Heritage Christian Academy (Fort Collins, Colorado)

Infobox Private School
name = Heritage Christian Academy


motto = "Academic Excellence. Nurturing environment. Authentic faith."
established = July, 2007
grades = PreK - 12
principal = Mike Cuckler (High School)
Brian Ness (Elementary)
Patricia Hahn (Academic Dean)
type = Private
address = 2506 Zurich Drive
city = Fort Collins
state = Colorado
zipcode = 80524
country = USA
information = [phone]
mascot = Eagles
colors = Forest Green, Black, and White color box|#228b22 color box|black color box|white
conference = [http://www.chsaa.org Mile High League]
homepage = [http://www.heritagechristian.info/ www.heritagechristian.info] |Academic Excellence. Nurturing environment. Authentic faith.

Heritage Christian Academy [http://www.heritagechristian.info] is an independent, private, non-denominational Christian K-12 school in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, serving students in grades pre-kindergarten (4yo) through twelfth grade. It is comprised of families and educators committed to providing nonsectarian, Christian education in the Northern Colorado region. HCA offers the Noah Plan^® Curriculum [http://www.face.net] , a classical Christian education program emphasizing a Christian world and life view. The school employs the [http://www.principleapproach.org "Principle Approach^® teaching method"] as an approach to Biblical integration.

About HCA

Heritage Christian Academy was founded in 2007 by parents of children that had been enrolled at Heritage Christian School of Northern Colorado. That school folded in the summer of 2007 due to financial difficulties associated with making payments on their building, but a group of business men associated with the school felt lead by God to form a new school based upon the same curriculum and spirit [cite news | first=Taylour | last=Nelson| title=Christian School Swaps Hands| work=Fort Collins Coloradoan | date= 14 July 2007] .

They hired the administration and many of the teachers from the former school during the summer of 2007 and entered into a contract to purchase a warehouse building (previously owned by Ultimate Support Systems [http://www.ultimatesupport.com] of music and bike stand fame). In the 10 weeks starting August 1, 2007, they worked with contractors and also poured in a lot of volunteer labor to retrofit about 40% of the building into a school facility.

HCA started operations in September, 2007, in two churches in Fort Collins, while construction continued. Then, on October 10, 2007, they started classes in a new facility on Zurich Drive. In the second year of operations, the enrollment is above 240 students.

On September 16, 2008, the school hosted the first home volleyball game in its own gymnasium. Previously, home games were held at a local church gym.

Heritage Christian Academy is accredited by and a member of the Association of Christian Schools International.

Elementary

Elementary includes grades pre-kindergarten (4yo) - sixth grade and includes full and half day kindergarten. In addition to the Noah Plan [http://www.face.net] , the elementary school also offers instruction in art, music, P.E., and library use with separate teachers/staff for each.

Junior and Senior High

The junior high school covers 7th and 8th grades. The high school covers grades 9th - 12th.

* Critical thinking skill development including a required senior thesis
* Electives in Art, Drama, Music, Band, Computer
* Advanced Placement classes
* A chapter of the National Honor Society

High School Sports

The Eagles are affiliated with CHSAA and the Mile High League.

Boys Sports

* Soccer
* Basketball
* Golf
* Baseball

Girl's Sports

* Volleyball
* Basketball
* Golf
* Soccer

References

External links

* [http://www.heritagechristian.info/ Heritage Christian Academy (www.heritagechristian.info)]
* [http://www.acsi.org/ Association of Christian Schools International (www.acsi.org)]
* [http://www.principleapproach.org/ The Principle Approach (www.principleapproach.org)]
* [http://www.face.net/ Foundation for American Christian Education (www.face.net)]