A Biblical approach flows from the Person of Christ and a truth-centered worldview that permeates every aspect of the school, including our outdoor enrichment programs like the Boots and Roots program, which engage students in hands-on learning. This approach influences everything from curriculum, to methods, to board deliberations, to scheduling of classes and activities. It asks, “How does this thing we are considering match up with God’s original intent? How is it messed up? What is God’s message to us from this study? And finally, what is His mission for us now, in response to our study?” Biblical truth infuses and informs every lesson, game, activity, and field trip, including our summer camp experiences, rather than being confined to “Bible class” or chapel.

A Relational approach to teaching and learning combines both delight in and respect for children, parents, teachers, individuals, the family, the community, the culture, the world, and the Creator. This philosophy explains our commitment to parental involvement at school, multi-age classes, and nurturing the uniqueness of each child. It also informs our interest in discipleship, stewardship, instruction, integrity, humility, and collaborative work, as well as individual work, obedience, honor, courtesy, dialogue, character development, service to others, and love for God. Through our Boots and Roots program and outdoor enrichment programs, we emphasize the importance of relationships in nurturing each child's potential. Our summer camp further fosters these connections, highlighting that it’s all about relationship!

An Integral approach to curriculum and instruction, such as the Boots and Roots program, seeks to reflect the cohesive nature of God and His creation through multi-disciplinary thematic units of study organized meaningfully around important ideas. This approach minimizes the artificial separation of typical school subjects, continually showing the real connections between them to create authentic and enduring understandings. Additionally, it informs our view of the child as a holistic being comprised of 'head, hand, and heart,' rather than merely an intellect to be filled with academic data and information. Outdoor enrichment programs, including summer camp experiences, further enhance this understanding by engaging children in diverse learning environments.

An Experiential approach to teaching and learning, such as our Boots and Roots program, combines both delight in and respect for nature, people, ideas, literature, mathematics, the arts, science, the material and the immaterial. This explains our use of multi-sensory teaching for whole-child learning; encouragement of student initiative; and fresh instructional and assessment practices, which are prominent in our outdoor enrichment programs and summer camp. It leads us in engagement with all that is “true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, of good repute, excellent, and worthy of praise.”