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date: 2025-05-26T09:46:28.526Z
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<h1>Letter from the Head of School</h1>
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<p>Dear Parent and Students of CRICS:FLC</p>
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<p>Welcome to the Chiang Rai International Christian School: Family Learning Community! We are excited to walk together with you through the learning and the events of this school year!</p>
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<p>Clearly this school stands as a testimony to God’s faithfulness. Each challenge that comes our way meets a measure of kind grace from the God we trust to care for our needs, especially the needs of our children. We have seen God overcome trials and adversity time and time again. lack of teacher volunteers, loss of property, lack of funds, a pandemic, and so much more, yet our community by the merciful hand of God continues to improve our school and our services to our families. God’s kindness and your generosity will allow CRICS teachers to provide the quality education in the coming school year that we all hope for as parents, teachers, and administrators. Thanks to God and to all involved in this Family Learning Community. Let’s all continue in diligence and belief for a great school year.</p>
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<p>For this season in our learning community, the make-up of CRICS/FLC leadership includes the head of school , the Educational Leadership Team, as well as the Thai director who sits on the CRICS board and the CEFT board. Here listed are the members of the CRICS/FLC Educational Leadership Team (ELT):</p>
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<p><strong>Dear CRICS Families,</strong></p>
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<p>Welcome to a new school year at Chiang Rai International Christian School: Family Learning Community (CRICS:FLC). Whether you're returning or just joining us, I want you to know how grateful we are to have you here.</p>
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<p>Our school is more than just a place of academics—it’s a community shaped by shared values, faith in God, and deep care for each student. We believe learning happens best in partnership—with parents, teachers, and students walking together. And while every school year brings its challenges, we’ve seen God’s faithfulness time and time again. This gives us confidence and hope as we step into another year together.</p>
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<p>This handbook is here to help you understand how our school works and what we value. It’s not just about policies—it’s about setting a tone for respect, safety, learning, and growth. Please read it carefully and refer to it throughout the year. You’ll also find important links to our Technology Handbook and Child Protection Handbook in the following pages.</p>
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<p>On behalf of our leadership team, thank you for entrusting us with your child’s education. We look forward to growing with your family this year.</p>
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<p>Warmly,<br><strong>Lori Vernon</strong><br>Head of School</p>
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<h2>Educational Leadership Team (ELT)</h2>
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<p>The ELT leads daily operations and serves students, staff, and families in line with our mission. The following table introduces each ELT member and their role. Please feel free to reach out to any of us with questions or feedback.</p>
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<th>Head of School</th>
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<td>Mrs. Lori Vernon</td>
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<td>Mrs. Lori Vernon (lvernon@crics.asia) </td>
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<th>Thai Director</th>
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<td>Mr. Kanit Klaijumlang</td>
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<td>Mr. Kanit Klaijumlang (Kanit@crics.asia) </td>
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<th>Elementary Principal</th>
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<p> If you have questions or suggestions for CRICS/FLC, please contact a member of our leadership team. You can begin by a personal visit or by emailing your principal.<br><br>The leadership team and teachers continue to strive to meet the goals of CRICS/FLC’s mission statement and philosophy statements as well as CRICS/FLC’s core values. This School Handbook contains valuable information for students and parents. On subsequent pages, you will find notes and policies, along with other information that will give you a better working understanding of how CRICS/FLC operates day-to-day. This handbook as well as the CRICS Technology Handbook and the CRICS Child Protection Handbook must be understood by all parents, students, and teachers. You can find all the required handbook information and online agreement forms in the sections to follow.</p>
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<p>We look forward to servin you as part of CRICS/FLC family this year!</p>
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<p>On behalf of CRICS/FLC leadership team members,</p>
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<p>Lori Vernon</p>
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<p>Head of School</p>
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<p> </p>
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<h2>CRICS Legal Board & Governing Board</h2>
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<h1>Foundational Documents</h1>
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<h2>Vision</h2>
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<p>The vision of CRICS is to help others know God and understand Him more fully by serving the body of Christ through providing quality Christian education in Chiang Rai, Thailand.</p>
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<p> </p>
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<h2> </h2>
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<h2>Mission</h2>
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<p>The mission of CRICS is to serve the servant by providing quality, innovative, affordable, family-oriented English Christian education.</p>
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<h2>Lifestyle of Teachers</h2>
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<p>Our mission at CRICS is to “serve the servant by providing quality, innovative, family-oriented English Christian Education.” All volunteers are expected to continually maintain a Christian lifestyle which enables CRICS to fulfill its mission. Therefore all expatriates accepted for service with CRICS must be Christians and are expected to demonstrate Christian values in their lifestyle.</p>
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<p>We believe humans are created to be male or female, each created in God’s image (Gen. 5:2, Mt. 19:1-12). For those who choose it, marriage reflects God’s design when it is a lifelong commitment between one man and one woman (Mark 10:1-12). We believe singleness, for those who embrace it, is a gift to be celebrated and supported within the CRICS community.</p>
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<p>While there may be different behavior patterns on some moral issues within the Christian church worldwide, we feel that a conscious effort to maintain a Christian lifestyle is very important, and behavior that hinders CRICS from fulfilling its mission is grounds for dismissal. The school will not attempt to define such behavior in detail ahead of time, but our definitions of Christian lifestyle include the facts that we expect single people to remain celibate and husbands and wives to be faithful to one another within their marriage.</p>
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<p>Our mission at Chiang Rai International Christian School (CRICS) is to “serve the servant by providing quality, innovative, affordable, family-oriented English Christian Education.” Teachers and staff in a Christian school must be ever mindful that they instruct not only through formal explanation but even more powerfully through example and shared experience. </p>
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<p>A lifestyle not aligned with biblical standards of conduct is grounds for dismissal because it both violates the occupational qualification for volunteers to be Christian role models and hinders CRICS from fulfilling its mission. This agreement is not an exhaustive list, and we reserve the right to make institutional decisions (including hiring, placement, and retention) based on lifestyle decisions and behaviors that may hinder our mission as a Christian school.</p>
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<p>As a teacher/volunteer/expatriate staff member at CRICS, I am called to prepare young men and women to live fully for God. In order to accomplish this mission, I acknowledge that I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and I am committed to a lifestyle based on biblical standards of conduct.</p>
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<p>In cultivating a Christ-centered life:</p>
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<li>I will honor God in all my relationships and activities and will strive to rid myself of anger, greed, impure thoughts, and whatever else belongs to my “sinful” nature. (Galatians 5:19-21)</li>
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<li>I will earnestly strive to honor God with all that I say and do, and to love others as evidence of my love for God. I will practice compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience and choose to respect, bear with, and forgive others. (Mark 12:28-31) Hateful and harassing speech or attitudes directed towards any individual are not in accord with the Bible nor CRICS’s Statement of Faith.</li>
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<li>I will exercise godly wisdom, sensitivity, discipline, and balance in my lifestyle choices in order to avoid offense and provide a godly model for my students, colleagues, and community. This includes refraining from the use of profanity; possession or use of pornographic materials; promotion of violence; possession, use, or promotion of unauthorized controlled substances or illegal drugs; and the abuse of alcohol or drugs. (Ephesians 4:29, Ephesians 5:18, Matthew 5:27) </li>
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<li>I will engage with the body of Christ through regular attendance at a local church and fellowship with believers. (Hebrews 10:25, Colossians 3:16, Acts 2:42)</li>
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<li>In the event of a disagreement with an adult member of the community, I will address my concerns directly in keeping with the principles of Scripture. (Matthew 18)</li>
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<li>I will treat everyone with dignity and respect and strive to provide a safe and protected learning environment. I will refrain from any behavior that violates CRICS’s child safety guidelines. (Psalm 139, Colossians 3).</li>
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<li>I will live in accordance with biblical purity, honoring God's design for singleness and for marriage, which is a covenantal commitment between one man and one woman. Biblical purity includes refraining from premarital, extramarital, bisexual, homosexual and incestuous conduct, as well as any form of provocative sexual behavior. (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8, Genesis 2:18-25, I Corinthians 6:18, 7:2-5, 32-35, Hebrews 13:4) </li>
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<li>I will live in accordance with my biological sex as determined at birth, recognizing that God's perfect design for humanity was male and female in His image*. (Genesis 1:26-27) </li>
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<li>In summary, I will strive to be a Christian role model who hates evil and clings to what is good, regards each person with love and respect, is diligent and enthusiastic in service to the Lord, rejoices in hope, is patient in affliction, prays steadfastly, shares with those in need, attempts to live in peace and harmony with everyone, does what is right and honorable, avoids pride and revenge, and is not overcome by evil but overcomes evil with good. (Romans 12:9-21)</li>
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<p><span class="text-small">* Please note: An individual’s eligibility to serve as faculty or staff at CRICS is not impacted by being born intersex. </span></p>
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<h2>Non-discrimination Statement</h2>
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<p>CRICS maintains a policy of nondiscrimination with staff, student, and family members No aspect of study, community involvement, or employment with us will be influenced in any manner by sex, race, age, or disability. CRICS carefully preserves its right to select teaching faculty who will affirm the school's Statement of Faith and Lifestyle Statement and who will effectively advance the school's mission.</p>
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<p> </p>
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<h2>Core Values</h2>
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<p>These core values guide every decision we make and shape the learning culture at CRICS.</p>
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<p><strong>Excellence in Education</strong></p>
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<p>Excellent teachers, excellent curriculum, excellent classroom instruction, excellent resources. Gathering from both classical and innovative methods to inspire excellence and encourage the love of learning throughout the student’s life.</p>
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<p><strong>Biblical Worldview</strong></p>
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<p>Instilling the full story of Christ as the lens through which students view everything else.</p>
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<p><strong>Affordability</strong></p>
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<p>Determined simplicity and stewardship to allow for the broadest possible participation.</p>
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<p><strong>Community</strong></p>
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<p>Honoring our family, honoring our host community, honoring our diversity. We are better together than we are apart.</p>
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<p><strong>Critical Thinking</strong></p>
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<p>Unashamedly requiring students to think and to express their thoughts. For teams and for individuals, creativity and independent thinking are indispensable.</p>
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<p><strong>Wholeness of Character</strong></p>
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<p>Helping students develop physical, spiritual and emotional health that opens the door of opportunity and allows the student the joy of finishing well.</p>
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<p> </p>
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<h2>Expected School-wide Learning Results (ESLRs)</h2>
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<figure class="image"><img src="/schoolhandbook/image2.png"></figure>
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<p> </p>
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<h3>Caring Community (Effective Communicators, Loving Neighbors)</h3>
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<p>“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” <strong>John 15:12-13</strong></p>
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<p>A CRICS student honors family, community, and diversity. They act with the knowledge that we are better together than we are apart.</p>
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<p>A CRICS student demonstrates Christ’s love through: </p>
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<li><strong>CC1 - </strong>Performing acts of community service.</li>
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<li><strong>CC2 - </strong>Developing leadership skills that inspire others to achieve, serve, and work together.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>A CRICS student is a globally competent individual who:</p>
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<li><strong>CC3 - </strong>Is striving to become multilingual</li>
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<li><strong>CC4 - </strong>Understands the broad picture of human history, cultures, religions, and people groups.</li>
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<li><strong>CC5 - </strong>Exhibits genuine cultural sensitivity by showing proper respect for others.</li>
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<li><strong>CC6 - </strong>Is able to work cooperatively as a valued team member.</li>
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<li><strong>CC7 - </strong>Uses technology capably in this globally connected world in a way that demonstrates respect, connection, and protection of self and others.</li>
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<li><strong>CC8 - </strong>Functions competently in a variety of cultural settings.</li>
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<p> </p>
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<p>Rooted in our core values, the ESLRs describe the key qualities we seek to develop in every CRICS student.</p>
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<h3> </h3>
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<h3>Enduring Excellence (Lifelong Learners, Determined Goal-setters)</h3>
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<p><i>“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,” <strong>Colossians 3:23</strong></i></p>
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<li><strong>EE4 - </strong>Expands their communication skills in speaking and writing.</li>
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<p> </p>
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<h3>Critical Thinking (Information Analyzers, Creative Problem Solvers)</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>“but test everything; hold fast what is good.” <strong>1 Thessalonians 5:21</strong></p>
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<p>“The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.” <strong>Proverbs 14:15</strong></p>
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<p>A CRICS student challenges themselves to think critically and to express their thoughts coherently. They demonstrate the understanding that logic, creativity, and independent thinking are indispensable.</p>
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<p>A CRICS student is a critical thinker who:</p>
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<li><strong>CT1 - </strong>Applies knowledge and creativity to solve problems.</li>
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<li><strong>CT2 - </strong>Employs logic to analyze new information.</li>
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<li><strong>CT3 - </strong>Practices discernment in actions, especially as they affect others.</li>
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<li><strong>CT4 - </strong>Listens attentively and respectfully.</li>
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<li><strong>CT5 - </strong>Responds graciously and meaningfully to thoughts of others.</li>
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<p> </p>
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<h3>Biblical Worldview (Truth Seekers, Christ Followers)</h3>
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<p>“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will." <strong>Romans 12:2</strong></p>
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<li><strong>TS3 - </strong>Demonstrates care for God’s creation.</li>
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<p> </p>
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<h3>Caring Community (Effective Communicators, Loving Neighbors)</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” <strong>John 15:12-13</strong></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>A CRICS student honors family, community, and diversity. They act with the knowledge that we are better together than we are apart.</p>
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<p>A CRICS student demonstrates Christ’s love through: </p>
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<li><strong>CC1 - </strong>Performing acts of community service.</li>
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<li><strong>CC2 - </strong>Developing leadership skills that inspire others to achieve, serve, and work together.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>A CRICS student is a globally competent individual who:</p>
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<li><strong>CC3 - </strong>Is striving to become multilingual</li>
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<li><strong>CC4 - </strong>Understands the broad picture of human history, cultures, religions, and people groups.</li>
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<li><strong>CC5 - </strong>Exhibits genuine cultural sensitivity by showing proper respect for others.</li>
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<li><strong>CC6 - </strong>Is able to work cooperatively as a valued team member.</li>
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<li><strong>CC7 - </strong>Uses technology capably in this globally connected world in a way that demonstrates respect, connection, and protection of self and others.</li>
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<li><strong>CC8 - </strong>Functions competently in a variety of cultural settings.</li>
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<p> </p>
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<h3>Critical Thinking (Information Analyzers, Creative Problem Solvers)</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>“but test everything; hold fast what is good.” <strong>1 Thessalonians 5:21</strong></p>
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<p>“The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.” <strong>Proverbs 14:15</strong></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>A CRICS student challenges themselves to think critically and to express their thoughts coherently. They demonstrate the understanding that logic, creativity, and independent thinking are indispensable.</p>
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<p>A CRICS student is a critical thinker who:</p>
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<li><strong>CT1 - </strong>Applies knowledge and creativity to solve problems.</li>
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<li><strong>CT2 - </strong>Employs logic to analyze new information.</li>
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<li><strong>CT3 - </strong>Practices discernment in actions, especially as they affect others.</li>
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<li><strong>CT4 - </strong>Listens attentively and respectfully.</li>
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<li><strong>CT5 - </strong>Responds graciously and meaningfully to thoughts of others.</li>
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<h3>Holistic Health (Joyful Player, Honest Self-Evaluator)</h3>
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<p>“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” <strong>1 Corinthians 6:19-20</strong></p>
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<li><strong>HH5 - </strong>Strives to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle</li>
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<p> </p>
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<h2>Core Values</h2>
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<p><strong>Excellence in Education</strong></p>
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<p>Excellent teachers, excellent curriculum, excellent classroom instruction, excellent resources. Gathering from both classical and innovative methods to inspire excellence and encourage the love of learning throughout the student’s life.</p>
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<p><strong>Biblical Worldview</strong></p>
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<p>Instilling the full story of Christ as the lens through which students view everything else.</p>
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<p><strong>Affordability</strong></p>
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<p>Determined simplicity and stewardship to allow for the broadest possible participation.</p>
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<p><strong>Community</strong></p>
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<p>Honoring our family, honoring our host community, honoring our diversity. We are better together than we are apart.</p>
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<p><strong>Critical Thinking</strong></p>
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<p>Unashamedly requiring students to think and to express their thoughts. For teams and for individuals, creativity and independent thinking are indispensable.</p>
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<p><strong>Wholeness of Character</strong></p>
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<p>Helping students develop physical, spiritual and emotional health that opens the door of opportunity and allows the student the joy of finishing well.</p>
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<p> </p>
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<h2>CRICS School Board</h2>
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<p>CRICS is governed by a Legal Board and the CRICS Governing Board that the Legal Board has empowered with responsibility for maintaining the school’s mission, vision, values, and Christian identity. The CRICS Governing Board is responsible for governance, not management. The head of school and the Educational Leadership Team (ELT) are responsible for running the school. The CRICS Governing Board operates according to the school’s bylaws and other policies set forth in the Governance Handbook. Individual members of the Legal Board and the CRICS Governing Board have no authority to act on behalf of CRICS except in meetings of the assembled board or committee or after being duly authorized by the assembled board or committee for a specific activity.</p>
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<p> </p>
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<h1>Basic Information</h1>
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<h2>CRICS:FLC Glossary</h2>
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<p>Our school terminology is based on many traditional American school terms. We realize that this is foreign to many of our parents. Below some of the words are defined within our school context.</p>
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<p>CRICS uses many terms from the American school system, which may be unfamiliar to some families. Below are definitions to help clarify how these terms are used in our school context.</p>
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