Is LPA for you?

The answer depends upon your family's goals and priorities…

Here are some questions that may help you answer to determine a good fit: 

• Does your family love and follow Jesus, not just go to church?
• Does your family like to learn ---- really like to learn, and like to read and to value academics?
• Do you want your children to build godly character, to develop a positive work ethic,  overcome adversity?
• Do you see the next generation and see a bright hope for the future?

Since the first University Model School was launched almost thirty years ago, parents have asked themselves if they could successfully participate. The ones who want it, work it!

How about real family time and an opportunity to forge a legacy?

OK, if parents are honest, sometimes children do not feel like the blessing that God says they are. Moms and dads can love their children, but those little ones do like to test us, right? However, what if we had a shift in perspective? What will we think about in 10, 20, or even 30 years? Will we care about our ease and convenience, or will we rejoice at the character and depth that we passed along to our children — and that they are passing along to our grandchildren?

Lake Pointe exists as a ministry to help parents to disciple their children, and while that process demands a great deal of time in an academic environment, it's worth it — and it is indeed a high calling and privilege. The University Model allows parents that time and opportunity to parents. Families are in constant connection and conversation through educational activities, allowing parents to pass on their faith, their values, their love, and their work ethic.

(From NAUMS). According to information gathered by pollster George Barna, the most critical period when 94% of all boys and girls come to a saving faith in Christ is before the age of 18, and 90% before the age of 14. Only 6% will make that decision to accept Christ between the age of 18 and their death. Since parents are the most influential factor in this decision, it is vital that models of education exist that keep parents involved with their children during the early, critical years of a child’s education and spiritual formation.

College Preparedness

Along with educational college preparedness, giving students a firm faith foundation and worldview is the true mark of college prep.

Why do statistics say that half of college first-year students drop out of college? It's not because they're dumb. Far too often it's because they lack the fortitude, the self-control, and the moral character to avoid costly mistakes. If a student has weak academic skills that lead to challenge and frustration, many simply give up.

Lake Pointe graduates benefit from academic rigor, biblical integration/ application, communication skills, and the development of thinking and perspective. This allows them to consider various viewpoints and to weigh each in the balance of truth, as they make the right decisions.

As to self-discipline, LPA students have already been following a college-like schedule for years! Walking with a parent's help and then independently, these students are already familiar with the two sides of university study + class attendance and working on studies outside of class. They are more than ready for college. When Lake Pointe students reach the college campus, they stick, and that is a major ingredient for success.

The ramp to success

(From NAUMS) The chart above shows the academic benefit of gradually preparing students for college entrance.  On the left side of this diagram is the number of hours each week students are in a classroom guided by a professional teacher.  On the bottom, from left to right, are the ages of students up to 18, the typical age for high school graduation. UMS students don't need a big adjustment to independent self-discipline; they have been living it. The  diagram's yellow portion also hints at the additional time the University-Model® gives back to families.