Patti Myers

      My Ninth grader has been attending Faith Christian Learning Centers since Kindergarten. I really appreciate how the students here learn by self-directed methods. This enables children to not get frustrated, to work at their own pace, and to get personal help with any problems they run into.
     These students can't fall through the cracks because of the way the system works — by cross-checking each page of work and by the way scoring and teacher checkups are carried out, the students can't fall too far behind before their problem is caught.
     The program has been great, especially with my oldest son. When he went to a kindergarten at a public school it was a terrible experience for him; he completely lost his self-esteem. Now my son is confident of who he is and of what he is doing. He sets his own goals and works at his own pace. I can continue this self-discipline at home with things like cleaning his room, using the same methods with the chores he has at home. Setting goals, getting them done!
     Another thing I love is that they have a homework club here, which gives my child time to get his goals done after school so we don't have to wrestle with this when he gets home.
     The best thing of all has been the self-esteem that my child has developed, studying in a loving, Christian environment.
     I also appreciate the family atmosphere here. The children are really close, and some of us parents, as well. I met my best friend through this program. It's wonderful!!
     We parents are invited to do anything. We're invited to work in the class as helpers. Through the Parents Club we are invited to help with fundraisers. We're raising money to buy things like computers, sports equipment, extra school supplies, and computer video interactive systems.

The best thing of all has been the self-esteem that my child has developed, studying in a loving, Christian environment.

     I made the decision when I put my children into this program that I would get involved in my son's education. I come to the school on a regular basis and help score the students' work. We also help in Christmas Programs, participate in chapel, and serve with the Informational Luncheon. If a parent wants to get involved there are a lot of areas. Or if a parent just wants to drop in and check out the class, the teachers are glad to see them.
     These people have absolutely nothing to hide.

  Reggie Williams

    Like all the other parents I know from Faith Christian, one of the things I appreciate most is the small class sizes at this school. The wonderful teacher-to-student ratios leverage the self-paced design of the educational materials to ensure that students don't have to play catch-up or get left behind when they have some trouble with their studies. My kids respond extremely well to the one-on-one attention they get whenever they need extra help.
      My children's teachers have always been professional and caring. They regard teaching as a ministry and not just as a job. The school teaches both academic and Bible lessons. I really want my kids to be able to finish each quarter having made real progress in both of those areas. I like the field trips that the children regularly go on, as well. These kinds of hands-on real-world experiences always seem to me to be beneficial to my children.
      My two younger children started at FCLC in Kindergarten and from the first day their educational experiences began to have a positive impact upon them. As a result, they both have developed wonderful attitudes towards improving their minds. They never learned to regard studying as distasteful; they never came to regard schoolwork as something to be avoided. Their teachers make learning a satisfying and fun activity!

My children's teachers have always been professional and caring. They regard teaching as a ministry and not just as a job. As a result, my children never learned to regard studying as distasteful. I would recommend Faith Christian to anybody with school age children. My kids couldn't get the quality education they are receiving at FCLC in any other school that I have ever seen.

      My kids never found out what it is like to be shamed by any inability to learn some lesson as fast as a teacher thought they should. They never cried or had nightmares about getting low grades.
      Because the process of learning at FCLC is all self-paced, my kids simply work at something until they get it. Some of the subjects my children learn are easy for them; other subjects are harder. With self-paced education, the only thing that happens is that they can go through some materials faster than others. It simply doesn't matter because at the end of the quarter or the year they will have successfully learned all the material.
      If they don't understand something, my children get immediate one-on-one attention until they do understand. Also, the learning doesn't quit when school gets out at the end of the day. FCLC maintains excellent daily communication with parents about student progress. Every day we can take out the status reports sent to us and participate with our kids in their homework, if we want to. (I can't imagine a parent NOT wanting to do this.)
      We have older children who went through the public school system. When compared with Faith Christian, the difference is like night and day. When my older kids were in school they had to get a passing grade in each of the classes or the learning opportunities passed them by. They had to progress to the next thing whether they were ready or not to progress.
      My older kids weren't able to do a lesson slower or go back and do it again without flunking a grade, or some other terrible experience. The public school learning environment was tremendously more stressful and inefficient for my older children than the Faith Christian program is for my two youngest ones.
      One thing I always love to see is how positive the activities of studying at FCLC are as I see the school's learning environment reflected in the attitudes of my youngest children. I've never heard either of them make one negative comment about the school or about a teacher. They always talk about how caring and kind their teachers are.
      After my kids have been on vacation or some break from school, they are always glad to get back to their studies. The happiness my sons experience when going back to school is a powerful reflection of the quality of the learning experience, in my opinion. Their joy in learning is important to us!
      Faith Christian is a good school. I would recommend it to anybody with school age children. My kids couldn't get the quality education they are receiving at FCLC in any other school that I have ever seen.

  Julie Leschine

      While he was still a part of the public school system, I could tell that my son was likely to fail. With 30 or more kids in a classroom, public schools necessarily use a cookie cutter approach to education. It works fine for children who can fit into the mold perhaps, but it tends to leave behind or even to cast aside kids like mine, who face challenges in accommodating to the structures that the system imposes.
I remember that we faced a difficult decision in whether or not to remove our child from public school and enroll him at Faith Christian. I debated about this for three years before I could bring myself to take the step. Now that I see my son's progress, I wish very much that I had made the decision three years earlier.
     The curriculum at FCLC uses self-pacing materials, which means that a child can work on a topic until he or she has mastered the materials. The subjects don't get boring if you are a fast learner; they don't get frustrating if you are a little slower.
     The other great thing about the Faith Christian Learning Center approach is the focus that the program places on spiritual growth. The teachers and staff encourage the development of my son's spiritual capabilities together with his intellectual and physical development. My two older children were never given any religious training or guidance in school. I really regret that. They never learned to experience the impact that the growth of vigorous faith can have upon learning and development in all the areas of life.
     FCLC gives me opportunities to work with my child more than in a public school. All parents are encouraged to come into the school and work side-by-side with the students. I often work with my son and with the other students right in the classroom. The school's learner-centered curriculum means that anyone can encourage diligence for the students, help grade the tests, and answer questions.
      Also, I am able to work more directly with my child at home. Sometimes I have to learn along with my son in order to help him learn. The materials are great in fostering learning for anyone who goes through them, whether parent or child. I find myself learning things that I never learned in public school, or forgot I learned, perhaps. When my son gets stuck I can read the materials, learn the points, and then help my son learn them.
      My child has a great attitude about education these days. Next year he's going into High School. I gave him the choice about whether to go back to public school or to remain at Faith Christian. He immediately replied, "No I'm staying right here." I asked him what he liked about the school and wasn't surprised when he said that he likes the individual teaching and help.
      I remember that we faced a difficult decision in whether or not to remove our child from public school and enroll him at Faith Christian. I debated about this for three years before I could bring myself to take the step. Now that I see my son's progress, I wish very much that I had made the decision three years earlier.

 

  Laurie Christensen

      I don't know how bad things are in local schools, but some of the stuff apparently going on is scary. Rick's mom told us that our kids ought to get a faith-based education so we were ready when a fellow-worker led us to FCLC.
The sacrifices required to send our children to FCLC are repaid to us many times over through knowing that our children are learning in a safe atmosphere. Their teachers pray for our children every day. It seems like a miracle when they come out of Kindergarten reading from books.
      We've had kids in both public school and FCLC environments and have seen that there is a total difference between the two. In our opinion, the sacrifice required to send our children to FCLC is repaid many times over through the peace of mind that comes from having our children in the safe, loving atmosphere that the school provides.
      Public schools forbid any talk about God, but at FCLC we know that the teachers pray for our children every day. The school offers spiritual guidance for the children. Our little girl walks around the house singing songs about God and faith that she learned in school. The children are able to learn in an atmosphere of respect and love.
      So far we've sent two children to the school, beginning them both in Kindergarten. The smaller class sizes and student-centered educational practices seem to lead to a better learning experience for the children. It always seems like a miracle to see children go into Kindergarten not knowing that the squiggly lines in a book are actually letters from the alphabet and have them come out nine months later reading to us from books.
      We're so happy we found FCLC and that our children are attending there!
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