Today, our nation faces challenges on all fronts, reflecting how we have educated our children. We are at a crossroads to redirect our nation’s path and alter the outcome. A new outcome will require Christian education.
This report documents how FACE is stepping up to support parents and school leaders to equip them for this battle. We are working with forty-seven new schools in different states, plus every week, more are contacting us. Many Christians see the enormous need to restore biblical values, and Christian character, conscience, and self-government in our nation, the hallmarks of a Principle Approach® education. We want to ensure that Principle Approach® education is available to support parents in instructing their children in biblical principles in every state.
FACE continues to publish new curricula. Most recently, the Language Mastery: Literature and Classic Grammar Level Four, one of a series to instruct middle school reading, speaking, and writing skills. We plan to complete Verna Hall’s last volume in the Biblical Foundations of the Constitution series this year, drawing attention to the theology in early America that shaped our Constitution.
Visionary leaders across the U.S. and internationally come to FACE for training and support to begin Principle Approach® schools. Current school sites include Atlanta, Georgia, Coffeyville, Kansas, Gloucester, Virginia, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Chula Vista, California, Livermore, California, Houston, Texas, Shelton, Connecticut, and Tidewater, Virginia. Plus, other sites are in process.
Your partnership and support of FACE and these Christian education leaders in 2024 will help redirect our path and make possible a new outcome for America and our world. Having the vision and the courage to step up and provide more opportunities to educate our nation for tomorrow is a worthy investment.
Thank you!
Executive Vice President
Over 100 Participants Took Part in the Principle Approach Master Teacher Certification Program in 2023
FOUNDATIONS COURSE: THE ART AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
FACE welcomed 39 participants and 15 faculty/staff to the Foundations Course at Crossroads Church in Portsmouth, Virginia, from June 26th to July 1st. Another 26 participants joined us live online from home and at several Principle Approach® schools, where teachers benefitted from the interaction and comradery of learning with colleagues.
The Foundations Course is the first step in becoming a certified Principle Approach Master Teacher and instructs in authentic American Christian education’s philosophy,
methods, and curriculum. The course builds on the wisdom and knowledge of Christian character and conscience in concert with the home and the church. Christian parents,
teachers, and pastors are instructed to reclaim authentic Biblical philosophy and methods that belong to children by their birthright. The successful completion of Foundations Practicum I and assigned independent study is the prerequisite to attending the Applications Course.
Attendees represented teachers and administrators from 26 schools, including 10 planning to open in 2023 or 2024. Onsite participants enjoyed tours of the Hall-Slater Library, StoneBridge School, Historic Jamestown, and Williamsburg. It was a tremendous week of teaching and learning authentic Christian Education!
TAKING THE FOUNDATIONS COURSE ON THE ROAD
FACE welcomed 35 participants to the Foundations Course in Tyler, Texas, July 31th-August 4th. The course was hosted by Christian Heritage School (CHS), a Principle Approach School headed by Jeff Schapansky. The CHS faculty, administration, and several staff were in attendance, along with Barbara Kilkenny, who co-founded the school with her husband Jim in 1980.
It’s finally here! Language Mastery: Level Four is the newest addition to The Noah Plan® Curriculum. This volume seamlessly joins classic grammar and classic literature to equip students with speaking and writing skills and the joy of literature and learning. Christian parents and educators are mandated to carry the American spirit to the next generation, and The Noah Plan is designed with that idea in mind. Biblical, principled education will enable our children to maintain and carry liberty, self-government, and Christian character into a future America. The Teacher Edition and Student Handbook are now available!
Leading Schools Program
Two groups visited the FACE Teaching Center in May and September to attend the Leading Schools Orientation. Participants from Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Georgia, and South Carolina came with a desire to start or support a Principle Approach® school in their area. Our nation is waking up to the state of education in our government and even some Christian schools. More patriots are “stepping up” to establish principled schools that will help return America to our Biblical governmental roots.
The FACE Leading Schools program provides a two-year program of mentoring and training individualized to the needs and goals of the school leaders. The introductory steps include an on-site visit by a FACE representative. The applicants are then invited to visit a Principle Approach demonstration school as preparatory to discerning the potential success of working with FACE.
Testimony from one Leading Schools Orientation participant: “I thoroughly enjoyed the StoneBridge School classroom observations, particularly seeing how the principles were taught, and to see and understand the use of the timeline for each subject.”
“Excellent. So glad I attended. Great balance of philosophical (foundation/ framework of Principle Approach) and practical (model lessons, hand-outs, etc.). Qualified, prepared, and gifted presenters. Well worth my time.”
Principle Approach® School Leader
When you give to FACE, you are serving hundreds of schools, home schools, and families around the US and abroad, training hundreds of teachers, and providing curricular materials, text books, and training modules to the three essential parts of our communities. The Home, the Church, and the School are what shape our Nation and each one has an essential role in educating our rising generation to be free.
Our outreach would not be possible without your continued support.