Dayspring Christian Academy

Approach method of education. Since 1987, it has blossomed into a preschool through twelfth grade school. We have continued to grow our enrollment to meet the demand of parents wanting a Christian education with the Principle Approach method of education. We have added additional classrooms for all lower school grades from Pre-K through fifth grade. Our sixth-grade class has been configured to be split in two in various subjects to allow for the growth in that grade. Currently, we serve 384 students for the 2024-2025 school year. We expect this growth trend to continue and look forward to serving more families desiring a Christian education.

The school is the fruition of the divine vision of Dr. Michael Myers. Dayspring’s mission, based on the Principle Approach to education, is to “partner with families and churches in equipping students to: acknowledge the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every area of life, demonstrate a biblical world view, become citizens of excellence in Christian character and scholarship, and restore America to her Christian purpose.” Using the historic, biblical method of education that helped forge our nation, Dayspring Christian Academy offers a refreshing answer to families who seriously desire to turn the tide of mediocrity and decay. The Principle Approach, revived in the 1960s through the Foundation for American Christian Education, draws from the classical Christian tradition by providing formal instruction in logic, rhetoric, Latin, and New Testament Greek. Classical literature at every grade level provides an enriched and highly developed vocabulary. The Principle Approach is reflective by nature, challenging students to reason from the principles of God’s Word to everyday life and to articulate them soundly in writing and speech. Through the Principle Approach, children are educated to impact their world for Christ in a dynamic and meaningful way. At Dayspring Christian Academy:
• The Bible is elevated to the position of central resource, unifying the biblical principles that govern a subject with its correlative ideas and facts.
• The heritage of classical Christian scholarship in biblical reasoning and writing is restored to the level that was characteristic of the American founding generation.
• The vocabulary and rudiments of each subject are identified, both biblically and historically. The biblical origin and purpose of a subject in every grade level of education is recovered.
• The providential view of history is taught, identifying causes and effects from God’s perspective rather than man’s. The history of America and her form of government are seen as inseparable from the history of Christianity.
• A spirit of unity and harmony is produced with a diversity of teachers, students, and subjects, while promoting the God-given individuality of each.
• The notebook is developed as a record of a living curriculum, taught, and modeled by the teacher, as well as researched and reasoned by the student. The notebook becomes a resource for future learning, while providing evidence of lasting scholarship.
• The Christian character and scholarship necessary to support a Christian republic are produced in students, teachers, and parents alike. This moral fiber enables them to separate from progressive and secular philosophies and methods and to avoid producing a character which is ripe for governmental socialism, secularism, and post-modernism.
• We are pleased to continue the centuries-old tradition of excellence in classical, Christian education through the Principle Approach at Dayspring Christian Academy. Dayspring’s programs include preschool, full academic classical programs for children in developmental kindergarten through twelfth grade.
In addition, Dayspring strives to provide each student with a Principle Approach education that points each child to Christ. At Dayspring, we see each child as a unique individual, created by a loving Creator, and valued as such. It is because of this that Dayspring has created the P139 Program based on Psalm 139:14 and designed to instruct students at all levels who require alternative or differentiated methods of instruction, so they may work to their potential. Currently we serve sixty students within our student population that require the P139 program.