About Evergreen School
Our Vision:
To be the educational institution of choice devoted to developing world class leaders who are rooted in Christ and skilled in all wisdom.
Our Mission:
Our Purpose:
Our Philosophy of Christian Education
We believe that God is the author of truth. He is the definition of truth and His word is the revelation and communication of the truth. We believe that truth is absolute, not relative, and that God’s laws and commands as contained in the entire volume of scripture are the definition of the standard for what is right and what is wrong. We also believe that human attitudes and character can be correctly shaped by God’s word: He defines what is best and He has given us His word to help us accurately discern this. We therefore consider God’s word as the backbone of our procedures and methods towards fulfilling our stated purpose for education.
Our Philosophy of Education is hinged on scriptures. According to Ephesians 2:10…[NLT] “For we are God’s masterpiece, He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.
… we believe that every child has been created by God with the capacity to learn, excel and express themselves as unique individuals. We believe every child is a star in his/her own right. Therefore, we offer every child put in our care equal opportunity to learn while respecting their unique abilities and peculiarities to the end that they are shaped into lovers of God and humanity, excellent people and highly skilled in all wisdom as world-class leaders. This is the kind of education we offer.
The primary responsibility of education to children is learning. Based upon this conviction, our institution is devoted to promoting learning which shapes attitude and character, imparts skill and life relevance, and develops the child’s mind to create, innovate, solve problems, analyze and keep learning. We believe in engaging the best methods towards achieving our aim of education. We promote a learning that is based on biblical principles, delivered by skilled teachers.
Furthermore,
Jer. 3:15 [HCSB] says, “And I will give you shepherds who are loyal to me, and they will shepherd you with knowledge and skill.
We provide godly and highly skilled leadership and instructors, and a safe, friendly, orderly, and intellectually stimulating environment supported by a rich partnership with the home, which is essential for children to become healthy, responsible, tolerant, excellent, honorable, respectful and lifelong learners.
We believe that every learner can flourish under a good teacher. We therefore define a good teacher, based on our conviction, as one who exhibits Christ-like character. He/she must be a master of knowledge, persistent, resilient, and creative in lesson delivery and assessment. We believe that a good teacher must be caring and affectionate towards learners, firm in correction and discipline, passionate in the discharge of his/her duties, bold and authoritative, and responsible for the learners put in his/her care. A good teacher must be an authentic individual and a role model. We believe that the primary role of the teacher is to ensure learning is taking place through a viable curriculum and education philosophy implementation.
Our interpretation of our biblically integrated curricula leans on our philosophy of education as stated herein. We therefore believe in curricula which focus on process, content, and learner activities and which communicates knowledge of the world from a biblical worldview. Learning is achieved by eliciting knowledge from learners through engaging activities and demonstrations, directly dispensing information and learner directed proficiency assessment which is both formative and summative.
we believe the learning environment should be orderly but flexible enough to allow dynamisms such as group/collaborative learning. There should be sternness enforced through biblical discipline, and the environment should be businesslike. We believe that everyone in the school community can learn to be thoughtful and considerate of words and action, and to intentionally employ thinking tools towards increased learner achievement and overall general satisfaction.
Finally, we believe there are three key stake holders in every child’s education: the family, the government and the church. As a school recognized by the law of the land, we stand in representation of the government. As a Christian school also, we partner with the Body of Christ to ensure our children are raised in the ways of Christ. We are also active partners with the families our learners belong to. We will therefore work with families exploiting every possible opportunity to ensure we deliver on our aim for education.
We believe our philosophy of education hereby shared, will guarantee the delivery of our aim of education which is to shape individuals into lovers of God and mankind with a strong drive to live excellent lives in line with God’s purpose, while making meaningful impact in their world. We also believe our philosophy justifies our purpose of existence as indicated by our vision statement and expressed in our mission statement.
Our Core Values::
Godliness | Character | Leadership | Excellence | Respect | Tolerance | Honour
The following statements are the declarations of the convictions which drive our vision, mission, philosophy and core values as a Christian school.
- We believe God exists and is real and that those who seek Him diligently will be rewarded (Hebrews 11:6; Exodus 6:1-3; 34:5-7)
- We believe in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, three persons in one godhead. (1 John 4:13-14; Luke 3:21-22; Matthew 3:16-17; Galatians 4:4)
- We believe that God the Father, by His word and the move of the Spirit, is the creator of the universe and the author of life on earth. (Genesis 1:1-31; John 1:1-4; Hebrews 1:2)
- We believe God is the sovereign ruler of the universe and that Himself and His word are one. (John 1:1-2; Isaiah 55:10-11; Revelation 4:11)
- We believe that Jesus, the Christ, the incarnate word of God, born of the Mary the virgin, is the Son of God. (Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1: 26-33; 1John 4:15, 5:1; John 1:1-3,14,31-33; Galatians 1:15-16)
- We believe in the birth, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ as God’s redemption plan for man. (Galatians 1:15-16; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Revelation 1:18; Colossians 1:13-14,20-23)
- We believe in the Church, Jesus’ headship over the church and the ministry gifts (Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers) as His system ordained to:
- Showcase the wisdom of His redemptive plan for mankind upon the earth.
- Propagate the system of the kingdom of God on earth through the preaching of the gospel and the discipline of men.
- Spiritual leadership for Christians.
- Model Christ to the community.
(Ephesians 4:11-12, Colossians 1:15-19; I Corinthians 12:12-30; Matthew 28:19-20)
- We believe in the ordinances of the scripture – marriage between adult male and adult female, water baptism by immersion and the Eucharist (Holy Communion). Genesis 2:21-24; Matthew 28:19; Acts 19:1-5; Matthew 26:26-28, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
- We believe in the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. (Acts 2:1-4, 9:17; 1 Corinthians 14:18; Acts 8:14-18; 10:44-46; 19:1-6)
- We believe that all scripture (the Bible) is inspired of God, is alive and potent, and is beneficial for:
- learning how to differentiate between right and wrong
- correction
- modeling godliness
- instruction in the ways of righteousness,
To the end that the individual who does what it says is thoroughly prepared for significant impact in the world. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Psalm 119:11,105; Hebrews 4:12)
- We believe in prayer as God’s provision to mankind to meet our needs and help us build intimacy with Him. (Psalm 50:15; Jeremiah 33:3; Isaiah 65:24)
- We believe that Jesus Christ is coming again. (Acts 1:11; Matthew 24:27,30,37,39; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:27)