Dear Parents,
⁷But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. ⁸For bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come (1Timothy 4:7-8).

The administration and staff of C.C.S. have an agenda for your children.  Our concern is for three dimensions of their life: the soul, mind and body.  Or to put it another way, their saving relationship with Jesus Christ; distinguishing truth from error by education and the Word of God; and the physical fitness of their bodies.  I say the spiritual first because in the text quoted, godliness is mentioned twice in comparison to fables and physical fitness.  That is because a child’s relationship to the Lord in foundational to all other areas of life (...but godliness is profitable unto all things). God, as the architectural engineer of the human being, created man in His own image, with the capacity to know God personally, through saving faith in Jesus Christ. This establishes the root of godliness, and that is the primary goal of C.C.S. for each student. Building upon this foundation is our vision for the education of your children, since that is God’s pattern for learning; the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge (Proverbs 1:7).   This is not education for the sake of learning, that is the template of secular education, but rather for the purposes of godly wisdom and discernment between truth and error and most important, the knowledge of a holy God.  Here is a learning paradigm that is advantageous to all areas of life, nothing excluded.
God makes clear to us that this life is not the only life we will experience.  There is ...the life that now is and of that which is to come.  This means that the godliness and knowledge we build into your children today will have eternal consequences.  So our goals are long term, extending into the eternal kingdom of God.  The value and purpose of Christian education is elevated above all other systems of learning, because all others only serve temporary interests, whereas God centered scholastics also prepares for the permanent eternal service of our Creator God. This is what God means when he says godliness is advantageous for all things, having promise of the life that now is and that which is to come.
Secondary to all of this, but of importance, is the responsibility we have to teach them how to properly care for their bodies, which were created by God.  Physical fitness is also rooted in godliness and is useful for living and practical service for Jesus Christ.
As the pastor of South Dade Baptist Church and Colonial Christian School, my hope is that you will embrace this biblical agenda for education and participate with the staff in the fruition of these goals for your children in the 2008-2009 school year.  Let us work together to honor God in the preparation of your children for this life and eternity. 

                                                                                    In His Service,
                                                                                    Pastor Bill Long
                                                                                    Senior Pastor
                                                                                    South Dade Baptist Church

Psalm 127:1
Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it:
except the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes but in vain.