About College Park Elementary School
College Park Elementary School is a Seventh-day Adventist school and one of the longest established private elementary schools in Durham Region, having been in continuous operation since 1912. We are part of a global network of schools operating in a number of countries around the world.
College Park Elementary School is proud to provide education based on Christian principles by which students are encouraged to realize their fullest potential and develop into morally and socially responsible individuals.
Our Mission
Our mission is to build a foundation for life through Christian education fostering each child’s spiritual, intellectual, social and physical development.
Our Motto
Knowledge for Today...Wisdom for Eternity.
Our Philosophy - As a Seventh-day Adventist Institution:
We believe in the existence of the Creator God; respecting and recognizing His supreme power over all things.
We believe that true education cooperates with God to develop the spiritual, mental, and physical traits of each student.
We believe in helping our students master academic skills and value work, both mental and physical, as a blessing from God.
We believe in the importance of developing a personal relationship with God. It is our desire to create lifelong followers of Jesus Christ who impact their community in the present and in the future.
We believe in nurturing our students to become constructive members of society; God-equipped difference makers who will positively change their surrounding spiritual and cultural climate for the glory of God.
Adventist Education and Our Journey to Excellence
The Seventh-day Adventist Church recognizes God as the ultimate source of existence, truth, and power. In the beginning, God created in His image a perfect humanity, a perfection later marred by sin. Education in its broadest sense is a means of returning human beings to their original relationship with God. The distinctive characteristics of this Adventist worldview, built around creation, the fall, redemption, and re-creation, are derived from the Bible and the inspired writings of Ellen G. White.
The aim of true education is to restore human beings into the image of God as revealed by the life of Jesus Christ. Only through the guidance of the Holy Spirit can this be accomplished. An education of this kind imparts far more than academic knowledge. It fosters a balanced development of the whole person—spiritual, physical, intellectual, and social-emotional—a process that spans a lifetime. Working together, homes, schools, and churches cooperate with divine agencies to prepare learners to be good citizens in this world and for eternity.
Those who have studied Adventist education and its benefits have seen many reasons for parents to make the choice for our school system. Studies have shown that "Adventist education plays a significant role in the development of religious faith" and students of the Adventist school system are "two times more likely to pay tithe, three times more likely to choose a partner of the same faith, and two times more likely to stay active church members."
You can learn more about our schools, administrators, teachers, parents, and students at Adventisteducation.org about how our school incorporates academic quality, a strong curriculum, and spiritual and moral content.
Constituent Churches
College Park Elementary School is grateful for the faithful support from these Seventh-day Adventist Churches.
