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Thank You We appreciate your interest in Harvest Community School and for taking the time to join us at our Informational Meeting.This packet contains, in greater detail, the information covered in today’s meeting. If you would like to begin enrollment, please contact Debbie Walding at 904-9971882, ext 201 or email [email protected].

Harvest Community School was established in September 2000 as a ministry of Family Harvest Ministries, a family first ministry; Pastor Jack and Patty Wilcox, founders.

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Statement of Faith

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Vision, Mission and Educational Philosophy

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Core Values

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What We Believe

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The Harvest Experience - The Best of Both Worlds

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Events and Extra-Curricular Activities

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Preparing for Middle School

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Preparing for High School

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Financial Information

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Admission Requirements

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Steps to Enrollment

Statement of Faith · God has given to parents the mandate of His Divine Word to teach, instruct, and train their children in the way they should go; and it is upon this foundation that we base our organization. · God exists eternally in three Persons as Father, Son and Holy Spirit; and these three are one God, and there is no other true God. · God is the absolute and sole Creator of the Universe, and creation was by divine act, not through the evolutionary process. · Jesus Christ is God the Son, and is both God and man. He was born of a virgin, lived a perfect, sinless life, was crucified and died as penalty for our sins, raised bodily from the dead on the third day, appeared to His disciples and as many as 500 at one time, ascended to the Father’s right hand, and is personally, bodily, visibly coming again to earth. · The Holy Spirit is a Person, is God and possesses all the divine attributes; He indwells all believers at the moment of their salvation; and fills them in response to confession of sin and full yieldedness to Him. · Man is a sinner and totally depraved, void of any righteousness, without God; and the whole human race has fallen into the sin of Adam, bringing personally upon each one physical, spiritual and the possibility of eternal death. · Jesus Christ provided the only way to salvation through His substitutionary death and the shed blood on the cross, and salvation is entirely apart from good works, baptism, church membership, or any of man’s efforts, and is of pure grace. · We believe that God wonderfully creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. (Genesis 1:26-27) Rejection of one's biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person. · We believe that the term "marriage" has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. (Genesis 2:18-25) We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and woman who are married to each other. (I Cor 6:18; 7:2-5; Hebrews 13:4) We believe that God has commanded that no sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. · We believe that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect and dignity. (Mark 12:28-31; Luke 6:31) Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the doctrines of Harvest Community School. · This Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For the purposes of Harvest Community School's faith, doctrine, practice, policy and discipline, the board of Family Harvest Ministries will be the final interpretive authority on the Bible's meaning and application.

Vision, Mission, Educational Philosophy Vision To see a community of Christian families and educators providing an excellent spiritual and academic context for educating their students with hands on an creative activities and encouraging each other to reflect the character of God in the world.

Mission To be a community of Christian believers who are committed to building strong families, developing moral maturity and achieving academic excellence to prepare God’s people for a lifetime of personal ministry.

Educational Philosophy Our educational philosophy is founded on the strength of these primary assumptions: 1. There is ultimately no knowledge that is incompatible with the Christian faith and a sound education is based on the principles of truth given in the Bible. 2. Family engagement in the educational process makes a critical difference in the efficacy of a student’s education. 3. Ethics training, in the context of a reciprocal partnership between teachers and parents, provides the moral foundation, necessary for superior scholarship. 4. The best leaning environment is inquiry-based, promotes critical thinking, fosters a commitment to pursuit of truth. 5. For Christians, the goal of education is to train students for ministry, regardless of the vocation they choose.

Core Values Students at Harvest Community School are called to demonstrate the following core values on and off campus:

Integrity Students demonstrate integrity in all relationships both within and outside the community through moral decision making, honesty and authenticity in their relationship with Jesus Christ. “The Godly walk with integrity; blessed are their children who follow Him.” Proverbs 20:7

Service Students have a willing heart to serve Jesus Christ throughout their day-to-day life. Students also have an attitude of humility; willingly serving those around themselves, respecting and submitting to authority and in all their interactions considering others better than themselves. “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourself.” Philippians 2:3

Purity Students desire to be pure and righteous before the Lord in all relationships including relationships with the opposite sex. “You can be sure that no immoral, impure or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and God.” Ephesians 5:5

Excellence Students live their life in excellence by performing all responsibilities both at home, at school, and in their community going beyond the standard expectations by showing diligence and initiative. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.“ Colossians 3:23



What We Believe We believe ...that evenings are meant for families to eat together at the dinner table. ...when children are encouraged, amazing things happen. ...that it is the school’s privilege to help kids discover their spiritual gifts to show them who God meant for them to be. ...learning should be fun and enlightening. ...if the weather is nice, class can take place outside. ...God’s plan is for us to stay pure until marriage. ...in the end, parents are ultimately responsible for their livelihoods. ...children need a place to find and express their God-given talents. ...God has a plan for every student, no matter how small or large-no matter how loud or quiet. ...God wants us to esteem others higher than ourselves. ...children need a creative and cool environment to learn the disciplines for life. ...no sin is too large to forgive and no sin is too small to ignore. ...it is our choice to forgive and forget. ...not all kids are meant for college and we should value them as much as God does. ...you should be honest even when it hurts-using lots of love. ...our God and our families are most important in life. ...we should avoid talking about others, and go to them directly when we have concerns. ...we should show respect to authority, peers and property. ...that modesty is a matter of the heart and mind and we’re committed to protecting both. ...Harvest is community-minded and should treat each other like family.

The Harvest Experience The Best of Both Worlds Harvest is a blended schedule where students attend both a traditional school and home school. Lesson plans are created by Harvest teachers for parents and students to follow at home.

Lower School Students attend school on campus Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. They enjoy all the benefits of a private Christian school such as advanced academic curriculum, classroom structure, positive peer socialization, and a staff that goes the extra mile. Students have resource classes daily and occasionally participate in a larger group production or event. But they also benefit from another whole aspect of the school: their parents.

Middle School Students attend school on campus Monday through Wednesday. Lesson plans include an overview of what students will be doing in class Monday-Wednesday, as well as a detailed list of assignments the students will complete on Thursday and Friday for home school. This home school work is due the following Monday. This unique blend of schooling offers students the structure and social benefits of a more traditional school environment for part of the week, while still allowing parents the ability to remain involved in their child’s school work for the remainder of the week.

High School Harvest High School students meet four days each week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is a home school day which also serves as an opportunity to apprentice, intern, complete service projects and extra-curricular activities. All High School core courses are offered at honors level.

Events and Extra-Curricular Activities Lower School The Lower School department has recess and PE daily along with Music and Art weekly. After school programs include: intramural sports available for 2nd thru 6th grade, Junior Cheerleading and a 4th / 5th grade choir. Students in the 5th grade may also play on our Middle School Harvest Soccer team. Lower School has am annual Fine Arts event showcasing art and music and a Wax Museum presented by the 5th grade. Other events include a Back to School Bash, Grandparent’s Feast and Field Day.

Upper School Upper School students have a variety of sports available for their participation including: Cross Country, Track, Girls’ Volleyball, Soccer, Football and Cheerleading. Basketball, Baseball, and Softball are offered depending on participation. Upper School also offers a strong Fine Arts program in which students can develop in the areas of singing, dancing, and performing. Special events for Upper School include Spiritual Retreats, Mother/Son and Father/Daughter occasions, and Christmas Parties. Middle School also enjoys A Night to Remember and High School hosts a Homecoming week of fun which includes student council sponsored activities for younger grades based around the year’s theme.



Preparing for Middle School *MS students can expect six academic classes and therefore six different lesson plans. *Organization is the key to academic success in MS. *MS students can expect Math homework on Monday and Tuesday nights that average between 30 minutes to an hour. From time to time, MS teachers may assign nightly reading for 20 minutes, in core subjects if the class is behind on curriculum. *Students are expected to maintain a minimum grade of 70 throughout their MS career at Harvest in order to apply for Harvest HS. *Please make sure your student reads through the Family handbook with you and that both you and your student sign it before entering school. *The parent’s role during the middle school years is the job of coach. Even though you may stand on the sidelines at times, you come on the field as many times as needed in order to refocus your team. Also, YOU still call the plays. Checking the lesson plans at the end of the week to guarantee ALL school work is complete is highly recommended.

Preparing for High School *Some High School classes follow a block schedule- M-W and T-R classes. Others are taught all four days *Students can expect regular home work in all academic courses that will be due the next time class meets. Math has home work M, T, W and R. *Most courses are offered on an honors level. Honor courses are weighted for the GPA. For example: Standard A = 4, Honors A = 4.5 *Students are expected to maintain a GPA of 2.5 throughout their HS career to continue at Harvest. *Make sure your student understands academic integrity as explained in the handbook when it comes to Plagiarism, Paraphrasing, Cheating and Collaboration. *Your student will be asked to sign the handbook agreement. Policies in the handbook are upheld either way, so make sure your student understands them. *High school students may bring laptops with close adherence to the handbook policies. *It is very important for your student to be organized with their academic work. The lack of organization can show up by lowered grades. *Harvest and Bright Futures require students to acquire 100 Community Service hours during their high school career. Hours can begin accruing during the summer before 9th grade. *Items that can make your transcript look more competitive: community service hours, leadership, club/sports participation, internships, awards, acknowledgments, jobs and other extracurricular activities. *If your student plans to Dual Enroll in their junior/senior year, they must have at least a 3.0 GPA and only one ‘C’ on the most current transcript posting at the time of registration.

Financial Agreement 2022 - 2023 Please read this agreement completely. By signing this contract, parents are agreeing to be responsible for timely payment of registration, tuition and all additional fees for each student enrolled at Harvest Community School even if the student is withdrawn or expelled. Registration Fee The Registration Fee is due at the time you register your child or children. Registration fees for new students are $300.00 per student with a $600.00 family maximum if enrollment is complete and the fee is paid by May 31. Beginning in June the Registration fee increases to $325 per student with a $650 per family maximum. In July the fees are $350 per student/$700 per family, and beginning August 1 they are $375 per student/$750 per family. Please note the rates above only apply if you setup your 22-23 FACTS account, pay the registration fee and complete the enrollment process in full within the time frames listed. Registration fees are nonrefundable. Acceptance of the Registration Fee does not guarantee enrollment. Enrollment will be granted based on student testing, the acceptance date of the enrollment information, completion of the enrollment papers, payment of the registration fee, outcome of the student and family interview, and classroom space availability. Students will be placed on a waiting list if classes are full. Annual Tuition Lower School Base Tuition– JK to 5th grade $5,305.00 Middle School Base Tuition - 6th to 8th Grade $6,565.00 High School Base Tuition - 9th to 12th Grade $7,955.00 Family Facility Fee $1,000.00 Activity Fee per Student $250.00 Graduation Fee per Senior $100 Tuition will be paid according to the payment plan you select. A 10% sibling discount may be taken off the Tuition Fee for the second and each additional (full-time student) childfrom the same family. A 50% discount will apply to the lowest paid tuition for families with four or more paid tuitions. All sibling and multi-child discounts will be applied to the lowest tuition. Discounts are not combined.

All billing – tuition payments, class fees, and facility fees will be billed by auto-draft through the FACTS system. Other incidental charges will also be billed through FACTS. Please consider signing up for auto-draft for these as well. Each family must sign up for and pay the annual enrollment fee for a FACTS account. No refund will be given for registration, tuition, athletic, class or other fees whether for missed classes, withdrawal, dismissal, sickness, suspension, expulsion or other reason. The new school year begins on June 1 of each year. If any student is withdrawn or dismissed from Harvest Community School after June 1, continued tuition payments are due based on the date of withdrawal (see the Family Handbook). Student records will not be released until full payments are made.

Additional Costs FACTS – Payments are made through the FACTS Tuition Management System. All families must sign up for and pay for an account with FACTS. Background Check – A fingerprint/background check for each parent must be completed during the enrollment process. The approximate cost is $55 per person.

The Supply List for each grade is available from the school office or from your child’s teacher. It is your responsibility to purchase these school supplies which include items such as pencils, paper, markers, notebooks, glue, etc. Uniforms must be purchased from the uniform store specified by Harvest, currently R. C. Uniform on Beach Blvd.

Curriculum is purchased by you for your child or children with the exception of a few items purchased by HCS. A curriculum list for each grade is available in the school office and on Sycamore. Certain items, which will be noted on curriculum lists, must be purchased directly by HCS. Any such items purchased by HCS for your children will be billed to you. Copy fees will be charged for items that must be photocopied.

Field Trips, Retreats, parties are scheduled throughout the school year. Staff will collect fees from each student approximately three weeks prior to each event or trip. Please pay these in cash unless otherwise directed. Sports, Fine Arts and Electives – All may have fees which must be paid in order to participate. Fundraising – Harvest has two mandatory fundraiser events each year which require families’ participation. For the school year 2022-2023, the required fundraising amount is $300 in fall and spring for a total of $600. A late fee applies if not paid by the due date. Facility Fee – Harvest charges an annual facility fee of $1,000 per family which will be billed with your tuition based on your selected payment plan. Activity fee – This $250 fee per child is to cover the cost of various events, classroom supplies and other items needed by teachers and administrators throughout the course of the year. This fee is billed in two installments – June 1 and Dec 1. Graduation fee – $100 due June 1 of the student’s senior year Late Fees – A $25 late fee will apply to all invoices that go over 30 days. This includes tuition, fundraisers, athletic fees, fine art fees, elective fees, incidental charges, etc.



All new students must be tested for academic skill levels before entrance into HCS. Testing fees are $50 in Lower School. Middle and High School students must register for testing through ISEE; their fee is approximately $140. Test fees are nonrefundable and must be paid no later than your test date. If you wish to retest your child or children, another nonrefundable testing fee per each child retested is required. Parent Partnering is a key part of the HCS community. For those parents who do not meet this requirement, there will be a $50 fee per month per child with a $100 maximum per month per family charged to your account. Tuition Payment Plans – If enrolling after school begins, tuition may be pro-rated; monthly payments will begin the month of enrollment (or June of the new school year) and end in May Annual Plan - Payment is due by June 2022. Semester Plan - Payments are due June 2022 and December 2022. Change to a monthly plan mid-year is not permitted. Twelve Month Plan - Payments are due each month from June 2022 to May 2023. HCS employees only You will be billed ½ of the class fee in August and all other invoices August through May. If you have a financial crisis and are unable to fulfill your financial obligations to HCS in a timely manner, you are responsible to make a written appeal to discuss an alternative payment plan. Each family’s appeal will be presented to the Board for review and a reply. If your appeal is accepted, a revised financial agreement will be made. No school records, recommendations or transcripts will be transferred until the entire family account is paid in full. If a family has a balance more than 30 days past due, the family Sycamore account will be locked and families will not be able to view grades. Student(s) may not be allowed to continue in classes until the account is brought current. You will be notified in writing in this case. Past Due Accounts - Students may not participate in Field Trips, Sports or extracurricular activities unless the family account is current. Further, a meeting with the board may be scheduled to assist you with bringing your account current. Payments 90 days Past Due may be turned over to a collection agency. A fee of 100% of the balance due will be added to your account to recover collection costs.

Admission Requirements Parents are required to agree and sign our Statement of Faith. The families at Harvest Community School represent different churches and different denominations from all across the city of Jacksonville. At Harvest we come together to train our children, from preschool to high school, in basic precepts of the Word of God. Young children are taught Biblical character traits such as kindness and self control. Upper school students study the Bible more formerly through such curriculum as Understanding the Faith. We do not require our families to belong to a particular church or denomination, however, we do ask that our parents and children be Bible believing Christians, have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and that the family regularly attends and is involved in a local church. All parents must complete a parenting course offered by Harvest within their first year of attending Harvest. Parents should be willing to actively participate in homeschooling and other community events. All students, Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade, must have an entrance evaluation to determine whether HCS will be a good fit for the individual child. Harvest Community School admits students of any race, color and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school administered programs.

Steps to Enrollment 1. Attend an Informational Meeting. 2. Contact the Admissions office to let them know you are interested in moving forward with enrollment. 3. You will receive an email with the Application Packet. For Upper School you will also receive testing information. 4. In K-5th grade (Lower School), all paperwork and the Application and Testing Fee are due prior to scheduling testing. 5. In 6th—12th grade ( Upper School), all paperwork and fees are due prior to the notification of test results. 6. The application fee is $50. Testing for Lower School is $50 per student. Middle and High School students must register with ISEE for testing. Their fee is $140. The $50 application fee will be applied to the registration fee if your family enrolls. 7. Upon successful completion of testing in Lower School you will receive the Registration packet. In Upper School, a date for the student to shadow and interview will be set. 8. Upper School - All information will be reviewed/ If appropriate, you will receive the Registration packet. 9. The Registration papers and fee should be returned within one week. If it is not, please contact us to inquire about classroom space. We cannot guarantee classroom placement after one week 10. After the Registration packet is returned, we will schedule the parent interview.

Thank You Thank you again for attending our Informational Meeting.

If you wish to begin enrollment, please contact the Admissions office at 997-1882, ext 201 or email [email protected]

Harvest Community School 8301 Fort Caroline Road Jacksonville, FL 32277

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