Fall...this is always a time of celebration at NCA as we welcome everyone back. We're rejoicing! A special welcome to new staff members, students, and their families. After that first week of school heat wave passed, the cooler weather makes it seem more like "back to school" time. Everyone is settling in, and all indications are that NCA is off to a wonderful beginning to our school year.

I would like to take this opportunity to commend all of our NCA parents for your commitment to give your children the precious gift of Christian education. This is no small thing.

Our website invites people to Come experience the NCA difference. There are two parts to that difference, though they are deeply intertwined.

The first part is the difference that a Christian education makes.
In discoverchristianschools.com, there is an article called "10 Reasons to Send Your Child to a Christian School." This article explains that "smaller classes in Christian schools mean that students learn to be better participants than spectators. They learn how to think quickly, and gain valuable experience sharing their thoughts and opinions in a public forum. Because Christian school students perform at a higher level in the classroom than their public school counterparts, it only makes sense that their options upon graduation are more abundant. Therefore, they are more likely to be prepared to handle the rigors of higher education...they are better equipped to handle discrepant ideas upon graduation."

In other words, Christian schools produce better thinkers, who excel as university students and employees. Ultimately, Christian school educated students are better equipped to achieve success in the eyes of the world, and even more importantly, in the eyes of the Lord.

There is a difference.

The second and related part of the NCA difference is made up of our:

• Discipleship model - we come alongside you and your church to nurture the personal Christian walk of every student
• Focus on service and missions - helping the poor and orphaned next door and around the world
• Community - where every student comes to know that he or she is truly valued, respected, and loved in Christ.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 says, "...these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up."

Sounds like 24/7 to me.

Thank you all for being part of the NCA difference... thank you for being part of the NCA family.

Christian Urban
Headmaster, Nashua Christian Academy

• Welcome from Jean Eastman, Elementary Principal
• Welcome from Chris Burger, Junior High Principal
• Welcome from Dan Kerwin, High School Principal