About Us

ABOUT US

New Life Christian School has been providing quality, Christian Education in the Bridgeton (St. Louis County) area for over 36 years. Founded in 1974 by Guy E. Roam, NLCS has proven to be a leader in Christian Education in the St. Louis area. Yearly achievement testing and college entrance exams prove academic quality year in and year out.

NLCS uses the tradition educational approach Preschool - 5th grades using the intensive phonics approach with the A Beka curriculum. As students progress through the fifth grade NLCS then uses the indivualized computer-based curriculum, Alpha Omega "Switched-On Schoolhouse".

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Kindergarten

The Kindergarten curriculum is so designed that the child's "wiggles" actually help him learn. Kindergartners use a 100 percent ABeka Book curriculum.

The program introduces the letters of the alphabet and their corresponding sounds and then the exciting discovery that by putting the sounds together one comes up with words to read. The child is provided the privilege of learning to read without pressure.

Also included in the curriculum is learning the numbers and their formation. Counting and adding these fascinating numbers together using a variety of different objects and even singing through the process makes the learning experience fun as well as educational.

Art time provides a time of developing those motor skills used in coloring, cutting, and pasting. The child delights in discovering the world around him in the beautifully illustrated science book.

The highlight of each day is Bible Time. Included are Bible stories and scripture memorization.

Students must be 5 years old by August 1 of the current year to enroll. However, students who will attain the age of 5 by August 31 of the current year and who attain a high score on the entrance test are also eligible. Parents should submit a copy of the child's birth certificate with the enrollment form.

For the first grading period, all students are given "C's". The student will receive a "C+" if he/she is doing very well in that subject area ; a "C" if the student is doing average; and a "C-" if the student is doing below what is expected at that time. This gives children time to acclimate to the classroom. Successive grading periods follow the regular grading system.

Elementary (1-5)

The primary school curriculum is designed to give a skill-oriented foundation on which to build future academics. Reading, arithmetic, phonics, and writing are stressed.

Phonics is the foundation of the reading program. Colorfully illustrated Christian readers encourage character and moral development. Reading for comprehension is emphasized.

Arithmetic is presented as a logical process. The elementary program emphasizes drill and "thinking your way through a problem." At the end of second grade a child has met the challenge of regrouping in addition and subtraction and can use multiplication and division tables 2, 3, 4, and 5. Third graders learn multiplication and division tables up to 12.

Junior High-High School (6-12)

In the Alpha Omega "Switched-On Schoolhouse" curriculum students are assigned an individualized program prescribed for their ability and level of achievement. The slow student never feels left behind. The fast student never feels restricted. The pace of progress is individual, not chronological.

With this program, each child is given daily goals, a process that trains initiative while enabling expression of academic growth. His/her own personal speed, knowledge, and skill are increased and his individual advancement provides him with a rewarding sense of accomplishment.

Since such instruction is private, the student is encouraged to ask any basic question he/she might normally be embarrassed to voice in front of the class. The results are a greater academic openness and readiness to learn on the part of the student.

In the Learning Center, students are busy working on their computers at their own speed. This arrangement permits a student to work steadily through their curriculum. If he/she comes to a problem he cannot solve, he calls on the teacher for assistance. The teacher then carefully works with the student until the problem is solved.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

We believe the Bible to be the inspired and inerrant Word of God. We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and his substitutionary death; and his bodily resurrection and ascension into heaven.

We believe in the plan of salvation which is repentance, baptism in water by immersion in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the infilling of the Holy Spirit with the initial sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance.

We believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and eternal life with Christ for all believers.

We believe in godly living and active participation in a local church of believers.

STANDARDS OF CONDUCT

Students of New Life Christian School are expected to refrain from talking about or engaging in cheating, swearing, smoking, gambling, rock music, dancing, immorality, drinking alcoholic beverages, and using or talking about narcotics. Students who participate in such activities are subject to suspension.

Students are expected to act in an orderly and respectful manner, maintaining Christian standards in courtesy, kindness, language, morality, and honesty. Students must agree to strive toward unquestionable character in dress, conduct, and attitude.

ADMISSIONS POLICY

Any child who will be in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade may apply. However, New Life Christian School recognizes that it cannot meet the educational needs of all children. It is a school offering a high quality of Christian training, but it is not designed to be a correctional institution for problems arising beyond those usually encountered in average school children.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

The following items are required before the admissions process can begin: