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Founded in 1970, The Master's School is the only co-educational Christian day school for students preschool through grade 12 in the Farmington Valley.

THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

The aim of a true Christian school is to encourage the pursuit of knowing God, His created world, and the expressed order found therein. It engages the mind and heart along the higher paths of intellection while building the heart's capacity for inspiration and revelation. This knowledge should be exercised by the student and teacher to serve a fallen world seeing it through the redemptive lens of scripture bringing grace and stewardship to God's creation. It is transformational education.

This is a picture of Middle School students using a Smartboard. Our educational philosophy then is centered from a Christian worldview that sees God as the source of all things. The Christian school trains the mind to think critically and to seek truth. As a Christian school we view all truth as his truth. It makes connections to the bigger picture of God as Creator, Savior, and Lord. Since education is His domain, a Christian school points to his role in history, his creatorship in the sciences, the beauty and aesthetics in the arts, the power of the written and spoken word in languages and literature, and the order and precision of God's mind in math. While the Bible is taught it is also integrated into all that we do offering a framework of understanding our world. This Biblical perspective uncovers the unique design of a child and begins to unveil who and what they are called to do for God's Kingdom. Each student will be nurtured and challenged to strive for personal excellence and spiritual maturity. We believe the rigorous pursuit of academic learning that involves inquiry, understanding beyond rote, and the pursuit of wisdom is one way to honor Christ.

The Educational Program

We educate the whole child from early childhood through grade 12 in a rigorous college preparatory program. As a Christian school, the entire educational program is dependent upon and directly related to the truths and principles put forth in the Bible. As a school our scope and sequence is designed in a manner that teaches the foundations of each core subject reflecting current best practice and research, building from each successive level that enables inquiry at deeper levels of cognition. We believe in nurturing each student to strive for academic excellence in a thorough and thoughtful way, the student will achieve his or her highest potential when taught in such an environment. The ultimate aim of our educational program is to equip every mind and transform every heart to impact the world for Jesus Christ.

The Student

Every student is a unique individual, created in God's image. They are endowed with distinct aptitudes and abilities in many areas; spiritually, intellectually, socially, emotionally and physically. The student's spiritual dimension is the true center of his or her life and provides the motivation, purpose, and direction for all other areas. The student is encouraged and expected to, "...grow in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man." Luke 2:52.

The Teacher

Every teacher has a personal commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ and demonstrates that love to students, parents and others in The Masters School community. Our educational philosophy reflects and expects the highest principles and best practices of teaching for all of our educators. The Master's School teacher is committed to excellence in education as demonstrated through mastery of their respective subject matter or classroom niche, understanding of child development and learning styles, and possesses the ability to connect not only the subject matter with the student but creates a rich environment for learning beyond the text. We believe to love students is to hold students to high academic standards. The teacher is the backbone of the school. Each teacher is expected to possess and practice from a Biblical worldview perspective and continually pursue excellence in their craft.