Tim White, Interim Deputy Principal
Kuyper Christian School is an educational institution that seeks to continue the work of the Christian home. We seek to extend the values and beliefs of the Christian home. We want to see values and routines at school that reflect a commitment to exploring how to please God and honour Him. These are perspectives all young people need to consider. Even though our families may function differently, we are all under the one Heavenly Father who calls us to be obedient to Him. Kuyper is different as a school because we are all children under the one Father, not simply bosses and workers or service providers and clientele.
God’s purposes for his people require a unique response. He calls us beyond selfishness and what concerns us as individuals to service and concern for what gives Him the glory. This remains an ongoing challenge.
We are to look different as a school community because we are to function differently.
We are children of a King, and that makes us unique. Our first step is to strive to be like our King and not simply self-centred and self-seeking.
In this light, we cannot be happy simply to be considered an alternative to any other school. We are here for a special purpose. We take God’s claim on our school community seriously, so we live, move and act in ways that we believe will give glory to Him. In all our ways, we seek to acknowledge our God as king of every square inch of creation and enjoy the direction He gives to our path.
It is true that many of the school resources and educational approaches employed at Kuyper will seem similar to those in any school. It is how these are employed that creates a distinction. Kuyper seeks to open up a world of wonder to children. This is a world in which God Almighty not only plays a part but, in fact, is both Creator and Sustainer of all we can enjoy. All resources are shaped and used to develop a Christian perspective on life. This is where the true distinctiveness of the school emerges. The importance lies in how the staff think Christianly about using various resources to highlight and honour God’s place over His creation. This honours our partnership with the Christian home.
Kuyper is a special and distinctive school. Our commitment must be to making it more so!
What students, parents and teachers at Kuyper learn as we grow together will reflect what we believe about community and service to our Lord.
The way we presently think and act may be challenged. Our success will be measured in our love, joy and commitment to learning together as God’s people. Our failure will be just as evident if we simply become known as another school down the road that kids in the Hawkesbury can attend. I invite you to consider how you will partner with us in this growth.