HCS mission & values

our mission

To instill a Christian Biblical worldview along with a solid academic foundation, to impart the habit of serving others and gratitude toward Christ, and to inspire students to share the Gospel wherever God calls them.

our values

The basis of our Association is the Word of God and through its authority we offer the following as our statement of faith:

We believe in the divine and infallible inspiration of the Scriptures. (2 Peter 1:21; 2 Tim. 3:16)
We believe in the triune God existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Gal. 4:6; Matt. 3:16-27; Eph. 4:4-6; 2 Cor. 13:14)
We believe in the deity, virgin birth, and sinless life of our Lord Jesus Christ. (John 1:1, 14; 10:30; Luke 1:34-35; Heb. 4:15)
We believe in Christ’s atoning death through His shed blood for our sins, and that He arose from the grave and ascended to the right hand of God where He makes intercession for us. (Rom. 3:24-25; 5:8-9; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; Acts 1:9-11; Eph. 1:20; Heb. 4:14-16)
We believe in the sinful nature of all men and his condemnation but that he can have salvation by grace through faith in the work of Jesus Christ. (Rom. 3:23; 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9)
We believe that the salvation of man and his faith is wrought by the Holy Spirit, and that the Holy Spirit enables us to live a godly life and secures our atonement. (Titus 3:5; John 3:5; Eph. 5:18; Rom. 8:2; Eph. 1:13-14)
We believe in the resurrection of all men; the saved shall receive the resurrection of life, and the lost shall receive the resurrection of damnation. (Luke 14:14; John 5:28-

29; Rev. 20:11-15)
We believe in the return of our Lord Jesus Christ and the rapture of believers. (Acts 1:11; John 14:2-3; 1 Cor. 15:51-53; 1 Thess. 4:13-17)

Heritage Christian School of West Perry exists to provide professing Christian parents in the evangelical community a sound academic education, within the framework of the biblical view of God and the world, for their school age children.

Our Association specifically organized to establish a private Christian school with the following purposes and objectives:

To educate the whole student spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, physically and socially. (Ephesians 6:4; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17)
To provide within our means the most biblically sound curriculum, which also adheres to high academic standards. (2 Timothy 3:15)
To consider that the spiritual and character training is equally as important as the academic learning. (Acts 2:38-39; Matthew 18:6; Psalm 101:6; 1 Timothy 4:8)
To give the student a sense of how God and His word relates to his life and to lead him to committing his life to serving the Lord. (Mark 10:13-14; Romans 12:1; 2 Timothy 3:16)
To instill in each student the desire to serve others and to respect their rights and differences. (Romans 12:6-7; 9-11)
To encourage students to be a light in this world and to lead others to Christ.(Matthew 5:14-16)
To have the students respect and use their God-given gifts to their fullest potential. (James 1:17; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Romans 12:6-8)
To provide opportunities to learn self-discipline and to realize that if he does not learn self-control others will need to control him.(2 Timothy1:7; Deuteronomy 21:18-20; Proverbs 25:28; Galatians 5:22-23)
To instill in each child respect for God’s Word in that he will read and memorize it daily and to encourage close communion with God through prayer.(Proverbs 8:32-33; James 1:22-25; Psalm 119:11; Matthew 6:5-15; 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
To teach respect towards all authority realizing that a child will respect God and His Word only to the degree that he learns to respect earthly authority.(Philippians 2:3; 1 Peter 2:17)
To have as an aim that a child will develop independence in his work and study habits and to do so with perseverance and cooperation. (Galatians 6:9; 2 Timothy 2:15)
To develop in each child an understanding of how to think and how to apply himself. (2 Timothy 1:7; Philippians 4:8)
To cause each child to appreciate and desire wholesome activities and interests. (Philippians 4:8-9)
To teach respect for such things as our bodies, our environment, our freedoms, our ancestral heritage, etc. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Genesis 1:28-31; 1 Corinthians 7:21; Jeremiah 34:8; Psalm 33:11-12; Colossians 1:12; 1 Thessalonians5:18)
To learn the art of daring to be different, if being different means being right.(Matthew 10: 28, 32, 39)
To teach students that they should emulate those who are living a godly example such as parents, teachers, pastor, friends, etc. (2 Thessalonians 3:7,9; Proverbs 13:20-21)
To instill in the child that attitude of instant and complete obedience since that is the attitude God has so clearly taught us in the Scriptures.(Ephesians 6:1,5-7; 2 Corinthians 2:9)