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Faith Statement

Purpose Statement


Yellowstone Academy exists to promote human flourishing among Houston’s poorest families. The school was established based on the premise that, through education and intensive intervention, children living in poverty can transcend their circumstances and grow up to become responsible, productive adults. Poverty is more a function of circumstances than race or ethnicity, and the circumstances that perpetuate poverty include illiteracy, illegitimacy and dependency. These and other factors define the intergenerational cycle of poverty, and children born into such circumstances deserve the chance to break that cycle. Yellowstone Academy is a faith based, comprehensive approach to addressing the multi-dimensional challenges of poverty in the lives of children and their families from the platform of a high quality private pre-school through eighth grade educational institution. The school exclusively serves children from low-income families with a program designed to provide them the educational, spiritual, social and practical resources they need to succeed in life. 

Beliefs                                                                                                                                                  

  • All students can learn.
  • Each student is a valued individual with unique physical, social, emotional and intellectual needs.
  • A safe and physically comfortable environment promotes student learning.
  • The commitment to continuous improvement is imperative if our school is going to enable students to become confident, self-directed, lifelong learners.         
  • Students learn in different ways and should be provided with a variety of instructional approaches to support their learning. 
  • Students learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning process.                            
  • Challenging expectations increase individual student performance.                                            
  • Curriculum and instructional practices should incorporate a variety of learning activities to accommodate differences in learning styles.                                        
  • A student's self-esteem is enhanced by positive relationships and mutual respect among and between students and staff.                                                                                           

Faith Statement

 
Yellowstone Academy is a non-denominational Christian School. The mission, purposes, and methods of the school are undergirded by Christian orthodoxy. All teachers, staff, and board members of the school are committed to the perspective that Yellowstone Academy exists for the advancement of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in its full dimensions, in the lives of its students and their families; attending to their spiritual, educational, physical, emotional, social and practical needs. The doctrinal foundation of the school is best expressed by the Apostle's Creed:
 

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.  And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.  I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.  AMEN.