Wauseon Character Academy
Building Character through Bible Education
Wauseon Character Academy is building a partnership with LifeWise Academy to bring character education to students in the Wauseon Ohio School District, using Bible story heroes and their positive influence as role models. We endeavor to acquire property and provide a facility to bring our students to one centralized location for their weekly LifeWise instruction.
Who We Are
Wauseon Character Academy is a nonprofit faith organization dedicated to providing character education to students through Bible story characters. Our immediate goal is to build or acquire a centralized location to fully service the facility needs for our rapidly growing LifeWise Academy program in Wauseon. Our overall goal is to help students develop strong values and become positive members of their communities.
Wauseon Character Academy works in partnership with LifeWise Academy, a nonprofit ministry program, that provides religious education for public school students during school hours. LifeWise Academy funds the teachers, curriculum, and bus drivers, then transports students from their school to a nearby location to provide a weekly Bible education class before returning them to their school. The purpose is to expose children to Jesus, the Bible as the word of God, and the development of character traits that will positively impact each student's life.
Our Program
We wish to serve Grades 1 - 5 students who attend either Wauseon Primary or Wauseon Elementary School. Our curriculum is from LifeWise Academy, which has developed age-appropriate lessons modeled after the curriculum of The Gospel Project, a faith-based organization whose mission is to make the Gospel of Christ known to all. Our purpose is to teach the values and positive traits found in the character of Jesus and other heroes in the Bible. Knowing how Jesus and these characters from the Bible stories lived their lives will help our students live their lives as well.
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Bible Story Characters
Our lessons are centered around Jesus and other Bible story characters, who serve as role models for students and help them understand the importance of positive character traits and strong values. Our goal is that each student will be positively influenced and begin to incorporate these traits and values into his or her life.
Community Partnerships
We partner with local individuals, churches, and organizations to provide funding to underwrite the cost of our facilities. We can then implement the program to bring students the opportunity to learn about Jesus and various Bible Heroes, develop standards to live by, and to eventually serve their communities and put their values into action.
Expert Staff
Our staff includes experienced educators, committed volunteers, and a community leadership board, all of whom are passionate about helping students develop positive character traits and strong values. Adults in leadership roles who have contact with students have all passed child safely classes and background checks.
Legality of Program
Around the time that the Bible and prayer were removed from public education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Zorach v. Clauson determined that the practice of "Released Time Religious Instruction" (RTRI) was constitutional and legal is all 50 states of our country. Ohio's RTRI law was passed by the Ohio legislature and signed into law by the governor, allowing public school students to receive religious instruction during the school day, as long as it was voluntary, off school property, and privately funded.
Our curriculum is designed to help students develop strong values and become positive members of their communities. We use Bible story characters to teach important lessons about values and positive character traits. Our curriculum is from LifeWise Academy, which has developed age-appropriate lessons modeled after the curriculum of The Gospel Project, a faith-based organization whose mission is to make the Gospel of Christ known to all. Another purpose is to teach students the value of caring for and giving service to others. Students readily relate to the characters found in the Bible stories and how the characters from the stories lived their lives.
Our Curriculum
Our Partners
We partner with LifeWise Academy, churches, community organizations, and individuals to provide the resources to bring proven, successful character education to students.
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What Our Students, Parents, and Volunteers Say
Student Testimonials
A newly enrolled LifeWise Wauseon student ran up to the Director and told him, "I have anger issues and I am happy that I get to come to LifeWise, because I know LifeWise will help me" Since he's begun attending, there have been no behavior issues. The Lord is working on his heart already!
"Wednesday is the best day of the week because I get to come to LifeWise!" a student told a volunteer.
Parent Testimonials
"It's been wonderful to be able to have him talk about the stories and start using a specific character trait in his vocabulary - and using it appropriately!"
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"I'm learning things about the Bible I didn't know! It's fun having him teach me about what he's learned!"
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"She loves going! She can't wait to put on her special LifeWise shirt to wear to class!"
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"I love helping at LifeWise! It's so rewarding to see the kids use their newly acquired skills in relating to one another." Â
"I see the kids making an extra effort to learn memory verses when they see that the adults are eager to listen to them recite a verse. They desire to please us and seem to try harder to learn those verses!"
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