Our Transition to Virtual Learning

Dear King’s Ridge Christian School Family,

 

This is an unprecedented time for education, indeed for our country and community as well. I want to reassure you that our leadership team is constantly assessing this rapidly evolving situation and making decisions to ensure the continued health and safety of our students, faculty and staff. I am confident that together – as a strong and resilient community – we will navigate these challenges in the days ahead, sustained by our God of grace, peace and hope.

 

While virtual learning will be and feel quite different for all of us, I assure you that we have invested a great deal of time and energy into the preparations for making these upcoming days of learning as impactful and meaningful as possible. Faculty have planned lessons, learned how to utilize technology, set up classrooms in their homes, prayed for you and your children, and prepared as best they can to teach remotely. We are ready, and we are excited!

 

Please know and understand that this effort will not come without some obstacles as we launch into this new learning space; we are all learning together. We plan to collaborate on a regular basis in an effort to share what works well and what may need some tweaking, so that our faculty and staff can learn from one another and refine instruction as we move through the days ahead. Let’s commit to working together to make this time as successful as it can be. 

 

I encourage each of us to stop and be still this week. Know that He is God, and He is in full control. Please utilize this time to be together as a family and focus on the importance of our relationship with God, our spouse, our children, and others. I share this brief devotional from Keeping God in the Small Stuff by Bruce and Stan.

 

Overcome Your Fears

Faith is the antidote for fear.

 

Fear is an emotion everyone experiences.

People fear tangible things like being hurt, robbed,

or cheated. They also fear intangible things like rejection,

failure, and giving speeches. Even though fear can

sometimes be useful, it can easily become your greatest

enemy andhold your life in an awesome grip. Fear can keep

you from doing the right thing at the right time.

 

Remember the story when a storm threatened to

capsizethe boat in which the disciples and Jesus

were sailing?Jesus remained calm. He had faith that

He would overcomethe danger at hand, and He told

the disciples that their fear came from a lack of faith.

If youwant to overcomeyour fears, you must have faith

that God can conquer them.

 

When he woke up, he rebuked the wind and

said to the water, "Quiet down!" Suddenly the wind

stopped,and there was a great calm. And he asked them,

"Why are you so afraid? Do you still not have faith in me?"

Mark 4:39-40

 

Trust in the Lord.

 

Dr. Jeff D. Williams

Head of School