Integration is the blending of biblical principles and scripture with traditional subject matter areas. It is one of the tools with which distinctively Christian people create a truly Christian, truly biblical, Christian school. Integration begins with the recognition that all truth is God's truth. There is no secular truth for weekdays and a separate spiritual truth for Sundays.

Inculcation is the discipleship process whereby the values and beliefs of one generation are continually placed before and directly taught to the next generation. An education that purports the name of Christ must disciple students by directly involving them with the Word of God and who the Word of God calls them to "be" and "do" in their daily lives.

• Through integration we want them to discover the hand and heart of God throughout the universe of creation and thought.
• Through inculcation we endeavor to create a foundation through the Bible and elicit a consistent lifestyle with God's Word

Two important components of partnership with parents are responsibility and consistency

• Before God created governments, churches or any other institution, He created the family. Parents are charged with the primary responsibility of the comprehensive well-being of their children. Parents delegate only a portion of that responsibility to a school. PCA accepts the responsibility to educate any one child when, on the basis of informed consent, that child is enrolled as a student. Informed consent can only exist when parents thoroughly examine the totality of PCA prior to enrollment and have obtained a clear understanding of what PCA expects and provides. Conversely, partnership can only be said to exist when PCA is attempting in good faith to carry out its responsibility in executing on its mission as stated above.

• Partnership between PCA and the family implies some degree of consistency among what is taught at PCA, what is taught in the family's church, and what is actually practiced at home. Consistency (shared standards, beliefs and practices) among the family, the church and the school is an empowering factor in the life of a child. Therefore, it is critical that school families have regular Christian fellowship outside of the school activities for support, encouragement and spiritual maturity.

• We believe the academic mission of PCA is to work in partnership with families whose children are college-bound in the contest of our overall mission of Christian education. Our guiding assumption is that every student that walks through our doors is ultimately college-bound, and it is our job to provide those students with the opportunity to be well-prepared to gain entrance and be successful at the finest colleges in the world. Not all our students will go to highly competitive universities, but for those who can, we want PCA to challenge and prepare them for the next level of education.

• Children and young people have spiritual needs

Therefore, PCA will work in partnership with Christian families to lead our students to a secure, saving and growing knowledge of and relationship with the Lord, Jesus Christ. In the elementary school, emphasis is placed on evangelism - reaching children for Christ. Whereas, in the middle and upper high schools, the emphasis is on discipleship of the student believer.

• Children and young people have intellectual needs.

Therefore, PCA will work in partnership with Christian families to provide our students with developmentally appropriate instruction across the full range of intellectual abilities: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

• Children and young people have social needs.

Therefore, PCA will work in partnership with Christian families to provide our students with opportunities to develop healthy relationships within the Body of Christ (fellow believers) and with community and society at large.

• Children and young people have emotional needs.

Therefore, PCA will work in partnership with Christian families to foster a secure environment that creates and reinforces an awareness within our student that they are loved and respected in all circumstances and by all faculty and staff.

• Children and young people have physical needs.

Therefore PCA will work in partnership with Christian families to provide our students with athletic and fitness opportunities that emphasize the human body as the temple of the Holy Spirit with the implications this brings regarding health, fitness and lifestyle choices.

• Children and young people have creative need

Therefore, PCA will work in partnership with Christian families to provide our students with fine arts opportunities that cultivate and develop their talents while guiding them to an understanding of God as the ultimate source of creative gifts and abilities.