Admissions
June 29, 2009
Upon request to enroll a child at Harvest Time Christian Academy, parents can pick up a Registration Packet from the office. After reading over the information in the packet on our policies/procedures, the parent must then call the school office to confirm that they want to move forward with the enrollment of their child.
The school office will set up a date and time for the child to take the required entrance exam. This test is not based on the A Beka curriculum, but is a standard aptitude test given to students around the country.
After your child’s exam has been scored, you will be notified of his/her results. If your child scores below the grade level tested for, he/she can either enroll in the grade level he/she tested into, or be denied admissions.
For instance, if your child took the test to enter the 9th grade, but his scores were at the 8th grade level, he or she will only be allowed to enter HTCA as an 8th grader.
As stated in the Parent & Student Handbook, requirements for entering Kindergarten and K-4 are:
A. Students wishing to enter Kindergarten must turn 5 on or before October 1st
B. Students wishing to enter K-4 must turn 4 on or before October 1st.
Harvest Time Christian Academy accepts applications for admission regardless of race, creed, or national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to the students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, athletics, and other school administered programs.
We are often asked if HTCA is state-accredited. This question can be broken down into two parts.
Can students transfer freely from HTCA into a public school?
At this time in Louisiana, there is no trouble in transferring credits from our school to any public school. Students entering or re-entering the Louisiana public school system are required to take the appropriate grade level test(s). For example, a student entering the 5th grade would take the standardized test required by the state to be officially enrolled in a public school. HTCA will provide all of the records and information needed to make the transfer a smooth one.
Is HTCA a member of state accrediting association?
No. Accreditation by a state governmental agency is a mechanism designed to ascertain uniform education for all children in public schools. It was established as a means of causing local public school districts to provide what state agencies determine as minimum academic and faculty standards for all schools. HTCA offers standards that far exceed those adopted by the State of Louisiana.
HTCA is not interested in having textbooks adopted or approved by the state. Authors of those books often reject fundamental Christian principals, and many of them are saturated with humanistic philosophies and theories. HTCA exists to provide a viable alternative for Christian parents. Accreditation of a Christian school is NOT necessary for its graduates to enroll in a college or university. The basic criteria for college admissions are student aptitude and achievement as determined through nationally honored standardized tests. Course offerings at HTCA are designed to properly prepare students who wish to continue their education at the collegiate level.
