by supporting an excellent, market-compensated, and distinctly Christian faculty trained in their field through stimulating professional development and frequent collaborative opportunities,
by implementing a district-wide approach to spiritual development that equips students to love the Lord their God with all their heart, mind, soul and strength (Mark 12:30), by ensuring that regular opportunities exist for students to participate in the great spiritual disciplines, by mentoring students towards growth in spiritual life, by responding pastorally to the needs of students and faculty, and by communicating the spiritual needs of the student body with teachers, staff, and administration,
by implementing a district-wide approach to character development that equips students to love their neighbors as themselves (Mark 12:31), by providing opportunities to love and care for other believers on each campus, by emphasizing servant leadership as modeled by Jesus Christ, by celebrating the fruit of the Spirit in the lives of our students, and by presenting opportunities to serve, shape, and evangelize the world around us,
by mentoring parents and optimizing collaboration through open communication that is frequent, timely and relevant, by providing classical Christian training to parents, and by offering instructional resources to families to strengthen in-home instruction,
by increasing stakeholder knowledge of classical Christian education, and by creating and refining both our methods of instruction and curriculum materials in order to better promote the knowledge and love of truth, beauty, and goodness,
by establishing athletics as an integral part of student development through a culture of competitive excellence, that is Kingdom centered, principle driven, and people focused,
by providing a cohesive fine arts program that ministers to families, fosters the whole student, and functions as a Christian outreach to our community, and by helping the students understand that their creativity is a gift from the Creator,
by ensuring standardized and well managed operations, governed by policy, transparent to Board oversight, and flexible enough to meet the needs of a growing school,
by building and maintaining attractive, CDA-branded facilities through good stewardship to have optimized learning and extra-curricular environments, including flexible specialized-needs space, athletic space with visual appeal, timely renovations, effective security, and managed traffic flow,
by creating an integrated development program coordinated to encourage stewardship giving and grants for capital improvements, operational needs, financial assistance, debt reduction, and endowments from both internal and external friends of the school.