorough comprehension and command of the fundamental process used in communicating with others, such as reading, writing, speaking, listening, and mathematics.
• Teach and encourage the use of good study habits.
• Develop creative and critical thinking and logical reasoning in accordance with the standards of the Bible.
• Promote good citizenship by teaching an appreciation of our Christian, American and Hawaiian heritages.

Working with the families from which the students come, the school desires to:

• Communicate closely with the parents in every phase of the student’s development, especially as it relates to the school program.
• Help the parents to understand the school’s purposes and program.
• Aid families in Christian growth and to help them develop Christ-centered homes.
• Encourage regular attendance and involvement in the local church.
• Encourage a continuing commitment to Christian education.

Statement of Faith

All staff members must uphold the beliefs listed below and testify to them both in conduct and conversation:

• We believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures are verbally inspired of God and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are the supreme and final authority in faith and life.

• We believe in one God, eternal, omnipotent, omnipresent, manifesting himself in Three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—one in nature and equal in attributes, power, and glory.

• We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and that He is all God and all man.

• We believe that man was created in the image of God and in a state of innocence; but man willfully transgressed God’s law and lost communion with God, becoming dead in sin, corrupt in nature, and incapable of pleasing God.

• We believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and rose again; and that all who believe in him are justified on the basis of His shed blood and are saved by grace through faith wholly apart from human merit and works.

• We believe that all who are born again by the Holy Spirit and receive the Lord Jesus by faith through the word of God have thereby become the children of God, possessing eternal life.

• We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven and His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate.

• The believer is given the Holy Spirit who leads and guides into all truth and will comfort in time of need. (John 16:13)

• The ultimate goal of Christian education is the development of Christ-likeness in the life of the student. (Romans 8:29)
  • This will be accomplished by teaching the students who God is and what He has done (Deuteronomy 6:4-7)
  • Through conveying the knowledge of who God is and what he has done, we seek to lead our students to the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 12:2, Colossians 1:28-29, II Timothy 3:14-17)

• God has mandated the authority and responsibility of the education of children to the parents.
  • We believe that the most Biblical form of schooling is home schooling. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
  • We believe that the father must have an active part in the educating of his children. (Ephesians 6:4)
  • We believe that the Christian school receives its authority for educating the children from the parents; therefore, the school is an extension of the home.

• Effective Christian teachers are those who understand and are committed to these principles of Christian education, who are personally committed to Jesus Christ, and who are yielded to the Holy Spirit. (John 14:26; 16