Empowered by Education & Saved by Grace EDUCATION AT PGPA Education is the antidote to ignorance, the champion of hope, the weight that can level the scale of justice and the fuel that can take a rocket of dreams to outer space!
We believe that young people are our next civic leaders, teachers, engineers, Ministers of Faith, doctors, and lawyers, drivers of compassion and competent decision makers with a moral compass that cannot be uncalibrated. Someone scrawled in French the following on the bulletin board of that great Notre Dame Cathedral: “Le monde demain appartiendra a ceux qui lui ont apporte’ la plus grande esperance.” Translated t h e s e wo rd s m e a n , “ T h e wo r l d tomorrow will belong to those who brought in the greatest hope!” We at Power and Grace believe that Education is hope! The world’s bestselling book, the Bible, says “Hope deferred, maketh the heart sick.”
We want to inspire students to be lifelong-learners and to plant deep in their resolve the following: Good, better, best never let it rest, until your good is better and your better is best!
OUR HISTORY
Power and Grace Began its inaugural year (2016 -2017) with 21 eager students. The first day of school was the culmination of a dream come true. The students and teachers entered with great excitement and anticipation of what was to be an outstanding and enriching school year. Power and Grace was established as a 501(c) 3 organization. PGPA educated students in grades Pre-kindergarten 3 and 4 year olds through the 1st grade. The staff consisted of three teachers, two administrators and one staff member. Our facility was located at 219 Dunbar Cave Road, Clarksville, TN.
Today PGPA students span grades Prekindergarten through the 5th grades. We have enrolled 65 students. We Teachers in a Christian School must have nine teachers, three enrichment be ever mindful that they instruct teachers (Library, Spanish, S.T.E.A.M., not only through rational explanation S e c o n d S te p C h a ra c te r B u i l d i n g of formal subject material but even curriculums). Our academy is led more powerfully through word, deed, by three administrators and two example and shared experience. department team leaders, educational aids, and staff. Our mission is why we do what we do! We plan, instruct and review its data so LICENSURE & ACCREDITATION that we are in a position to grow the capacity of students’ intellect. We strive Power and Grace Preparatory Academy to maximize the attributes of power i s l i c e n s e d t h r o u g h Te n n e s s e e and grace through the intentional- high Department of Education for our Preexpectation of educational instruction, kindergarten and before and after care leadership development and Christian programs. doctrine. Power and Grace Preparatory Academy We believe that we can produce is nationally accredited through students that are bright, thoughtful, Cognia formally AdvancED for our and desire to use their knowledge to Pre-kindergarten level, as well as, for make our communities and nation a our school age students Kindergarten better place for generations to come. through 5th grades.
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
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FUTURE ACCREDITATION We a re c u r re n t ly s e e k i n g d u a l accreditation through the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). In 2021-2022 we will seek STEM accreditation through AdvancED/ Cognia
CONCLUSION
Moving forward, the core of excellence from each of our schools stakeholders is imperative to our nucleus of core values. We must develop and promote an environment for educators and students alike which champions existing and future academic excellence as being an attainable and plausible goal. Moreover, a clear understanding of what excellence looks like beyond the cliché, of all children can learn, must materialize and become concrete for all involved. An expectation of excellence should not only be relative but rather a targeted, recognized and measurable truth. It is our expectation for students to be critical thinkers, prepared and vigilant to carry out our core values. This will be achieved by studying data, seeking ideas, and feedback, as well as, learning through observation to effect positive educational growth. This is certainly at minimum, what we hope to model and inspire in others to work together to reach the visions and goals of educational excellence for all students. Mrs. Katobwa B. Stallworth, M.Ed. Principal & Founder Mrs. Mary A. Lander, M.Ed. Assistant Principal
Dr. Gregory P. Stallworth Co-Founder & School Board Chairman
