Student Code of Conduct
Mountain View Christian Academy's Student Code of Conduct (download here) is based on biblical principles. It outlines the school's standards, biblical absolutes, biblical principles, administrative policies, and guidelines for correctional and discipline procedures.  The entire Student Code of Conduct is based on the following philosophy of discipline:

The faculty and administration have a deep commitment for our students’ total growth.  Faithful adherence to the school standards is a matter of personal honor and obedience to God-ordained authority.  By partnering with families who understand and adhere to our philosophy and mission statements, we firmly believe we can raise up a generation of world-changing Christian young men and women.

As a Christian school, our desire is to train the heart of our students by encouraging them to hide God’s word in their hearts to keep them from sinning and help them make wise moral choices.  Our goal is to help each child develop self-discipline. We want our students to do what is right just because it is right, not out of fear of punishment. Inappropriate behaviors should move from being externally controlled to internally controlled. Our desire is not simply to punish for infractions but to discipline, giving the responsibility to each student for his/her own action.  Through study of Scripture, students will learn God’s desire for their lives and self-discipline and Christ-like conduct should result.

Each teacher will use assertive discipline and will make rules and consequences specific to his/her classroom. These will be explained by each teacher when school begins and enforced throughout the year. Consequences could include loss of privileges, time out or isolation, loss of recess, detention, notes to parents, and others. Incentives will be given for appropriate behavior- praise, stickers, homework passes, special privileges and rewards, and others. These could be for both individual and group accomplishments.

The root word of discipline is disciple and that is our ultimate goal – to make our students into disciples of Christ. Our English word “discipline” comes from a Greek word meaning to instruct, train, and correct.  2 Timothy 3:16-17 states, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”  One can see that Scripture gives the basis for every component of discipline with the goal being to thoroughly equip individuals for every good work:

teaching – The goal of discipline is to teach a child right from wrong. (Hebrews 12:11)
rebuking – Scriptural discipline should point out and call into account inappropriate behavior.  (Proverbs 3:11)
correcting – Scriptural discipline corrects by moving an individual from waywardness to righteousness.(Job 5:17)
training in righteousness – Scriptural discipline provides the rigor of ongoing training in righteousness. (Proverbs 22:6)