Dear Middle School Parents,

It is an honour and privilege to serve the ICS community as the Middle School Principal. It brings me great joy to wake up each morning knowing that I get to go to work and be part of the ICS mission to educate students academically and to disciple students spiritually. Every teacher in this building knows that both of these aspects are vital to our purpose as a school.

Discipling students is not something that happens as a byproduct of learning amazing facts, but rather is the intentional daily work of helping students recognise their own sin while pointing them to the God who loves them in spite of it. The Bible tells us in Romans 3:23 that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” But we have the good news of the gospel in Romans 5:8, which says that “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

When you put 270 middle school students together for 190 days each year, there will no doubt be trials and tribulations. Students will make mistakes along the journey; they will fall to their human nature and at times do things that are not great. Our job as Christian educators and parents is to view those mistakes as opportunities to help each child understand who they are and who God has created them to be. We want students to understand that they are created for a purpose and that they are deeply loved by their Creator.