Mission Journey AcademyEquipping students to change our world for Christ

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Our Name:

The “mission” in our name is to train student’s to reach out to “the least of these” from the

parable in Matthew 25 while on their educational journey.

Mission:

Help students grow in their relationship with Christ, enhance student learning and create

enduring understanding through challenging and engaging curriculum focused on the

multiple intelligences and different learning styles.

Purpose:

Mission Journey strives to enrich student’s lives by cultivating a Christ like compassion

and love for those in need throughout our community, country and our world.

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Admissionso Global Mission Academy is a private institution open to students in kindergarten through 6th

grade. We are a school of faith based learning and all curriculum will have instruction grounded in biblical conviction.

o Our curriculum focus is bible, math, reading & language arts, social studies, science, art, music and physical education. We strive to cultivate student’s love for the Lord and knowledge of scripture through their daily subjects.

o We believe having a small student to teacher ratio is important for student success. Class size by grade:

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K w/ Aid 1st & 2nd 3rd & 4th 5th &

6th

15 18 20 22

Popular Questionso What is the kindergarten birthday cut-off?

Students must turn 5 on or before September 9th.

o What is the ratio of boys to girls?

Enrollment is roughly 46% boys/54% girls.

o Do you have to be a Christian family to attend?

You do not have to claim a statement of faith, but our

curriculum infused throughout with biblical principles and

students are required to participate in bible class.

Tuition

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Grade Registration

Fee

Monthly

Tuition

Yearly Tuition School

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K-3 $150.00 $700.00 $7000.00 $100.00

4-6 $150.00 $750.00 $7500.00 $120.00

~ Tuition covers all school day instruction and travel expenses for

weekly community involvement, missions work and

contributions. ~ Student drop-off and pick-up is the responsibility of parents.

~ Nutritional Services for Lunch:

Daily: $6.00 Weekly: $28.00 Yearly: $925.00

~ School materials cover technology fees, books, and any paper

supplies needed for projects and daily assignments.

School Finances

Mission Journey Support

Donors

Tuition

FundraisingGrants

Alumni

48%

33%

11%

3% 3% 2%

Percentage of Budget

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Facilities

Materials

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Mission Journey School

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We have made our school home in the old Washington Library

building. It is a beautiful campus and we have added the most up-to-

date technology and resources in order to provide the best education

for our students.

The lower level is

our classroom’s

and the upper the

administration.

Mrs.

Rickett’s

1st grade

classroom.

Playground facilities with basketball courts,

swings and several

play structures as

well as a grass area.

Mrs.

Goodman’s 5th

Grade Class

Calendar and School Day Structureo School Day: 8:00-3:00

o School Year: 185 days

o 2013 Calendar Days: Start Day August 26th, 2013 Last Day June 5th, 2013 Orientation August 19th, 2013

o Holidays: 1 week for Thanksgiving 2 weeks for Christmas 1 week for Spring Break Labor Day Veterans Day Martin Luther King Day President’s Day Monday after Easter

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Homework:

Students receive nightly homework. Teachers are asked

to require no more than .5 hours of homework a night

for K-3rd grade and no more than 1 hour for 4th-6th

grade students.

Assignments will vary in subject and may include

family or parent activities or conversations.

We want to keep parents as involved in their students

education as possible, but allow for family time as well.

Service Projects

Friday afternoons will be spent

on service projects and

community involvement. This

will include clean-up projects,

convalescent home visits and

food drives among other

things.

Mission Journey Staff

Founder and

Principle

Kristina Ebner

Kindergarten

Teacher

Kimber Perry

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School Administrator

and VP

Nicole Goodman

Music and Bible

Teacher

Jack Gerhardt

PE Teacher

Brady Perry

Art Teacher

Beverly Ann

Computer Teacher

and Site Technology

Coordinator

Tim Scott

1st Grade

Sarah Ricketts

2nd Grade

Bri Helen

3rd Grade

Katherine March6th Grade and

Outreach Coordinator

Jon Andrew

4th Grade

Lance Garcia5th Grade

Kaitlin Violet

School FocusMissions work and reaching out to those less fortunate is our school focus and

will be woven into all aspects of our curriculum!

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Students will participate in monthly and

sometimes weekly service projects within

and around our community and

neighborhoods. Our goal as a faculty is to

foster a love for Christ in our students.

Through that we hope they become citizens

who make a difference in their own

communities and learn to reach out to others

who are less fortunate with the love of Christ

Jesus. In Matthew 25:40 it says, “The King

will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did

for one of the least of these brothers and

sisters of mine, you did for me.” This is the

heartbeat of our mission. We want to

students to leave our school educated and

with a heart for service.

The 6th grade class will spend

one week in San Francisco

during their final semester

working in soup kitchens, at

the food bank and sharing the

gospel along with staff from

our school.

We will integrate missions into many

aspects of our curriculum including

reading assignments and social studies

work that help students grow in their

global knowledge and the need to share

the gospel at home as well as around

the world.

Curriculum Core Subjects

Bridges Math and Houghton-Mifflin for reading

and language arts for all grades. Students will use

Bob Jones science textbooks. Our staff has also

created many of their own lesson plans that are

taught from a biblical perspective and incorporate

several subjects.

BibleOur bible teacher

will start the year

off covering the

missionary

journeys of Paul

and work to help

students truly

understand the

gospel and a

Christian’s

responsibility to

share the good

news.

Physical EducationPE is twice a week and covers all

state standards per grade, but

includes many fun team building

activities as well.

Music and

Art class are

once a week in

each grade.

AssessmentsBaseline assessments will be given at the

beginning of the year. That information will

be used to create groups based on the needs

of students. Progress monitoring will be done

monthly and students may change groups

depending on their personal results each

month. The goal is to keep students in their

zone of proximal development, challenged

but not overwhelmed.

The goal of all our curriculum is to help

students grow in the knowledge of Christ,

their core subjects and the arts. We strive

to address each learning style within all

lessons and use knowledge of the multiple

intelligences in order to help students

reach their full potential. Every child is

unique and learns in different ways,

therefore, we believe it is critical to

educate using a variation in teaching

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Reaching the Community for Christ!

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The community has accepted the opening

of a new school in this area because we

have formed strong relationships and

given just reason for why this school is

going to improve the community.

The people in this area are looking

forward to the support from our school,

partnership and relationships with our staff

and students and positive growth in the

neighborhood.

Our goal is to follow through on the plans

we have presented to help the people and

area around the new school, as well as

pave the way for future schools in fellow

communities.

The Forestbrook community includes

two assisted living communities we

have established relationships with

and students will help with gardening

and special events at.

The city food bank is located a mile

from our school and will provide

many ways for students to serve and

be involved. There is also a family

shelter about 5 miles away that we

will assist. Students will not work

there, but may help collect donations

or organize events to help raise

support.

There are many MANY other places

and people we will help throughout

the school year as well.

Communication Needs

A school of this nature

will require a lot of

parent/school

communication as well as

strong open

communication with the

staff.

The “Communication”

tab on our home page

offers parents and

community members with

necessary information.

Communication Needso Community page and school information updates will be posted to this website starting next week.

o Communication page will cover service projects, helpful school insight, updates on community partnerships and how you can get involved andweekly information with pictures and stories of our Friday afternoon fun!

o Starting next week all staff names on the staff page will have live links to each classroom’s page. Teachers will update with fun facts, homework assignments, classroom needs and anything else parents may need to know or have questions about.

o Staff e-mail will be given to all parents during orientation. If you need further support or have misplaced any necessary information feel free to e-mail the school administrator or principle.

o Ms. Ebner: kebner@journey.org

o Mrs. Goodman ngoodman@journey.org

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Kristina EbnerI am so excited to be a part of Mission Journey School becoming a reality! I have spent the past twelve years in the world of education and my prayer is to learn and grow even further through this school and all we hope to accomplish!

I grew up in a small rural town in the middle of Oregon. I attended kindergarten at a church school before being home schooled from 1st until 9th grade when I attended public high school. I knew I wanted to be a teacher during my junior year of high school. I have worked in public, private and charter schools and I hope to combine the positives of each of those types of education in our school.

I have traveled to many countries doing missions work as well as many mission trips and outreach opportunities within our country and my community. I prayer that through the missions focus of our school children will learn to see people through the eyes of Jesus and becoming loving and compassionate followers of Christ.

I look forward to getting to know each of our students and there families!Teaching in South AfricaHome