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