Outstanding Lives

Results can be measured in other profound ways as well. Our strong statistics on standardized testing are only made possible because of the efforts of our teachers to recognize the individual needs of our students and to assist each child to reach his or her full, God-given academic potential. Each child is known and loved to grow as a scholar and as a child of God. As any responsible school knows, standardized test scores are only one measure of a school’s performance and are never the sole gauge of how students are growing or how a school is doing.

At AACS, the pursuit of truth and knowledge is always tied to God. Since we begin with the basic fact that all truth comes from God and His Word, AACS promotes an education that intelligently and honestly examines all areas of learning through the lens of our faith. In our minds, there is absolutely no contradiction in providing an excellent education with a deep, unembarrassed faith in Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Bible. In fact, if we are called to love the Lord with all our mind as well as with all of our heart, body, and soul, the two go hand and hand.

Therefore, our proudest “results” are in the successes and growth of each one of our students, academically and spiritually, that the teachers see in the classroom. The many moments of individual achievement are what truly excites us – moments when students expand their intellectual grasp of a topic, examine their approach to studying for tests, consider ethical choices on the Internet, or are challenges to consider the biblical implications of how to work on a sports team. Sometime, those moments happen suddenly as eureka moments. Other times, those moments took weeks or months of hard work to arrive at. Nevertheless, Ann Arbor Christian take tremendous pride in seeing these moments and recognize them, in many ways, as the true “results” that exemplifies our school.