About Us
Our Intent
Partnering with parents to help students develop the ability to observe, think, and speak in a manner that glorifies God is the objective of the Christian Academy of Louisiana.
Mission Statement
The Christian Academy of Louisiana is founded on biblical principles and endeavors to apply those principles to the development of each child spiritually, intellectually, morally, and physically.
Core Values
We are a school where…
- Christ is honored.
- The physical and emotional safety of staff and students is emphasized.
- Intellectual development of students is pursued.
- An enjoyable atmosphere for teaching and learning is displayed.
Core Values in Practice:
Our core values will inform the actions and policies of CAL on a daily basis. Self-discipline and an internal drive to succeed are basic expectations for all students. Students who graduate from CAL will have successfully engaged in a rigorous curriculum that emphasizes personal responsibility. Schools operate safely and efficiently when behavioral expectations are internalized by students, faculty and staff. This means, for example, that appropriate student behavior is a general expectation for all students at all times. To the extent that a teacher has to spend time correcting students for inappropriate behaviors, they are losing valuable instructional time. This detracts from the intellectual development of our students. When necessary, discipline will be used to ensure a safe and effective learning environment. Discipline does not have punishment as its primary goal. Discipline is intended to shape behaviors and to maintain high standards of personal responsibility. In short, students are expected to learn from and respond to efforts to help them acquire productive mindsets.
Our Community
We work hard to make sure that the school community reflects our core values and mission statement.
Experience
Our student experience is different - in a good way. From academics to athletics we train students to know the "why" behind the "what" of their beliefs.
Difference
Our desire is to cultivate a community of like-minded families who want to lead their children to live a life of faith. As Christians we are called to build relationships and lead others toward Christ.
Our Statement of Faith
The following is the foundation of beliefs on which CAL is based:
- The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man.
- There is one and only one living and true God. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes but without division of nature, essence, or being.
- Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. We affirm God’s good design that gender identity is determined by biological sex and not by one’s self perception. The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.
- Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.
- In Jesus Christ abide all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. All sound learning is, therefore, a part of our Christian heritage. An adequate system of Christian education is necessary to a complete spiritual program for Christ's people. In Christian education there should be a proper balance between academic freedom and academic responsibility. Freedom in any orderly relationship of human life is always limited and never absolute. The freedom of a teacher in a Christian school, college, or seminary is limited by the pre-eminence of Jesus Christ, by the authoritative nature of the Scriptures, and by the distinct purpose for which the school exists.
- God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption. Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime, and all forms of sexual activity outside of God’s definition of marriage are sinful.
- Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth.
- In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography.