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About Us

Fairwinds Christian School is committed to quality education. Foundationally, Fairwinds Christian School strives to establish in the minds of students that the Bible is the final authority for life. Children attending Fairwinds Christian School receive a traditional education with challenging academics that are Biblically integrated. Our small size makes it easy to maintain a family-like atmosphere that encourages the students to thrive and grow. At Fairwinds Christian School, we are a small school but a big family.

Fairwinds Christian School is a member of the American Association of Christian Schools (AACS) and the Delaware Association of Christian Schools (DACS).

OUR MISSION & VISION

The mission of Fairwinds Christian School is to provide students with a foundation of knowledge built upon a biblical worldview, encourage them to cultivate a heart for God and grow in wisdom and faith, and to live a life of integrity and service to others for the glory of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.



Our History

Fairwinds Christian School was founded in 1972 by Dr. E.L. Britton, the founding Pastor of Fairwinds Baptist Church . As the public school system made the decision to remove prayer and the Bible from the classroom, Dr. Britton understood the long term effects of a godless education. He knew that in order for families to have a Biblical worldview, they needed an education that included God and, in fact, was based on Godly principles, so God called dedicated and capable teachers from the Church who were of like mind. They stepped up to meet the challenge, and God richly blessed their efforts. The school started with Kindergarten through 7th grade and continued to grow into what it is today - a daycare with children from 6 weeks to 3 years of age and the school with grades Pre-K3 through 12th grade.


Fairwinds Christian School,owned and operated by Fairwinds Baptist Church, exists to serve families that are interested in a Christian education. Since 1972, Fairwinds Christian School has served a diverse student population from New Castle County and surrounding areas. Located in Bear, Delaware, the school is part of Fairwinds Baptist Church’s scenic fifteen-acre campus which includes a fenced playground, picnic area, and both softball fields and a soccer field.

Philosophy


The concepts of our philosophy of education are derived from the Bible and include the following:


Authority

The Bible, the divinely inspired Word of God, is our authority for faith and conduct.  Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word of God, is our theme and subject.


Creation

All things in heaven and in earth, visible and invisible, were created by the sovereign God and revealed in the Holy Bible.  God created man in His own image, as a spiritual, mental and physical being.


The Fall

Man by his disobedience to the divine command marred the image of God beyond his own ability to repair it.


Man

Through the creative act of God all men are brothers regardless of race, color, and national origin.  Man, though a spiritual, mental and physical being, is essentially one; all efforts in his behalf must acknowledge this basic unity and the interaction of every attribute.


Redemption

A personal relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word, justifies a man before God and begins that restoration of the image of God that is completed by Him in heaven.


Education

The desire for truth, finding truth, and learning truth glorifies God.  All truth is God's truth; and as we strive to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Jesus Christ, with the humility of finite man, the larger understandings that are developed establish the compatibility of Biblical revelation with that of all of other areas of knowledge. Every Christian is to glorify God in and through the vocation to which God has called him. God commands respect for and obedience to human authorities. Until our Lord returns in power and glory, it is the responsibility of His disciples to occupy every vocational and cultural area, even as social and political institutions continue to deteriorate. The Christian response to all forms of artistic endeavor must also be to the glory of God. The human body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and is to be cared for and used to His glory. All believers are united by their commitment to Christ as Savior. Parents are responsible to God for the education of their children, and that the Christian school is obligated to support and complement the Christian training in the godly home.



Doctrinal Statement

  • We believe in the verbal inspiration and authority of the Scriptures. We believe that the Bible reveals God, the fall of man, the way of salvation, and God's plan and purpose in the ages. Students must use the King James Bible in school and for all school activities when a Bible is needed.
  • We believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; I Corinthians 8:6; John 1:1,14; Colossians 2:9; I John 5:7-8)
  • We believe in the Deity and Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ. (John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:15-16; John 10:30; 17:11,22 / Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:26-35)
  • We believe that salvation is "by grace" plus nothing, and minus nothing. The conditions to salvation are repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. (Romans 3:24; Ephesians 2:5,8-9; 2 Timothy 1:9)
  • We believe that men are justified by faith alone and are accounted righteous before God only through the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (Romans 3:20,24,28; 5:1)
  • We believe in the visible, personal, and premillennial return of Jesus Christ. (I Corinthians 15:20-23, 51-52; I Thessalonians 4:16-18)
  • We believe in the everlasting conscious blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost. (John 14:1-6; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Revelation 21:2,3 / Luke 16:23; Matthew 8:12; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 20:15)
  • We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between one man and one woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. We believe that God created humanity as distinctly and exclusively either male or female from the beginning, and that He blessed His created design as very good. We believe that every human’s true gender identity is identical to the genetic, biological sex with which they were born. We believe that God blesses submission to and acceptance of His created design. We believe God disapproves of and forbids any and all attempts to alter one’s gender through surgery, medicinal manipulation, appearance, or expression contrary to His created design. (Gen. 1:26-28, 31, Gen. 2:23-24; Gen. 19:5, 13; Gen. 26:8-9; Lev. 18:1-30; Matt. 19:4-6, Rom. 1: 26-29; 1 Cor. 5:1; 6:9; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; Heb. 13:4)
  • We believe that the only Scriptural marriage is the joining of one man and one woman. (Gen. 2:24; Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:10; Eph. 5:22-23)




Core Values

Faith

We aspire to help students come to a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and to develop a faith in Him that leads them to relentlessly live for Him.


“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them           that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:16

 

Integrity

We believe that integrity is the guiding principle of the Christian life. Students are challenged to value honesty and truth, and to believe that their actions are to be consistent with their words.


“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8

 

Service

We believe that we are called to emulate Christ by serving others. Students are encouraged to recognize the needs of others and seek ways to help them.


“Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.” Proverbs 3:27




Faculty

All faculty members are born-again believers and most are members of Fairwinds Baptist Church. They are carefully selected based on education, experience, ability, and integrity. The teachers at Fairwinds Christian School are committed to Christian education, are devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ, and have a sincere love for children.




Curriculum

Fairwinds Christian School is a traditional school with grades PK3 to 12th grade. All of the subjects are teacher instructed and guided. Our school provides a college preparatory curriculum using primarily A Beka and Bob Jones text materials.




Student Activities

Students can participate in a variety of student activities such as inter-scholastic sports, drama, music, and yearbook. A full-scale drama or musical is presented twice each year.



Sports

Available sports for grades 6-12 include junior varsity and varsity levels. Current sports include volleyball, soccer, basketball, and cheerleading.



Computers

The computer lab offers training in computer applications, keyboarding, and computer literacy. Students are taught under a Microsoft Windows environment using modern software. Currently there are about 100 computers in the school for student's and teacher's use. Students of Fairwinds Christian School meet the requirements for Delaware computer literacy by 8th grade.




Administration

Founder: Dr. E. L. Britton


Administrator: Pastor Nate Armstrong


Principal: Stephanie Welch


School Secretaries: Shirley Baranowski & JoAnne Mulholland




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