Bethany Christian Academy (BCA) welcomes all students of race, ethnicity, gender, or nationality. We believe in the support of each child’s individual needs so we maintain small class sizes, teacher-child ratios, and qualified and skilled teachers. Special consideration may be given to siblings of current enrolled students. Students with special needs are welcome, however, the program reserves the right to discuss accommodation of those needs by BCA for the optimal development of the child. If BCA cannot accommodate any child socially-emotionally, cognitively or physically, every effort will be made to assist the family in educational care and placement for the child.

Parents are welcome to visit their child at any time during school hours. Parents wanting to volunteer with BCA will be required to complete the BCA volunteer background check and any other requirements deemed necessary.

Discipline must be:

Individualized and consistent for each child;

Appropriate to the child’s level of understanding; and

Directed toward teaching the child acceptable behavior and self-control.

A caregiver may only use positive methods of discipline and guidance that encourage self-esteem, self-control,

and self-direction, which include at least the following:

Using praise and encouragement of good behavior instead of focusing only upon unacceptable behavior;

Reminding a child of behavior expectations daily by using clear, positive statements;

Redirecting behavior using positive statements; and

Using brief supervised separation or time out from the group, when appropriate for the child’s age and

development, which is limited to no more than one minute per year of the child’s age.

There must be no harsh, cruel, or unusual treatment of any child. The following types of discipline and

guidance are prohibited:

Corporal punishment or threats of corporal punishment;

Punishment associated with food, naps, or toilet training;

Pinching, shaking, or biting a child;

Hitting a child with a hand or instrument;

Putting anything in or on a child’s mouth;

Humiliating, ridiculing, rejecting, or yelling at a child;

Subjecting a child to harsh, abusive, or profane language;

Placing a child in a locked or dark room, bathroom, or closet with the door closed or open; and

Requiring a child to remain silent or inactive for inappropriately long periods of time for the child’s age.