Annual Faculty and staff meeting

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Annual Faculty and staff meeting

• classical education in the presence of god

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Who Are We?

• Memberships
• ACCS
• Texas Colloquium
• TAPPS
• TANS
• NFL
• SOS
• Accreditation with SACS

• Established 1999
• Independent K-12 classical-Christian day school
• 820 students
• On 3 DFW campuses and beyond

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Mission and Goal

• Coram Deo Academy educates youth in a historic
  Christian worldview through a rigorous classical
  curriculum.
• The goal of CDA is to train ethical leaders and
  wise thinkers who will shape culture for the
  glory of God.

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Things We Value

• Advancing
• A Renaissance in Christian Liberal Arts Education
• A Revival of the Christian Family
• Professional
• We deliver on our promises
• Personal
• We enjoy what we do

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Initiative 1 Qualitative Development Through
Accreditation
Establishing a process of continuous improvement
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Initiative 1 Goals 2005-2009

• SACS Accreditation
• Flower Mound by 2006
• Carrollton by 2008
• District Wide by 2010
• Formalize Board Size and Governance
• Adopt and Implement Policy Governance Approach
• Increase from 3 to 5 to 7 members
• Assure Increasing Quality of Education
• Trend of increasing test scores-ISEE/CTP4/SAT/AP
• Trend of improving curriculum, climate, culture,
  faculty, staff, parents and students

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Initiative 2 Purchase and construction of a
built environment that teaches its users about
creation, mass, energy and stewardship
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Goals to Support Initiative 2

• West of I35E - Flower Mound
• Purchase and move K-12 onto the property
• Raise funds
• Build classroom facility and gymnasium
• East of I35E
• Secure The Rock through 2010
• Consider a permanent location or new school
• Begin fundraising

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• Director of Development
• Louise Henry
• Co-Chairs Team
• Chad Hennings
• Dr. J. Mahoney
• Leadership Phase
• Public Phase
• Raise 1.5 M

• Project Cost
• Soft Site Costs 1.0
• Classroom Bldg 2.0
• Gymnasium 1.5
• Refinance Purchase 1.5
• Total 6.0

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New Classroom Facility and Gymnasium by 2009
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Initiative 3 Enrollment Growth
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Goals to Support Initiative 3

• Formalize Extension Office
• Open 1 New DFW Campus

• Increase Enrollment by 15 per year
• 2005 738
• 2006 849 (820)
• 2007 976
• 2008 1,122
• 2009 1,291

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Current Organizational Structure
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Organizational Structure by 2009
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Recommended Resources

• Versions of the Bible
• English Standard Version
• King James Version
• New King James Version

• Commentary
• The Reformation Study Bible
• Matthew Henrys Commentary of the Whole Bible

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• Annual
• Faculty Staff
• Meeting
• August 2006
• Classical education in the presence of God