| Independent Christian On-Line Academy (ICOLA) | | | | specifically for Christianity. The intention is to have |
| is an on-line tutoring organization that will provide | | | | enough faculty staff to duplicate each course |
| Christian secondary supplementary education | | | | offered in public school for grades seven through |
| (7-12) for students attending public schools in the | | | | twelve with a limitation of about 25 students per |
| United States. | | | | session. |
| There is a definite need. Right now public schools | | | | The object of the program is to enhance learning |
| have separated church and state to such a | | | | through mastery and enrichment of subject |
| degree to make them defacto Godless | | | | matter along with providing and supporting |
| institutions. While they claim to be religious neutral, | | | | Christian values. |
| that is an absolute impossibility. | | | | The Christian content that ICOLA will be |
| "Religion" is not a word that just refers to a belief | | | | presenting what is common to both Catholics and |
| in God but also any belief about God. Atheism is | | | | Bible believing Protestants within the topics of |
| thus not a lack of religion but rather a religion of | | | | Bible history, church history, the Ten |
| its own. Materialism is also a religion and as is | | | | Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the |
| witchcraft and the occult. | | | | Apostles' Creed. |
| In the movie "Star Wars", the robot, C-3-P-O, | | | | Where Catholics and Protestants have differing |
| says: "I am shutting down now". The machine was | | | | understandings on these topics, each will be |
| "off" and stayed that way until it was turned | | | | presented. |
| back "on". | | | | To assure fairness, members of major Bible |
| Children are not like robots. You cannot turn them | | | | believing groups are invited to be on ICOLA's |
| "on" nor "off". Neither can you turn their learning | | | | Board of Directors. |
| "on" nor "off". They will be learning about God and | | | | Teaching concerning ordinances and or |
| Christian values all of the time, whether in public | | | | sacrements will be left to the students' respective |
| school or not. | | | | churches. |
| Children are learning machines. They learn what | | | | To summarize: |
| they see, hear, and do. They also learn what they | | | | - Get many of the benefits of a Christian |
| do not see, what they do not hear, and what | | | | Education while attending public school. |
| they do not do. | | | | - Help infuse Christian values into the public school |
| If you take God out of what public school | | | | system. |
| teaches, that does not leave the teaching about | | | | - Help bring this country back to its roots as a |
| God to church and family but affirmatively | | | | Christian nation. |
| teaches that God does not have any place in | | | | - Help Christian youth to take their place in |
| public life. | | | | leadership rather than just employees. |
| ICOLA will be acting as a tutoring provider except | | | | This article is a call to action. |
| that the tutoring will be done in a group session | | | | If you have the resources and believe you can do |
| on line both as a monitored forum and also as a | | | | this yourself either individually or with your |
| peer self help study group. The students will be | | | | present Christian organization, please feel free to |
| going to Public School classes during the day and | | | | follow this model. |
| then sign on after school hours for a scheduled | | | | If you like what ICOLA is doing, please join us. |
| one hour group session and then informally with a | | | | - If you are now attending public school, become |
| smaller study group as desired and or required. | | | | a student yourself. |
| There will be five one hour sessions each week, | | | | - If you have the credentials, be an instructor. |
| one for each of the four main classifications of | | | | - Contribute to the cause. |
| Math, English, History, and Science plus one | | | | |