Requirements, Policies and Process

REQUIREMENTS, POLICIES AND PROCESS

AGE REQUIREMENTS

Kindergarten: The Kindergarten program is offered for any child who has reached his/her fourth birthday for K-4, or fifth birthday for K-5, by September 1. The student will be tested. All admission’s requirements, as listed on the application form, must be met.


First Grade: The first-grade program is offered for any child who has reached his or her sixth birthday by September 1. The student will be tested to see if he/she is “ready to read.” All admission’s requirements, as listed on the application form, must be met.


Grades Two – Eighth: Students may be admitted to these grades by promotion from within CHCA or by transfer from other schools, providing that all admission’s requirements have been met.

ADMISSIONS POLICIES

Grades K-5: Student must be teachable and obedient, as a habit. He/She must be willing to be taught to be polite and well-mannered in his/her behavior.


Church Attendance: The student must also be willing to attend the special church services of Calvary’s Harvest Baptist Church, when it does not conflict with the regularly scheduled services of the student’s home church. Special services include revivals, Bible Conferences, and Mission Conferences.


2. Grades 6-8: Student must demonstrate a teachable attitude and have a desire to learn. The student must also display integrity and character in their work ethic.


Church Attendance: Students are encouraged to be a faithful attender of the normal scheduled services of a Bible-believing church. They are further encouraged to be involved in some ministry of their church. We believe that a high school student should be of the maturity level to be involved in serving. The student must also be willing to attend the special church services of Calvary’s Harvest Baptist Church, when it does not conflict with the regularly scheduled services of the student’s home church. Special services include revivals, Bible Conferences, and Mission Conferences.


3. Parents must understand that CHCA is a Baptist ministry, and will teach the tenets of its faith.


4. Parents must agree not to propagate, among other students, any doctrines, standards, or attitudes that are contrary to those practiced by CHCA and Calvary’s Harvest Baptist Church.


5. All students and at least one parent are encouraged to faithfully attend church. By definition, CHCA defines faithfulness as attending Sunday School, Sunday Morning Service, Sunday Evening Service, Mid- Week Service, and any other scheduled service of your church. This will help to reinforce what is being taught on a daily basis at CHCA.


6. Parents must support the guidelines, code and conduct of this school at all times. To criticize the school and/or staff at home is to undermine the atmosphere of orderly learning. If a problem should arise, the parent should discuss problems with the administration, and not with others in the school or community. All students are encouraged to maintain the biblical standards of dress and character the year round. Godly dress and character is encouraged, not only during school hours and school days, but also during weekends, vacations and the summer. We earnestly

request our parents to teach children to be consistent in their Christian testimony, no matter what

the occasion or date.


7. Parent(s) must agree to attend the Parent’s Orientation Meeting at the beginning of the school year.


8. The Administration reserves the right to make exceptions to these policies as deemed necessary, and still maintain the orderly and Godly atmosphere of the academy.


NOTE: All applicants will be reviewed by the Administration. Acceptance or rejection of all students will be based upon the attitudes of the parents and students in regard to the policies and rules of the school.  The cooperation of the parents is necessary.

ADMISSIONS PROCESS

All parents and students are to promise their support to the school in their attitude and action. Loyalty to the school’s standards and policies is necessary not only in dealing with the school, but also in defending its testimony in the community.


The following steps must all be completed, in order for enrollment at CHCA to be accepted. Each step is necessary for the next step to enrollment.


1. Parents must visit the school and secure a copy of this handbook and enrollment application forms.


2. Parents and student must read this handbook completely, and sign the Conditions of Enrollment and Pledge of Cooperation, located in the back of this handbook. This is to be signed, dated, and turned in with the registration materials.


3. Parents must complete and return all enrollment forms to the school office, along with copies of your child’s transcript, immunization records (including dates) and/or health records and birth certificate. All immunizations records must be current and/or updated each academic year.


4. The parent(s)/guardian(s) and the student must meet with the Administrator/Principal for an admission interview.


5. All new students, in the first through eighth grades, must complete the diagnostics test, in order to determine his/her grade performance level. A student who transfers from another school will not be automatically placed in the same (or next) grade.


If the diagnostics test reveal that a student is not performing at the required PACE level in a majority of the core subjects, that child will be placed in his/her “performance” grade level and not at his/her “chronological” grade level. 


Remedial work will be available for those who are not performing at their prescribed grade level.


Please Note: The taking of the diagnostic test does not imply enrollment acceptance. The results of the diagnostic test are simply a factor in enrollment consideration. All criteria must be met before enrollment takes place.


6. All registration fees must be paid upon registration.


7. Calvary’s Harvest Christian Academy (CHCA) is open to all academically qualified students whose parents desire a quality education, with a spiritual foundation, for their child.

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