Student - Parent Handbook

We welcome you to a place where God is working within our staff and student body. We are growing numerically as well as spiritually. We re so grateful that God allowed High Point Baptist Academy to begin over thirty years ago and prosper it during the past few years. We are also grateful that you have joined us as parents and students. Our prayer is that God will do a marvelous work this year as we do all we can to fulfill our Mission and Purpose.

Mission and Purpose
We exist to provide a biblically based instructional program in a disciplined environment that develops spiritual commitment, academic excellence, physical development and social maturity, and in doing so, support the Christian family and the local Bible believing church.

Statement of Faith
The Word of God is the sole source for our instruction in spiritual matters. HPBA gives much emphasis to the Christian life with the Bible as its standard. The Academy affirms each of the following eight truths:

	The Bible is the inspired Word of God and the Christian's final authority from God. (II Tim. 3:16)
	The birth of Jesus Christ is evidence of His deity, in that He was virgin born and was God in the flesh. (Mt. 1:20)
	The blood of Christ, shed on Calvary, is the only atonement for man's sin. (Heb. 9:22; I Peter 1:18, 19; I John 1:7)
	The burial and bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the tomb, and His ascension into Heaven. (Acts 1:11)
	The body of Christ which is called "The Church" is that body composed of all believers who by faith have accepted Christ as Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 5)
	The blessed hope and the personal premillenial return of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:15; I Thess. 4:15-16)
	The being of the Godhead existing from all eternity to all eternity as a Trinity: three persons, but one in substance, one in nature. (Matt. 28:18-19; Mark 12:19; John 1:14)
	The believer's call to a life of consecration as giving evidence to the world that the Lord Jesus Christ saves, keeps, and satisfies. (Rom. 12:1)

Philosophy of Education
God is the ultimate reason, source, and authority of all the natural and spiritual creation. (John 1:1-4; Rev. 4:11; Gen. 1-2; Rom. 11:36; Col. 1:16, 17; Ps. 8) God is objective, ultimate truth. True wisdom, meaning, knowledge, values, and understanding are determined only in accordance with God's truth as given by His Word - the holy Bible - for He is the fountainhead of all wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, and His truth and will are revealed in His Word. Therefore, true and proper education has God and His Word as the foundation and governing principle throughout, with God's truths presented. All subject matter is to be taught in conformity with His Word and all principles interpreted through God's Word. (Deut. 32:4; John 14:6; Ps. 104:24, 147:5)

God made man in His own image and gave him dominion over all the earth, and the responsibility of man is to fear, obey and glorify Him. Children are a gift from God, and God, having established the home, has charged parents with the responsibility for the education of their children.

In view of the God-ordained separation of church and state, some parents have voluntarily delegated some aspects of the process of the education of their children to church's educational ministry. (Gen. 1:26-28; 2:7,19; Eccl. 12:13, 14; Isa. 42:7; Ps. 127:3; I Sam. 1:27; Gen. 2:18, 22:6; Eph. 6:4; Matt. 22:21; Rom. 13:1-7)

High Point Baptist Academy is a ministry of High Point Baptist Chapel. The primary objective of HPBA is the provision of biblically-centered, quality education for the children of HPBC families, and while HPBA does have a certain missionary outreach, this shall not detract from performance of its primary objective.

The Bible is the heart of the curriculum. The King James version of the Bible will be the only accepted version of the Scriptures to be utilized in the course of normal study and school-related activities, with other versions only to be used as directed.

The four aspects of education (Luke 2:52) at HPBA are:

	Wisdom - Academics
	Stature - Physical Development
	Favor with God - Spiritual Growth
	Favor with Man - Sociological Development

Students shall be accepted for enrollment in HPBA only if there is support and reinforcement by the parents of the rules and principles enforced and taught by HPBA, but without discrimination on the basis of race or nationality. Discipline is maintained in accordance with God's Word. HPBA will not accept government aid in any form.

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