Message from the Head of School

DEAR EAGLE NATION:

Wow! What a year it’s been! The 2020–21 academic year will certainly go down in the books as the most challenging in my four-decade career as an educator. But upon reflection, I’d have proclaimed “Wow, what a year it’s been!” even under normal circumstances.

This issue of Impact will not focus on COVID-19, nor on the social unrest that divided our nation, nor on the recordsetting freeze that shut down school operations for a week. Instead, it will shine a light on the incredibly impressive college admissions earned by the Class of 2021, honor the leadership of our three dedicated division principals, feature the work of our exceptionally gifted and caring specials teachers, and highlight the achievements of our creative, multitalented students.

It will also feature the goals and aspirations of our Kingdom Unity Initiative, now led by our Senior Director of Community Engagement, Jenny Brady. As you’ll discover, Legacy Christian Academy is devoted to teaching the truth of the gospel and applying a biblical understanding to all issues. Whereas the secular world proposes strategies and solutions that are destined to fail, our Kingdom Unity Initiative enables Legacy students and teachers to be salt and light in our community and equips them to be agents of restoration in the broken world in which we live. This moment provides us with an opportunity to live out our core value of imago Dei and to be a witness of the grace and truth that only come from a belief in Jesus as our Savior and Redeemer.

Despite all that we endured as a school community during the past 15 months, Legacy Christian Academy enjoyed many blessings. God was faithful, protecting us from a serious epidemic so that we could offer an on-campus learning environment with minimal interruptions. God also blessed us with abundant resources as demonstrated by our generous donors, who set a record for giving to our annual Stronger Together Fund. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, we experienced the many blessings of a covenant community. Dozens of families, teachers, and administrators were prayed for, attended to, fed, and served by this community of believers who responded to the personal illnesses, tragedies, and financial hardships that resulted from the coronavirus.

As we look back at how God guided us through and delivered us from the consequences of a pandemic, we can unite our voices in singing the Doxology, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow . . .”

Faithfully yours,

Bill McGee Head of School