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Curriculum

Information

As we are a Christian school, HCGS seeks to embody the principles of sound Biblical teaching in all our classes.

Expected School Wide Learning Results

We want to be:

  • Developing our Christian faith
  • Insightful Learners
  • Responsible Cross Cultural Community Leaders
  • Effective Communicators
  • Collaborative Learners
  • Valuing and Developing Individual Giftings of Ourselves and Others

Program Goals

We at HCGS seek to provide:

  • An education which is Bible – based and Christ – centered (1-3)
  • An education which is academically excellent (4-8)
  • An education which is culturally sensitive (9-10)
  • An education which supports individual personalities, needs and gifts (11-15)
  • Educational community (16-17)
  • Educational leadership (18-20)
  • Educational integration (21-24)

The Administration, Faculty and Staff of Highlands Christian Grammar School will seek to:

  1. Provide a program and environment which glorifies God by regarding the Bible as His infallible Word to us.
  2. Encourage all students to forsake sin and to put their trust in Jesus Christ.
  3. Allow students to put their Christian faith into practice in witness, worship, and service.
  4. Provide a wide range of subjects and experiences within the context of an international instructional program.
  5. Provide adequate up-to-date books, materials, and facilities.
  6. Offer each student a course of study, which he/she can pursue successfully, and which will provide him/ her with the basic skills necessary for a satisfying and rewarding life.
  7. Afford every possible opportunity for a student to pursue a discipline to the depth he/she is capable of accomplishing.
  8. Provide instruction in how to study and how to develop good independent study habits.
  9. Teach each student to respect the heritages, customs and cultures of PNG and other nations.
  10. Help each student develop a personal identity as a citizen of his/her home/ destination country within the context of an international education.
  11. Promote the dignity and worth of each student.
  12. Include experiences and activities which lead to the enrichment and fullest development of the total person.
  13. Provide opportunities for each student to develop creative outlets of expression.
  14. Provide career guidance and educational information as needed.
  15. Provide for evaluation of the school program in relation to the students’ needs and the educational requirements of home or destination countries to facilitate re-entry.
  16. Foster a close working relationship among the school, parents, community partners and agents of education in the development of worthwhile goals and wholesome attitudes in the student.
  17. Give employees of mission organizations, and commercial students within the Mt. Hagen area the option of an international education as resources permit.
  18. Provide opportunities for staff-student interactions outside the classroom.
  19. Encourage and provide opportunities for teachers’ professional growth and creativity.
  20. Encourage teachers to conduct themselves in a manner that merits respect.
  21. Provide students with citizenship and leadership training and character development for effective Christian participation in, and contribution to, society.
  22. Encourage a responsible attitude to all creation.
  23. Provide opportunities which allow students to learn to make decisions which are socially desirable, individually satisfying and in accordance with God’s will for their lives.
  24. Encourage students with opportunities which develop compassion for those of different faiths and build skills for reaching them for Christ.