Create a School-Mission Journey Academy
- 1. Mission Journey Academy Equipping students to change our world for Christ Admission What We Stand For Tuition Staff Curriculum Calendar Finances Outreach Campus Focus Communication
- 2. Our Name: The “mission” in our name is to train student’s to reach out to “the least of these” from the parable in Matthew 25 while on their educational journey. Mission: Help students grow in their relationship with Christ, enhance student learning and create enduring understanding through challenging and engaging curriculum focused on the multiple intelligences and different learning styles. Purpose: Mission Journey strives to enrich student’s lives by cultivating a Christ like compassion and love for those in need throughout our community, country and our world. Home
- 3. Admissions o Global Mission Academy is a private institution open to students in kindergarten through 6th grade. We are a school of faith based learning and all curriculum will have instruction grounded in biblical conviction. o Our curriculum focus is bible, math, reading & language arts, social studies, science, art, music and physical education. We strive to cultivate student’s love for the Lord and knowledge of scripture through their daily subjects. o We believe having a small student to teacher ratio is important for student success. Class size by grade: Home K w/ Aid 1st & 2nd 3rd & 4th 5th & 6th 15 18 20 22 Popular Questions o What is the kindergarten birthday cut-off? Students must turn 5 on or before September 9th. o What is the ratio of boys to girls? Enrollment is roughly 46% boys/54% girls. o Do you have to be a Christian family to attend? You do not have to claim a statement of faith, but our curriculum infused throughout with biblical principles and students are required to participate in bible class.
- 4. Tuition Home Grade Registration Fee Monthly Tuition Yearly Tuition School Materials K-3 $150.00 $700.00 $7000.00 $100.00 4-6 $150.00 $750.00 $7500.00 $120.00 ~ Tuition covers all school day instruction and travel expenses for weekly community involvement, missions work and contributions. ~ Student drop-off and pick-up is the responsibility of parents. ~ Nutritional Services for Lunch: Daily: $6.00 Weekly: $28.00 Yearly: $925.00 ~ School materials cover technology fees, books, and any paper supplies needed for projects and daily assignments.
- 5. School Finances Mission Journey Support Donors Tuition FundraisingGrants Alumni 48% 33% 11% 3% 3% 2% Percentage of Budget Spent Staff Facilities Materials Location Transportation Misc. Home
- 6. Mission Journey School Home We have made our school home in the old Washington Library building. It is a beautiful campus and we have added the most up-to- date technology and resources in order to provide the best education for our students. The lower level is our classroom’s and the upper the administration. Mrs. Rickett’s 1st grade classroom. Playground facilities with basketball courts, swings and several play structures as well as a grass area. Mrs. Goodman’s 5th Grade Class
- 7. Calendar and School Day Structure o School Day: 8:00-3:00 o School Year: 185 days o 2013 Calendar Days: Start Day August 26th, 2013 Last Day June 5th, 2013 Orientation August 19th, 2013 o Holidays: 1 week for Thanksgiving 2 weeks for Christmas 1 week for Spring Break Labor Day Veterans Day Martin Luther King Day President’s Day Monday after Easter Home Homework: Students receive nightly homework. Teachers are asked to require no more than .5 hours of homework a night for K-3rd grade and no more than 1 hour for 4th-6th grade students. Assignments will vary in subject and may include family or parent activities or conversations. We want to keep parents as involved in their students education as possible, but allow for family time as well. Service Projects Friday afternoons will be spent on service projects and community involvement. This will include clean-up projects, convalescent home visits and food drives among other things.
- 8. Mission Journey Staff Founder and Principle Kristina Ebner Kindergarten Teacher Kimber Perry Home School Administrator and VP Nicole Goodman Music and Bible Teacher Jack Gerhardt PE Teacher Brady Perry Art Teacher Beverly Ann Computer Teacher and Site Technology Coordinator Tim Scott 1st Grade Sarah Ricketts 2nd Grade Bri Helen 3rd Grade Katherine March 6th Grade and Outreach Coordinator Jon Andrew 4th Grade Lance Garcia 5th Grade Kaitlin Violet
- 9. School Focus Missions work and reaching out to those less fortunate is our school focus and will be woven into all aspects of our curriculum! Home Students will participate in monthly and sometimes weekly service projects within and around our community and neighborhoods. Our goal as a faculty is to foster a love for Christ in our students. Through that we hope they become citizens who make a difference in their own communities and learn to reach out to others who are less fortunate with the love of Christ Jesus. In Matthew 25:40 it says, “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” This is the heartbeat of our mission. We want to students to leave our school educated and with a heart for service. The 6th grade class will spend one week in San Francisco during their final semester working in soup kitchens, at the food bank and sharing the gospel along with staff from our school. We will integrate missions into many aspects of our curriculum including reading assignments and social studies work that help students grow in their global knowledge and the need to share the gospel at home as well as around the world.
- 10. Curriculum Core Subjects Bridges Math and Houghton-Mifflin for reading and language arts for all grades. Students will use Bob Jones science textbooks. Our staff has also created many of their own lesson plans that are taught from a biblical perspective and incorporate several subjects. Bible Our bible teacher will start the year off covering the missionary journeys of Paul and work to help students truly understand the gospel and a Christian’s responsibility to share the good news. Physical Education PE is twice a week and covers all state standards per grade, but includes many fun team building activities as well. Music and Art class are once a week in each grade. Assessments Baseline assessments will be given at the beginning of the year. That information will be used to create groups based on the needs of students. Progress monitoring will be done monthly and students may change groups depending on their personal results each month. The goal is to keep students in their zone of proximal development, challenged but not overwhelmed. The goal of all our curriculum is to help students grow in the knowledge of Christ, their core subjects and the arts. We strive to address each learning style within all lessons and use knowledge of the multiple intelligences in order to help students reach their full potential. Every child is unique and learns in different ways, therefore, we believe it is critical to educate using a variation in teaching methods. Home
- 11. Reaching the Community for Christ! Home The community has accepted the opening of a new school in this area because we have formed strong relationships and given just reason for why this school is going to improve the community. The people in this area are looking forward to the support from our school, partnership and relationships with our staff and students and positive growth in the neighborhood. Our goal is to follow through on the plans we have presented to help the people and area around the new school, as well as pave the way for future schools in fellow communities. The Forestbrook community includes two assisted living communities we have established relationships with and students will help with gardening and special events at. The city food bank is located a mile from our school and will provide many ways for students to serve and be involved. There is also a family shelter about 5 miles away that we will assist. Students will not work there, but may help collect donations or organize events to help raise support. There are many MANY other places and people we will help throughout the school year as well. Communication Needs A school of this nature will require a lot of parent/school communication as well as strong open communication with the staff. The “Communication” tab on our home page offers parents and community members with necessary information.
- 12. Communication Needs o Community page and school information updates will be posted to this website starting next week. o Communication page will cover service projects, helpful school insight, updates on community partnerships and how you can get involved andweekly information with pictures and stories of our Friday afternoon fun! o Starting next week all staff names on the staff page will have live links to each classroom’s page. Teachers will update with fun facts, homework assignments, classroom needs and anything else parents may need to know or have questions about. o Staff e-mail will be given to all parents during orientation. If you need further support or have misplaced any necessary information feel free to e-mail the school administrator or principle. o Ms. Ebner: kebner@journey.org o Mrs. Goodman ngoodman@journey.org Home
- 13. Kristina Ebner I am so excited to be a part of Mission Journey School becoming a reality! I have spent the past twelve years in the world of education and my prayer is to learn and grow even further through this school and all we hope to accomplish! I grew up in a small rural town in the middle of Oregon. I attended kindergarten at a church school before being home schooled from 1st until 9th grade when I attended public high school. I knew I wanted to be a teacher during my junior year of high school. I have worked in public, private and charter schools and I hope to combine the positives of each of those types of education in our school. I have traveled to many countries doing missions work as well as many mission trips and outreach opportunities within our country and my community. I prayer that through the missions focus of our school children will learn to see people through the eyes of Jesus and becoming loving and compassionate followers of Christ. I look forward to getting to know each of our students and there families!Teaching in South AfricaHome