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Our Mission

 

Mission Statement:

We will provide a God-centered, discipleship-driven education that partners with parents and the local church to prepare students for life. 
GPA Participation Commitment

GPA Participation Commitment

Goals & Objectives

Genesis Preparatory Academy (GPA) exists to prepare students for a life of personal fulfillment and service to others within the greater community.  The goals of the school include:

  • To connect students and their families to God, to each other and to the community through shared learning environments and opportunities.
  • To provide a high quality, affordable educational experience built upon a biblical worldview and the basic tenets of the Christian faith.  The school will not teach a specific denominational doctrine and will be defined as "non-denominational."
  • To train and educate each student as an individual and according to their personal strengths and weaknesses as well as their interests and personal goals.  This is founded on the principle that every person is endowed by their Creator with the ability to learn, and is uniquely gifted and talented in discoverable ways.  
  • To provide state-of-the-art technology and work training geared to prepare each student to eventually earn an income sufficient to provide for their personal needs and the needs of their family.  This may include independent study courses at the high school level where students enter into an “apprenticeship" with local business and civic leaders. 

Genesis Prep Academy believes a complete education is built not only upon a fundamental core academic process, works with students as unique individuals, and promotes students spiritual development.  Students will be encouraged to develop learning habits that foster the following traits:

  • Curiosity
  • Lifelong learning
  • Clear oral and written communication
  • Creative thinking and thoughtful reflection
  • Purposeful investigation
  • Cooperative and independent problem solving
  • Effective use of technology as a tool
  • Thinking logically and making informed judgments
  • Managing time in a responsible manner

Genesis Preparatory Academy also seeks to instill personal character qualities and attitudes reflected in the Gospels and basic tenants of the Christian faith:

  • Accepting responsibility for personal decisions and actions
  • Investment and awareness of the needs of others
  • Honestly and the ability to face challenges with courage and integrity
  • Self-confidence and willingness to risk setbacks in order to learn
  • Committment and perseverance
  • Willingness to serve others and contribute to the "good of the whole"

 


Our Story

 

In January of 2005, a small group of parents met around a dinner table, each sharing a piece of the educational vision that God had given to them.  That vision was to create a new Christian School in North Idaho.  What they dreamed about has now become Genesis Preparatory Academy.  They imagined a school with the goal of serving the community by providing a quality, affordable, Christian educational experience for middle and high school students.  Its mission would be to provide a God-centered, discipleship driven, creative education that would prepare students for life.

In the summer of 2006 the board legally dissolved RCCA and founded Genesis Preparatory Christian Academy (GPA).   GPA now serves grades Pre-K through 12th grades and we are dually accredited through ACSI and AdvancED.

From the beginning, the Genesis story has been a story about ordinary “broken” people trying to be faithful to God as He performs His wonderful works through them.  There have been numerous examples of situations or events so extraordinary they can only be explained as God’s sovereign intervention.  This “school-building project” has been a significant test on relationships, both with God and with each other, and as the student population continues to grow it is evident that our love for one another has grown as well.  

As a Christian school in North Idaho our commitment remains firm -- to serve families through the ministry of education at the pleasure of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  We look forward to partnering with many more families in the years to come as we pursue our mission of offering a God-centered, discipleship-driven, education that partners with parents and the local church to prepare students for life.