L.I.G.H.T. Christian Academy
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L.I.G.H.T. Christian Academy (Learners' In God's Home Today Christian Academy; abbreviation: LCA; Traditional Chinese: 義光基督學校; Pinyin: Yĭguāng Jīdū Xúexìao; Hokkien: Gi-keng Ki-tok Hák-hào) is a privately operated
educational institution, established in 2000; it opened its doors to students on June 16, 2000. It is the only Chinese Filipino
Christian school in the Philippines
using the Accelerated Christian Education
system. It is located at a property along Banawe Avenue in Quezon City
.
system, students are placed in cubicles for most of the time in the learning center each day and study through individual booklets on each unit of work known as PACES (Packets of Accelerated Christian Education).
The school consists of four departments, each of which has a head teacher, or a supervisor, and two assistant teachers, or monitors.
Additional non-PACE units of study are also conducted in mini-classes such as Physical Education
and Life Skills
, where conventional methods of teaching are used.
The core curriculum at the high school
-level in L.I.G.H.T. Christian Academy consists of the following PACE subjects:
Mini-classes:
The school is also unique in one respect: While other A.C.E. schools promote individual response to the PACEs or workbooks, L.I.G.H.T. Christian Academy provides a tutorial system for Mathematics and Science twice a week to provide for adequate learning experience.
and Science
fields through weekly enrichment programs.
The School has a SportsFest day every year where students compete against each other. Winning students are fielded into regional and national tournaments called Junior Student Convention and National Student Convention, respectively. These tournamants involve other schools in the country who use the Accelerated Christian Education
system.
These tournaments contain academic and athletic competitions that bolster camaraderie and promotion of school spirit.
s and Chapel Hour
sessions are regularly conducted to ensure the spiritual guidance of the students. In addition, frequent mentoring/counseling sessions are provided through the Teen Connection program of the school, which ensures the proper development of students as Christians.
Youth camps
and mission trips are annually held in resorts and needy areas in Metro Manila
and surrounding provinces. These aim to expose students to the real world and to give them a chance to learn and use skills such as Gospel sharing and Evangelization
.
and obtain honors and awards in academics and extracurricular affairs in their fields.
Throughout its 10 years of existence, L.I.G.H.T. was able to faithfully serve more than 130 students who come from different backgrounds and cultures.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
educational institution, established in 2000; it opened its doors to students on June 16, 2000. It is the only Chinese Filipino
Chinese Filipino
A Chinese Filipino derived from two words: "Tsino" and "Pinoy" ) is a Philippine national of Chinese ethnicity but born/raised in the Philippines....
Christian school in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
using the Accelerated Christian Education
Accelerated Christian Education
Accelerated Christian Education is an American educational products company which produces the Accelerated Christian Education school curriculum. The home office is in Nashville, Tennessee, with a customer service and distribution center in Lewisville, Texas. According to a study, by 1980 there...
system. It is located at a property along Banawe Avenue in Quezon City
Quezon City
Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...
.
Curriculum
Under the Accelerated Christian EducationAccelerated Christian Education
Accelerated Christian Education is an American educational products company which produces the Accelerated Christian Education school curriculum. The home office is in Nashville, Tennessee, with a customer service and distribution center in Lewisville, Texas. According to a study, by 1980 there...
system, students are placed in cubicles for most of the time in the learning center each day and study through individual booklets on each unit of work known as PACES (Packets of Accelerated Christian Education).
The school consists of four departments, each of which has a head teacher, or a supervisor, and two assistant teachers, or monitors.
Additional non-PACE units of study are also conducted in mini-classes such as Physical Education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
and Life Skills
Life skills
Life skills are problem solving behaviors used appropriately and responsibly in the management of personal affairs. They are a set of human skills acquired via teaching or direct experience that are used to handle problems and questions commonly encountered in daily human life...
, where conventional methods of teaching are used.
The core curriculum at the high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
-level in L.I.G.H.T. Christian Academy consists of the following PACE subjects:
- Math: Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Trigonometry
- EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: English 1, English 2, American Literature, British Literature - ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Science - Social StudiesSocial studiesSocial studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
: Asian History, Economics, Philippine History, Rizal Studies, World History - FilipinoFilipino languageThis move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...
: Filipino 1, Filipino 2, Filipino 3, Filipino 4 - BibleBibleThe Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
: Life of Christ, New Testament Survey, Old Testament Survey - Electives: Fine Arts, French, Geography, Health, Spanish, Speech
- Collegiate Level: Accounting, Business Math, Collectivism, College Math, English Composition
Mini-classes:
- ChineseChinese languageThe Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
- ArtsARtsaRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
- ComputerComputerA computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
- Life SkillsLife skillsLife skills are problem solving behaviors used appropriately and responsibly in the management of personal affairs. They are a set of human skills acquired via teaching or direct experience that are used to handle problems and questions commonly encountered in daily human life...
- MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
- Physical EducationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
The school is also unique in one respect: While other A.C.E. schools promote individual response to the PACEs or workbooks, L.I.G.H.T. Christian Academy provides a tutorial system for Mathematics and Science twice a week to provide for adequate learning experience.
Academic and athletic development
Aside from the usual PACE curriculum, students are exposed to newer discoveries in MathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
fields through weekly enrichment programs.
The School has a SportsFest day every year where students compete against each other. Winning students are fielded into regional and national tournaments called Junior Student Convention and National Student Convention, respectively. These tournamants involve other schools in the country who use the Accelerated Christian Education
Accelerated Christian Education
Accelerated Christian Education is an American educational products company which produces the Accelerated Christian Education school curriculum. The home office is in Nashville, Tennessee, with a customer service and distribution center in Lewisville, Texas. According to a study, by 1980 there...
system.
These tournaments contain academic and athletic competitions that bolster camaraderie and promotion of school spirit.
Spiritual development
DevotionBible study (Christian)
In Christianity, Bible study is the study of the Bible by ordinary people as a personal religious or spiritual practice. Some denominations may call this devotion or devotional acts; however in other denominations devotion has other meanings...
s and Chapel Hour
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
sessions are regularly conducted to ensure the spiritual guidance of the students. In addition, frequent mentoring/counseling sessions are provided through the Teen Connection program of the school, which ensures the proper development of students as Christians.
Youth camps
Summer camp
Summer camp is a supervised program for children or teenagers conducted during the summer months in some countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer camp are known as campers....
and mission trips are annually held in resorts and needy areas in Metro Manila
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...
and surrounding provinces. These aim to expose students to the real world and to give them a chance to learn and use skills such as Gospel sharing and Evangelization
Evangelization
Evangelization is that process in the Christian religion which seeks to spread the Gospel and the knowledge of the Gospel throughout the world. It can be defined as so:-The birth of Christian evangelization:...
.
Student publications
The L.I.G.H.T. Post is an annual school magazine coming from a collaboration of the school's students and alumni. It features writings, literary selections, works of art, and pictures gathered throughout the school year.Graduates
L.I.G.H.T. Christian Academy has a total of 18 high school graduates who go on to pursue further education in top-notch universities in the Philippines and the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and obtain honors and awards in academics and extracurricular affairs in their fields.
Throughout its 10 years of existence, L.I.G.H.T. was able to faithfully serve more than 130 students who come from different backgrounds and cultures.
External link
- Accelerated Christian Education (School of Tomorrow Philippines) http://www.sotphil.org