vision
Spiritual Growth and Outreach: To develop each student into an active disciple of Jesus Christ. To strengthen the individual faith of each student so they can be a light in the world. To help each student discover and settle in their own hearts their true identity in Christ Jesus.
Academic Excellence: To provide an excellent education with individual attention in a small class. To provide an environment conducive to learning and that will prepare the students for post-secondary schooling and/or the workplace.
Social Development: To encourage and facilitate the development of godly relationships that will create a support system to reinforce each person’s self-esteem. To help each student learn what it means to be a positive role model and influence on others.
Athletics: To provide an active environment where daily fitness is encouraged. To provide opportunities for participation in team sports through, SOCSSAA tournaments, intramurals and Phys. Ed. class. Participation is the emphasis over highly selective competitive sports.
basic framework
DCSS is a grade 9-12 school that is registered, and run by a board of directors. It operates in the
facility existing at Grandview church in Kitchener. Students meet at this property each day from
8:30 AM until 3:30 PM.
Each day will begin with worship and Bible study. The rest of the day will be divided into 4
scheduled periods. The students will be directly taught by one of our teachers. Two periods will
be in the morning, two will be in the afternoon and they will be divided by a lunch period from
11:45 – 12:55 PM. Each period will be 75 minutes in length and each course will be 110 hours
over 88 periods in total to meet The Ministry of Education expectations.
DCSS currently has ten teachers that teach over 45 courses. Current and future teachers will be
well educated in their subject areas. The curriculum will be complemented by appropriate field
trips. Most of these trips would be one day experiences, but there are longer, overnight trips
worked into the DCSS experience. Each year we will go on two overnight trips.
extra curricular activities
During lunch hours, DCSS will hold various extra curricular activities for the students to
participate in. These activities would include; intramurals, worship team, drama, math, chess,
cooking and more. It is our goal to have at least one thing planned for each lunch period. This
provides the students an opportunity to learn a new skill, interact with other students and to
remain active. Students are expected to participate in at least one lunch hour activity each week
but are encouraged to sign up for more.
accountability
DCSS is an active member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). We agree
with their statement of faith which can be found at https://acsiec.org/about The board of
directors and paid staff at Discipleship Christian Secondary School will be expected to be
believers and faithful members of a Christian church. All teachers, board members and staff will
be expected to agree with the ACSI statement of faith. DCSS traces its beginnings to Koinonia
Christian Fellowship. As such, we are also guided by their values which can be found at
https://kcf.org/statement-of-faith DCSS does not have an official affiliation with Koinonia but many
of our staff are regular members at that church.
Our board members are:
Jeff Collard: jeff.collard@discipleshipchristian.ord
Eloise Jantzi: eloise@wealthmastery.ca
Jamie Kubassek: jamie@jamiesells.com