Our Mission is to pursue academic, spiritual, and extracurricular excellence in a Christ-centered community.

Our Vision is to create students to be servant leaders, relevant in the world, pursuing God’s purpose and will for their lives.

The Academic Team helps students find their God-given calling, challenges students to meet their potential, and inspires a lifelong love of learning.

The Spiritual Life Team builds a flourishing community where people pursue Christ, treasure His Word, and serve others.

The Fine Arts Team provides students with the opportunity to express themselves through music, theater, and visual arts within the school and local community.

The Athletics Team creates teams that display passion, unity, servanthood, and humility.

The Human Resources Team makes GCA one of the most desirable and fulfilling places to work in the Midwest.

The Advancement Team strengthens connections and builds meaningful relationships that benefit the school and the surrounding community.

The Safety & Security Operations Team minimizes risk and maximizes safety.

The Business & Support Operations Teams provide organized and effective operations.

The Facilities Operations Team provides an attractive and well-maintained school.

The Admissions Operations Team pursues students and families that support the mission and vision of GCA.

We have created Strategic Initiatives to guide our work internally. These are focused on concrete goals that can be met within the next two years and include specific Action Steps to get there.

Delivering a high quality education to students to help them meet their potential is always a top priority; nothing on these lists gets attention over that overarching goal!

1. We completed ACSI Accreditation.

2. We implemented automatic withdrawal systems to streamline our accounting processes.

3. We created a lockdown procedure for the lunchroom at South, including securing the auditorium’s doors.

4. We integrated instructional coaching cycles with teachers that focus on a variety of educational topics to help them grow professionally.

5. Our elementary principal implemented regular meetings with grade level teams to celebrate, answer questions, and provide direction for initiatives.

6. We employed a higher quality cleaning company for both campuses.

7. We painted, redecorated, and reorganized the South Campus Auditorium.

8. We created a dedicated workspace for facilities personnel at the South Campus.

9. We remodeled the Cougar Den in the South Campus Gym into two offices and additional storage space.

10. We fully implemented Limble, a Facilities ticketing system, to provide for improved service, data analysis, accountability, and preventive maintenance.

11. We upgraded parking lot lighting at the North Campus.

12. Our high school leadership attended multiple training opportunities regarding the implementation of the new Indiana Graduation Pathways and Diploma structure.

13. We increased the inventory of microphones for Drama practices and performances.

14. We created a Flex position and class for 7th and 8th grade students to enhance learning and provide additional resource time each day.

As we accomplish these goals, we will move items from the “To Do” list to the “Done” list. You can check back to see our progress anytime! When we have bigger announcements, we will share those in more detail.

1. We are evaluating needs and improvement opportunities for the projection system in the South Campus auditorium.

2. We are continuing to work with the GCA Booster Club to purchase a fourth minibus for use for Athletics and field trips.

3. We are creating a committee to evaluate and create next steps in fundraising for purchase of GCA North and other possible expansion opportunities.

4. We are creating a succession plan for administrative leadership.

5. We are building connections with local universities to improve hiring resources.

6. We are tracking acceptance rates of job offers to improve our hiring process.

7. We are seeking feedback from new staff on ways to improve the transition into GCA employment.

8. We are eliminating all paper receipt storage.

9. We are evaluating a move to a better financial management system.

10. We are meeting monthly with all supervisors to track budget expenditures and prevent overspending.

11. We are moving coaches to W-2 status.

12. We are improving the hiring process for coaches.

13. We are building seasonal coaching offices in each locker room at GCA North.

14. We are creating a team room in the weight room area of GCA North for use as an additional locker room and/or film room.

15. We are restructuring athletic department leadership to encourage crossover connections between high school and middle school sports.

16. We are installing 80/20 perforated film on entrance windows on both campuses.

17. We are fully implementing a reunification system for crisis situations.

18. We are upgrading parking lot lighting at South campus.

19. We are moving all teaching staff through a learning program about GCA’s Statement of Faith and its spiritual foundations.

20. We are implementing a spiritual growth assessment tool to be given to upper level students at the beginning and end of each year.

21. We are evaluating the lighting needs in the GCA South auditorium.

22. We are providing monthly professional development for elementary teachers focused on best practices.

23. We are building Tier Time with teachers and utilizing a team approach to focus on specific skills for remediation and enrichment.

24. We are creating a detailed outreach strategy for donor, alumni, and community engagement.

25. We are collecting and organizing alumni and alumni family contact information into our data management system.

26. We are renumbering exterior doors for safety, security and organization.

27. We are replacing all lighting in the North Campus gym.

28. We are improving club opportunities for high school students.

29. We are improving resource opportunities for high school students with missing assignments.

30. We are developing a network of local employers in order to connect juniors and seniors with internship opportunities.

31. We are creating a more robust annual Fine Arts Symposium to highlight fine arts students and their work.

32. We are conducting quarterly benchmark assessments in Math and ELA in order to effectively gauge student learning and modify teaching strategies to meet needs at the middle school level.

33. We are implementing quarterly projects to boost spiritual growth through community outreach and service learning for middle school students.

34. We are evaluating the needs of the Student Academic Services (SAS) program school-wide.

35. We are organizing the SAS Department to best fit student needs for the 2025-26 school year.

1. We rescheduled our Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) accreditation process to November 2024 instead of November 2023 in order to provide adequate time for staff preparation and to maximize its effective impact on GCA. (We are currently maintaining accreditation via both the Indiana Department of Education and ACSI this school year.)

2. We opened a fully functional library on the South Campus for student, teacher, and classroom use and hired a dedicated librarian (Elizabeth Barker).

3. We hired a Transportation Director (Jennifer Worley) to help address the ever-changing world of transportation needs, laws, regulations, and competition for drivers.

4. We purchased two new minibusses (our second and third ones) and will have both wrapped professionally with the GCA logo and graphics.

5. We expanded our Student Academic Services staff on the North Campus by adding long-time GCA master teacher Gretchen Dillard.

6. We restructured our Student Academic Services program on the South Campus to allow for the team of teachers to focus on specific areas, needs, and grade levels, including an enrichment program in the lower and middle schools.

7. We installed windows in 15 classroom doors on the South Campus for better visibility and safety.

8. We hired a new After-School Care Coordinator (Andrea Johnson) and expanded the staff to include responsible high school students.

9. We added a dedicated front desk gatekeeper (Bryan Ries) to help manage the safe arrivals of students to Before School Care.

10. We purchased a new storage barn for Athletics at the North Campus and one for the Archery Club at the South Campus.

11. We opened our new soccer field on the North Campus and purchased a new scoreboard and backstop net, which will be installed before next season.

12. We hired a full-time Director of Security (Brian Gabel) to both provide security and offer expert consultation on continuing safety improvements.

13. We implemented a new Standard Response Protocol for emergency situations to focus on staff response and student safety.

14. We expanded our day-to-day communications system to include walkie-talkies for all staff at all times as well as GroupMe communication groups.

15. We resurfaced the parking lot at the South Campus.

16. We revamped our Lower School daily schedule to create more routine and consistency for our students and teaching staff.

17. We added founding GCA Board Member and professional financial consultant Rich Westlake to our staff for part-time consultation and management assistance.

18. We removed landscaping at the South Campus to improve visibility and security.

19. We hired two new facilities staff (Josh Rogers & Jesse Johnson) to focus on improving facilities operations at both campuses.

20. We implemented improvements to our Armed Educators program to include training in safety, skill, criminal law, tactics, and first aid.

21. We implemented donor management software through GiveSmart.

22. We created a dedicated room on the North Campus for our nursing staff and our new Athletics Trainer (Jeremy Engle) to allow for increased presence and student support during the school day and at practices and games.

23. We increased the presence of more local church pastors speaking in chapels.

24. We expanded our security camera system to minimize unmonitored areas on both campuses.

25. We purchased higher-quality microphones for use in the drama program.

26. We added communication loudspeakers to the South auditorium & gym for effective communication in case of an emergency.

27. We strengthened our admissions process to ensure that our academic and spiritual standards are maintained.

28. We re-evaluated all classroom-related fees and minimized their frequency by incorporating them into tuition.

29. We rejoined Aspire Johnson County in order to engage our local community.

30. We upgraded the parking lot lights on the South Campus to a modern LED system for greater safety and security.

31. We implemented a third-party facilities management and maintenance platform to improve preventative maintenance and the visual appearance of both campuses.

32. We established smaller class size caps to improve teaching and learning in classrooms.

33. We refocused the longstanding Bible Buddies program to create connections between middle school and lower school students.

34. We upgraded the lighting system in the auditorium on the South Campus for chapels, assemblies, daily use, and drama performances.

35. We implemented ParentSquare as a single universal Preschool-12 communication platform during the second semester.

36. We upgraded the security of all doors on the North Campus used by weekend and weeknight renters.

37. We increased staff salaries to compete with local public school salaries.

38. We broadened our approach to employee recruitment in order to hire spiritually mature, knowledgeable, and experienced staff.

39. We evaluated our staff benefits package (and will do so annually) to offer more competitive options in order to bless and retain employees.

40. We focused on greater leadership development for our student-athletes as effective witnesses of Jesus Christ and representatives of GCA.

41. We installed a new alarm system and staff entry process on the South Campus.

42. We tested improved communications plans between GCA Athletics, GCA athletes, and parents of athletes.

43. We provided consistent Biblical Worldview Training for all staff.

44. We placed a significant emphasis on professional development among staff.

45. We built a new wing of four classrooms at the South Campus to reduce class sizes at the Elementary School level.

46. We renovated the Elementary School restroom and added a dedicated downstairs Staff restroom.

47. We initiated a move to a new athletics conference.

48. We improved the security camera systems on all buses.

If you read something and have more questions, please feel free to reach out to our Head of School:  

Kevin Jackson — kjackson@gcak12.org

317-215-5300, ext. 1101

These efforts do take funding! We would gladly accept any donations towards any of the specific goals: www.gcak12.org/give