It has been said that your greatest personal asset is your time and school board members are often among the busiest men in the community. How can board meetings become highly productive and an excellent investment of time for the good of the school community? Consider the preparation, format, engagement and conclusions that contribute to productive meetings.

The scripture asks this question: If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? What foundations are found in Genesis that we build on to this day? While the world around us is ignoring and denying these fundamentals found in Genesis, will our Christian schools build on these foundations?

If our work is to succeed, it must be a channel for making God known. The purpose of learning is to enable us to follow Christ.

We agonize over how to help teachers. We spend hours at board meetings discussing slow students. We wonder how to help the children from stressful home situations. We long to recover innocence in a classroom where impure influence has entered. In the early days of the Christian school movement, our churches spent hours praying for teachers, legal privileges, curriculum, and conviction. Are we now taking this for granted and forgetting that only God can make our schools work? Prayer is the key

True education will always enhance a reverence for God and His Word, building conscience to walk in His Word. It is more than a preparation for life; it is a preparation for eternal life. Life in the Son. We think the way we do because of what we are, and we are what we are because of how we think.

Class trips are always a highlight for the students and teachers alike. We all enjoy planning them, participating in them as well as reminiscing on them. However, why do we go on class trips? Are class trips simply a reward for work well done? Maybe they are simply a break for the classroom boredom. How are we able to direct these off site trips in a meaningful manner that contributes to the work of a Christian school?

There are many ways to learn. We learn by reading, we learn by following the example of others. We learn by asking questions, or by experimentation. Listening to instruction is also a common way to learn. But not all students have the same aptitudes or interests. Students will retain only a fraction of what they "hear" or "see", but much more of what they "do". Are we using the concept of "doing" to its greatest potential?

Student needs, teacher suggestions, parental wantswho finally makes school curriculum decisions? Should cost be a factor? How much do we adjust curriculum for slow or disadvantaged students? Is a Bible-based curriculum important? After all, we read the Bible at church and at home. Can we utilize secular textbooks? Does the discipleship level portrayed in our textbooks have any effect on our children and churches?

Have you ever wondered how to justify the following two statements? 1. Readers are leaders. 2. John has so much spare time he is always asking for a library book. Well, I have wondered too. But could we sometimes guide his avid thirst for reading? Could we nudge his overflowing interest to its greatest potential?

Boring, just a multitude of dates and names, musty tomes... or lively, fascinating, must-read? In this fast-paced modern society, we need history more than ever. Find out who you are, where you came from, and where you are goingall from the pages of history. Our students need history classes that give them a life-long appreciation for what the past tells the present.