PHILOSOPHY: It is a great privilege and opportunity to partner with you in Christian Education. Our educational philosophy is distinctively different by God’s design. In an interview with the founder of Critical Pedagogy, Henry Giroux on the meaning of education, in particular regarding claims that education is neutral regardless of its method of delivery, stated, “Those arguing that education should be neutral are really arguing for a version of education in which nobody is accountable.” Education is not neutral because neither the curriculum nor the instructors can be neutral. An instructor cannot check their personalities, perspective, training, and experiences at the classroom door. We are thrilled with the faculty who will directly influence our children from a Christian worldview perspective. With the vacillation of the possible methods of instruction for the coming school year, whether traditional or via the internet, we can have a peace about the Biblical philosophy that will permeate and be paramount in the educational mission of Cross Lanes Christian School.
2020 CLCS School Options: Prayerfully consider the following options for your children for the coming school year at CLCS. Due to the continuing concerns from the pandemic and it’s possible repercussions, it behooves us to create and establish optional educational methods for the upcoming school year. If schools are restricted from in-person instruction then all students will be converted into the virtual platform.
CLCS has an experienced, well trained, and caring faculty and staff. Many hold master’s degrees and some hold doctorate degrees. The average tenure of our faculty and staff is 15+ years. The average student/teacher ratio for elementary is 1:12 and for middle school and high school is 1:15. Faculty are trained and educated in the field in which they teach.
Our focus is education from a Biblical world view, and our goal is to produce a well-developed, well-rounded student with sound Biblical principles to guide them as they contribute to society and in their personal life. Nearly 100% of CLCS students participate in fine arts, athletics, service organizations or a combination of each.
Students from CLCS have been accepted to: Air Force Academy, Appalachian Bible College, Asbury College, Bob Jones University, Belmont-Abby, Carnegie-Mellon, Cedarville University, Clearwater Christian College, Clemson, College of Charleston SC, Concord College, Dartmouth, Duke, Florida Institute of Technology, George Mason University, Geneva, Harvard, La Sierra University, Liberty University, Marshall University, Notre Dame, Ohio State, UNC – Chapel Hill, Pensacola Christian College, University of Charleston, University of North Texas at Dallas, Villanova, Western Carolina University, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, West Virginia University, Wake Forest, WV Wesleyan and many more great institutions.
CLCS offers dual credit through cooperation with West Virginia State University and other universities. Beginning in the 9th grade year, students may take up to 3 college credit hours per semester. CLCS’ senior English is fully credited through WVSU. By the time a student graduates from high school they have been afforded the opportunity to gain up to 24 college credits.
Grades K5 – 12th grade take standardized exams to assess learning. CLCS scores are consistently in the top 90 percentile in all subjects from grades K5 – 12. CLCS classes average 2.4 years above each respective grade level.
CLCS ranks it’s students based on a weighted GPA. All students follow a college preparatory curriculum. All courses are included in the computation of the GPA. Students must earn 28 credits to graduate from Cross Lanes Christian School. Credits will include the following required elements: Science (4 years), History (4 years), Math (4 years), English (4 years), Foreign Language (2 years); Speech (1 year), Computer (1 year), PE/Health (1 year), Fine Arts (1 year), Electives (2 years), Bible (1 for each year at CLCS).
