Vision & Mission
ACA is an accredited school. Our primary and secondary schools are both recognized by the Paraguayan Ministry of Education. ACA is also accredited with AdvancED and the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).
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ACA STATEMENTS
Vision Statement
ACA is committed to glorifying God by educating the children of Evangelical missionaries and other Christian families directed by a Biblical worldview perspective and promoting high academic standards. Our goal is a student who is achieving his/her potential academically, physically, socially, spiritually and morally.
Purpose Statement
Asunción Christian Academy is a non-profit educational institution whose primary purpose is to provide a quality Christian academic education for English-speaking, Evangelical missionary children. Secondarily, it is for non-missionary children whose families are in accord with the principles of Evangelical Christianity as expressed in the Statement of Faith.
Mission Statement
ACA will:
- Provide a learning environment based on a Biblical worldview.
- Encourage all students to achieve academic excellence and spiritual maturity.
- Promote and model Christ - centered values.
- Equip students with godly, biblical principles that will guide them in all areas of life.
- Partner with families to achieve a well balanced learning experience.
- Govern its affairs with biblical integrity, honesty and morality.
Core Values
To emphasize a Biblical Worldview requiring biblical, evangelical integration into all curricula and encouraging each student to choose to follow Christ and to grow in their spiritual walk.
To provide a U.S. based education by using U.S. curricula, employing ACSI certified educators and speaking English as the official language.
To provide a quality education challenging each student to achieve his/her potential academically, physically, socially, spiritually and morally.
To assure a practical education that will prepare each student adequately to continue in higher education and to have the necessary life skills to function as an adult.
To build a school community unified in its love for each other and showing honor and respect to all people as God’s creatures.
To exemplify godliness and a Christian testimony in all school activities and in the community.
Core Values: Explained
Target Group
Students:
Of missionary families and English-speaking Christian community
Whose parents desire and value a Christian education
With a potential to enteruniversity studies
With a passion for learning
From early childhood to graduation
With a Christian worldview
Desired Outcomes
Students will recognize Jesus Christ as the center of all truth and a model for all mankind. The purpose of learning at Asuncion Christian Academy is to develop graduates that:
…are Spiritually Prepared
Have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
Know, understand and apply the Word of God in their daily life
Receive power from the Holy Spirit, resulting in a life of faith and good works
Participate in the Great Commission in their community and around the world
Are actively involved in the local church, serving God and others
…are Prepared Academically
Show leadership and excellence in all academic disciplines
Are effective communicators with other language and culture groups
Appreciate literature and the arts, with an understanding of how these reflect beliefs and values
… have a Christian Worldview
Able to stand firm against prejudices, promoting cultural harmony and practice biblical hospitality
Understand the value and appreciate all human beings
Capable of defending and supporting a biblical view of moral and ethical standards
… are Developing Lifelong Abilities
Know how to use resources, including technical resources to obtain, analyze and evaluate information
Able to use questioning skills, solve problems and make wise decisions
Understand, appreciate and be involved in community service
Good stewards of all resources – tangible and non-tangible
Ethos Statement
ACA is a US ethos school, which teaches the pledge of allegiance to the United States of America, uses a US curriculum and employs staff that is qualified to teach such a curriculum.
Statement of Faith
We believe in one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (II Cor. 13:14; Rom. 1:7; Heb. 1:8; Acts 5:3,4)
We believe the Bible to be verbally inspired in its original writings, the sole authoritative Word of God, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice. (II Tim. 3:16; II Peter 1:21)
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, vicarious death and atonement through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal and imminent return. (John 1:18; Titus 2:13; I John 5:20)
We believe in the universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the fall renders mankind subject to God’s wrath and condemnation, and that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, by God’s grace, not by works. (Gen. 3; Rom. 5:12; 10:13; Titus 3:5; John 3:5; Acts 4:10-12)
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. (I Cor. 6:19; Gal. 5:22, 23; Rom. 8:14)
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of eternal damnation. (John 5:28, 29; I Thes. 4: 14-17)
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 4:25; Rom. 12:5; I Cor. 10:17; Gal. 3:28)
