Christ Alone Evangelical Lutheran School MVO (Mission, Vision, and Objectives)
Training Young Minds for Life; Preparing Young Hearts for Eternity!
Mission
Compelled by Christ’s love, CALS partners with families to educate, equip, and encourage students for life and eternity.
Vision
We will seek to accomplish our mission by:
Educate
- Providing a well rounded curriculum in an effort to meet the needs of our community and congregation.
- Offering an excellent Christ-centered curriculum that promotes the spiritual and academic growth of our students to the glory of God.
- Increasing our offerings of student academic support.
- Maintaining a culture of professional development among teachers and administrator.
- Aligning our written curricula with state and national standards.
Equip
- Serving as an arm of outreach and service to our community.
- Assisting families in meeting children’s spiritual, social emotional, and educational needs.
- Providing and maintaining a facility that meets or exceeds the needs of our school.
- Being a strong feeder school for Lutheran High Schools (Wisconsin Lutheran High School, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, or Luther Prep).
- Increasing our overall student enrollment so that more students can learn to know their Savior on a daily basis.
Encourage
- Encouraging those with gifts and abilities to enter the full-time ministry and/or become future church leaders.
- Encouraging our students to appreciate their gift of faith by using their different talents and abilities to glorify God both in the church and out in the world.
- Assimilating new families into our congregational life and then encouraging them to become active and engaged.
- Maintaining our loving Christian school climate among students, parents, and teachers.
- Being a preferred choice for those seeking a comprehensive Christian educational experience.
Objectives
We will carry out our vision statements or measure their success by:
Educate
- To establish a well-known presence in our community as a Christian school of excellence both in academics and extra-curriculars.
- To ensure that all teachers have an annual personal and spiritual development plan.
- To set as a goal to have 60% of our students meet their projected annual growth goals set in the fall on their standardized test scores.
- To establish and maintain a high quality Extended Learning Program that lends additional academic support to learners.
Equip
- To proclaim the Triune God as the Bible teaches, especially as it reveals his work as Creator and Preserver of humankind, his work as the Redeemer of a lost and fallen world, and his work as the Giver of faith and eternal life in heaven.
- To train students to apply the Word of God both during life’s challenges and while witnessing to family and friends.
- To teach all subjects in the light of God’s Word, giving our students the skills they need to be knowledgeable students, successful workers, and productive citizens.
- To prepare God’s children for eternity in heaven, which Christ has won for us all.
- To work with the Outreach Committee of our congregation to develop and maintain an effective Harvest Strategy and Marketing Plan.
Encourage
- To guide students in faithful Christian living out of love and thanks for their Savior.
- To set as a goal to have at least 75% of our graduates attend a WELS High School (KML, WISCO, or Luther Prep).
- To take advantage of the many opportunities to have Wisconsin Lutheran High School and Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School representatives in our building and to have our students on their campuses.
- To promote ourselves as a 3K to 12th grade system as we partner with Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School and Wisconsin Lutheran High School.
Equip & Encourage
- To partner with parents, encouraging and equipping them in their God-given role as spiritual leaders in their home.