Heritage Christian Academy

HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL

HCA has been used of God to train hundreds of boys and girls in the Jackson County area since 1975.  It began as a burden of several parents and Pastor Ken Derrington, the pastor of the Second Baptist Church at that time, to provide a quality Christian education for children of all ages.

When the school began, the first student body consisted of 43 kindergarten through eleventh graders.  During the first year, the classes were held in the facilities of the Second Baptist Church. The following year, a new building was built. Other additions have included more classrooms, a lunchroom and a gymnasium.

The first graduating class for Heritage Christian Academy was the class of 1976.  Throughout the years of the school's existence, HCA graduates have distinguished themselves in many areas.  Because of the school's longevity, HCA graduates are now sending their children to the school. 

Heritage Christian Academy is an active member of the West Virginia Association of Christian Schools and the American Association of Christian Schools. The school is primarily college preparatory in its emphasis, and its graduates are required to meet all graduation requirements for the State of West Virginia.

PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL

The ultimate goal and purpose of Heritage Christian Academy is to lead boys and girls to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and then train them in the knowledge of God, the Christian way of life, and to offer them an excellent education.  Our desire is to work with the parents in raising their child up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and thus equipping him to identify, evaluate, and relate properly to life's problems.

OUR PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

Wisdom and knowledge come from God; therefore, man's education is complete only when God and His Word are at the center of all learning.  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge (Prov. 1:7).  As Christian educators, we are concerned with the total person: his intellectual, spiritual, physical, and social being.  We believe the needs of the total person can only be met as approached from a Christian or Biblical philosophy.  But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him (I Cor. 8:6).

The Student:

1.       Created by God and in His image, he is of inestimable worth, possessing an eternal soul that shall inherit either everlasting life or everlasting damnation.

    2.    Because of sin, he is unable to reach God.  His nature is totally depraved and foolishness is bound in his heart.  (Proverbs 22:15)

    3.    Faith in Christ Jesus is the only way of establishing a right relationship with God.  Reality in life's purposes and values can be ascertained in and through Christ alone.

Heritage Christian Academy

Troy Kline, Principal

300 Elwood Street (Physical)

PO Box 427 (Mailing)

Ravenswood, WV  26164

Phone: (304) 273-9463

www.hca-saints.org