by Russ Gregg | Sep 17, 2018 | Education Notes, Founder Stories
One of the classical means of shaping character is the use of catechisms and creeds. Our version of a creed is called the Hope Academy Declaration — and students in grades K-5 recite it regularly. The declaration begins by distinguishing our school as different from...
by Russ Gregg | Sep 4, 2018 | Education Notes
If I were to ask you what is the biggest obstacle to the advance of the kingdom in any city or any neighborhood, most of us would be tempted to look outward. We’d say, well the decay of the culture is a huge obstacle, or the way school funding is set up is an enormous...
by Jim Stigman | Aug 20, 2018 | Education Notes
Jim Stigman is Head of Institutional Advancement at Hope Academy in Minneapolis, MN. “Each one should give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” — I Corinthians 9:7 I want to tell you about cheerful...
by Russ Gregg | May 30, 2018 | Education Notes
What does providing Imago Dei education—the kind of remarkable, God-centered education provided at schools like Hope Academy—mean for at risk youth in our nation’s cities? It means at least these eight things.
by Dan Olson | Jan 31, 2018 | Education Notes, Founder Stories
Our pilot Founder school is Harbor Christian Academy in the Denver Harbor and Fifth Ward Communities of Houston. Watch this five-minute video to meet the leadership and hear the vision of Harbor Christian Academy. They are remodeling the education facility of Faith...
by Dan Olson | Jan 23, 2018 | Education Notes
I am not only a product of Christian education myself but I have served at two urban Christian schools in Minneapolis. First as a teacher at Minnehaha Academy, and then in senior leadership at Hope Academy, a classical, Christ-centered school for disadvantaged youth,...