Our Mission & Distinctives

Covenant Partnership

Covenant Partnership

God has appointed three complementary institutions for civilizing and cultivating the next generation: the family, the church, and the state. Each of these three civilizing institutions has a divinely-appointed jurisdiction that relates to raising children. The state’s job is to restrain evil and promote justice by establishing laws and punishing evildoers (Rom 13:1-7). The family’s job is to instruct and discipline children (Eph 6:1-4), and the church’s job is to teach Christ’s followers to observe all that He has commanded them (Mt 28:18-20). In light of these three primary institutions, Coram Deo Academy is a secondary-institution that aims principally to promote the work of the local church and the family. We believe that parents are the primary educators of their children, and we serve in loco parentis (as an extension of the parent) each day. At CDA, we prioritize partnership and see ourselves as the third leg of the stool with the other two legs being the church and the home.

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We believe that diversity of background is helpful, diversity of gifting is essential, but diversity of agenda is toxic. At Coram Deo Academy, we have a shared vision of graduating students who are contagious Christians that leave their families and neighborhoods better than they found them. We measure our success as an institution by the aims in our Portrait of the Graduate. In joining Coram Deo Academy, parents put their ‘yes’ on the table with objectives defined in that portrait. 

The Christian beliefs in our Statement of Faith as well as the shared practices in our Core Virtues describe the DNA of the character of the families at Coram Deo Academy. These core convictions lead to common practices among Coram Deo families: tech-lite and word-rich environments, focusing on the Habits of the Heart and not just external behavior, and studying classical subjects like Latin, Logic and the Great Books. The teachers and families stand together in pursuit of a generation of students that see the connections between various disciplines as well as our commitment to prepare students for eternity by education before the face of God (coram Deo).