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HISTORY

Olivet Academy began in 1975 under the direction of Pastor Floyd Davis with about 25 students, Kindergarten through the fifth grade.  Mr. Jerry Kramer was the first principal.

                In 1978, Olivet Academy became Shawnee Mission Christian School, choosing the colors red and black with a warrior mascot.  Five years later in 1983, SMCS graduated its first group of seniors.

                In 1996, Olivet Baptist Church and Oak Grove Baptist Church combined their school to form Mission Oaks Christian School.  This cooperative venture operated until the spring to of 2001. 

                Olivet Baptist Church reopened Shawnee Mission Christian School in the fall of 2001.  The “Mustangs” was chosen for the mascot and the new colors are navy blue and light blue.

                Other men who have led Shawnee Mission Christian School are: Dr. T. Reynolds Hall, Dr. Dan Griffin, Sr., Mr. John Carver, Mr. George Buckley, and Mr. Alan Dicks.  Current leaders are Dr. Bruce Anderson, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church and Mr. Jeffrey Bunjer, administrator.

ASSOCIATION

                The Shawnee Mission Christian School is a member of the American Association of Christian Schools.  Shawnee Mission Christian School encourages teachers and staff to take classes and/or complete in-service work yearly to prepare them for better classroom performance. 

PHILOSOPHY

MISSION

                It is our belief that the Lord gave parents the responsibility to train their children in the way they should go. (Proverbs 22:6).  Parents have a great responsibility of guiding and disciplining their children in thinking and behaving like their Savior.

                The primary goal of Shawnee Mission Christian School is to assist the families of Olivet Baptist Church and other local fundamental churches in the education and nurture of their school-age children by providing a Christ-centered, academically sound Christian School environment.  It is therefore our purpose to assist Christian parents in their responsibility to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (Eph.6: 4) by providing a Christ-centered academic environment.  We are an extension of the Christian home so Christian parents can fulfill their God-given responsibilities to their children.  Proverbs 22:6; Eph. 6:4; Proverbs 19:27; Jeremiah 10:2.

                The basis of our school is the Word of God (also see statement of faith).  Our Christian School has the responsibility to provide the best academic education that integrates the Word of God throughout the complete curriculum (Proverbs 1: 7 “ the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge"). With this in mind we work toward our students developing a personal relationship with Christ as well as a Christ- centered worldview.  The standards, policies, and curriculum have all been developed to provide growth in the following areas: spiritual, social, physical, as well as intellectual (Luke 2:25).

                 Education is the realization and application of God’s truth.  Parents and teachers function as agents to reveal God’s truth to the students (Deut. 6:1).  The final realization of education is when students apply God’s truths to their own lives.

                The desire of Shawnee Mission Christian School is to be a place where Christ is the center.  The teachers and staff work toward Christ-likeness, to model before the students the principles of Christ (found in Philippians 2) as an example of daily life.  The environment we strive for is one of excellence in all we say and do because we belong to Christ Jesus and want to exalt Him.

                Shawnee Mission Christian School realizes that these Christian ideals can only succeed where parents are involved with their children, these principles are honored and practiced in the home, and church is attended regularly.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

1.                    We believe the Scriptures of the Old Testament and New Testament are verbally inspired by God and inerrant in the original writing, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life.

2.                    We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

3.                    We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.

4.                    We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and, thereby, incurred not only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is eternal separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, manifest themselves as sinners in thought, word, and deed.

5.                    We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood.

6.                    We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven, and in His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate.

7.                    We believe in “that blessed hope,” the personal, premillennial, and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

8.                    We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and, thereby, become the children of God eternally.

9.                    We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting conscious joy of believers, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.

10.                 We do not participate with the ecumenical movement or the charismatic movement; nor do we hold to a King James only position, although that is the primary translation that we use.

We understand that the above Statement of Faith is believed and will be taught at Shawnee Mission Christian School.

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