Hebron Christian Academy.
By Dr. James E. Taylor
Head, Hebron Christian Academy
DACULA, Ga. | Hebron Christian Academy (HCA) will launch a $20 million special needs program aimed at students with cognitive and or developmental disabilities to open in the 2024-25 school year. It will be called Lions Learning Academy.
Taylor
The school will aim to benefit students from a therapy-based education. We will begin with a soft-start next year on our Old Peachtree Road campus by ministering to one class each of students in K3, K4, K, 1, 2, and Autism 1. Our plans for the future are definitely God-sized dreams.
There is no other Christian school in America seeking to develop a program with this size, scope, and level of intense therapy-based instruction. Our eventual goal is to serve 250 students on a new 13 acre parcel of land we are purchasing behind our Lower School campus. For parents of students with special needs, this therapy-based educational model will literally change their lives. Evenings that were typically spent running between therapies will now be replaced by family time.
This bold approach is founded on the belief that every child is a precious creation of God, deserving of love, care, and opportunities for personal development. At Lions Learning Academy, we will provide tailored Christian education, support, and therapeutic interventions to help children with diverse needs reach their full potential. This program will also positively impact every HCA student with the opportunity to build new relationships and serve one another.
Please be in prayer as we seek answers to the myriad questions we have regarding the development of this life-changing program. At Hebron, we strive to never take on new debt in an effort to keep education affordable; therefore, the $20 million necessary must be raised before we can begin construction on this new facility.
We seek God’s guidance and provision on this lofty task. Please be praying for every student and every family who will find a home at Lions Learning Academy. To impact not just the educational growth of children, but also their eternity with Christ is humbly vital.
Hebron does not want to take on debt, so that a Christian education can be affordable. We have to raise our own money, so to facilitate this is a pretty large venture. The Lion Academy will have a teacher and aide in every single room, so this will be a heavier staff load than in regular education.
We want this Learning Academy to be cutting edge. We will need facilities including a therapy pool, half court gym, full size occupation and physical center, and facility to train other schools and churches across the nation who want to provide this same learning opportunity for kids in other areas.
At an Open House on November 5, we will begin welcoming new families of children with special needs to talk about HCA and the future Lions Learning Academy. If you know a family who could benefit from this program, please let them know about the upcoming Open House as well as what we are preparing to embark on with Lions Learning Academy. They can reach out to our Admissions Office for more information. Click here to register for our Open House on Sunday, November 5, from 3-5 p.m.
We dream of the lives that will be changed through this unprecedented and innovative next step.
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