“Rowing, not Drifting”: Northwest Christian School’s commitment to continuous improvement
Demonstrable Excellence
The final pillar of mission fulfillment within Rowing Not Drifting is “Demonstrable Excellence”. Vince Lombardi once said, “If you pursue perfection, you might catch excellence.” Jesus said it this way, “A good tree bears good fruit”. As we work to cultivate the goodness of God and virtue of knowledge in the lives of our students, we are essentially growing the good trees to which Jesus is referring. As such, we should fairly be able to measure our success in growing good trees by monitoring the good fruit that we are seeing harvested from these trees. To be clear, our goal here is not behavior modification. Rather, our goal is transformation of the heart and mind in accordance with the truth of Scripture. Behavior modification is like taking fruit and pinning it to dead branches on lifeless trees. What we aspire to is students that reflect the qualities of Christ that are mentioned in Luke 2:52: “Jesus grew in wisdom, in stature, and in favor with God and man.” This final pillar, the pillar of “Demonstrable Excellence”, holds us accountable for that in the lives of your students.
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