 The University-Model Approach
King’s Academy Christian School implements a proven educational model for all of the students in the Lower and Upper Campuses known as the University-Model School® approach.
Parents in the Tyler area now have 5 options for educating their children and preparing them for the next stage in their lives.
Option 1: Public Education
Option 2: Full-Time Private School
Option 3: Home School
Option 4: Charter School
Option 5: University-Model School®
Utilizing the University-Model School® concept, King’s Academy provides an affordable college preparatory education in a school that will respect your parental authority and allow sufficient time to pass on your beliefs and values to your children. University-Model Schooling (UMS) takes the best aspects of traditional, full-time public and private schools, as well as home schools, and molds them into one model.
King’s Academy uses a university style schedule. Students will attend classes at King’s Academy on Tuesday and Thursday for K-6th students, and Monday, Wednesday and Friday for 7th-12th students. The students spend the alternate days at home where parents continue their instruction.
Because of the high level of parent involvement, students receive excellent, well-rounded education for less cost. The highly integrated teaching team consisting of faculty members and parents is one of the key distinction of the University-Model School® approach. Parents will receive training to understand the methods used in this unique type of approach to educating their children.
In 1993 in Arlington, Texas, a school was started utilizing the University-Model Approach. Grace Preparatory Academy began the journey and pioneered this education model that allows parents to fulfill their biblical duty of raising their children, while at the same time providing a rigorous college-preparatory education for their children. Grace Academy has grown from a small school of 100 students the 1st year to now having a student body of 600+ with a waiting list of 700 each year. There are many ways to measure the success of an education model. Listed below are some comments and measurements regarding students from Grace Preparatory Academy:
National Merit Scholars: 13% of 2002 Class; 10% of 2001 Class
Quote from Dennis Linam, V.P. of Dallas Baptist University: "Students who attend our University that were educated at University-Model Schools are much further ahead in both their academic and emotional development than traditionally educated high school students. When they arrive up on campus, they are more disciplined in their study habits. There is no transitional period, since they were educated in a university environment prior to coming to college."
Avg. GPA for Grace Preparatory Academy graduates after 1st semester in college: 3.4
There are now over 30 schools that function as (NAUMS) University-Model Schools and many others in cities across America that are in the process of developing this type of school. Requests for information about UMS have even come from other countries.
The single most influential factor in a child's educational performance is an involved parent. It is also the primary factor in the child's emotional, social, and spiritual development. King’s Academy is looking for parents who have the desire for a college preparatory education for their children and who are willing to make the sacrifices necessary to be beacons in every aspect of their children's lives. King’s Academy gives families time, opportunity, and tools not only to inform their children's minds, but also to form their hearts and lives.
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