Who We Are and What We Believe

Who We Are

Our Vision

To provide homeschool families with a classroom setting that facilitates information gathering and learning while parents direct and evaluate their students’ progress.

ACA Essentials

We are a Christ-centered organization.
We are governed by the Oversight Committee (the OC), a rotating volunteer board of directors made up of ACA parents and/or staff members.
All of our OC members, teachers, and staff members are professed followers of Jesus Christ.
We provide support to homeschooling parents and students by offering classes for which tuition is charged. (Tuition does not cover the cost of books, materials, or special supply fees.)
We are not a co-op or a school.
We do not provide record-keeping or grading services (except for some dialectic- and rhetoric-level classes as well as grammar-level English).
All students enrolled in Spectrum’s history classes will be studying the same time period simultaneously.
In each class, opportunities exist for a light through a much more intense and/or difficult workload.

Arise Christian Academy is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Statement of Faith

We believe

That the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God. (II Timothy 3:16)
That there is one God eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (I John 5:5-7)
That our Lord Jesus Christ is both God and man in one person. In His Virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His bodily resurrection, in His Ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His return in power and glory. He is our Redeemer. (I Corinthians 15:3, I Peter 2:21-24, John 3:16)
That God created man and all things very good, visible and invisible, by the power of His Word. (Genesis 1, 2, John 1)
That all people are, in the natural state, lost and sinful and in need of renewal by the Holy Spirit, faith in Jesus Christ, and repentance toward God, (Romans 3:21-30, Galatians 4:4-7)
That salvation is by grace through faith alone. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
That faith without works is dead. (James 2:17)
That the Christian is enabled to live a godly life by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. (Galatians 5:22-25)
That there is a resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are saved, unto the resurrection of life; and they that are lost, unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:24, 28, 29)
That there is a spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (John 17:21-23)

With regard to gender, marriage, and sexuality, we believe

That God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as either male or female. These two distinct, complementary sexes together reflect the image and nature of God (Genesis 1:26-27). Rejection of one's biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.
That God created marriage to be exclusively the union of one man and one woman, and that intimate sexual activity is to occur exclusively within that union (Genesis 2:18-25; 1 Corinthians 6:18; 7:2-5; Hebrews 13:4).
That every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity (Mark 12:28-31; Luke 6:31). Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the beliefs of Arise Christian Academy.

Where and When We Meet

Arise Christian Academy meets at Hope Baptist Church

8801 Stephens Road

Laurel, Maryland 20723

We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays

10:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Left to right:
Jenni Wilson, Pamela Fahs, Constance Higgins, Jamie Clack, and Kimberly Meyerson

Your Oversight Committee

ACA's Oversight Committee (OC) is a rotating team of elected volunteer member parents who serve for two-year terms.

2024-2025 Oversight Committee

President - Pamela Fahs

Vice-Presidents - Jamie Clack and Jenni Wilson

Secretary - Constance Higgins

Treasurer - Kim Meyerson

Parent-Teacher Liaison - Jenni Wilson

Care Team Chairs - Jamie Clack and Jenni Wilson

Hospitality Team Chairs - Constance Higgins and Jenni Wilson

Building Liaison - Pamela Fahs

Stagelight Productions Liaison - Pamela Fahs

Webmaster - Pamela Fahs

Policy of Nondiscrimination

The organizations, officers, directors, employees, students, and persons served by Arise Christian Academy shall be selected in a non-discriminatory manner with respect to age, sex, race, color, national origin, and political affiliation.

Arise Christian Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available by our tutorial service. Further, ACA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, hiring policies, admissions policies, or programs.