Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory

A special thanks goes out to the Phoenix Fire Department for coming and sharing with our kindergarten students on September 11! PVCP is grateful for all of the first responders who daily risk their lives to provide a safe community for us all.

PVCP is growing, and we're seeking additional qualified teachers to join our community of spiritual nurturing and academic excellence! Open positions include 3rd grade, a middle/upper school math position, and early education teachers and aides. Inquire now at [email protected]!

"He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay." - Matthew 28:6

The PVCP Middle School Track & Field team started the season at the CAA Kick Off Classic Saturday morning. The Middle School Boys team finished in 3rd place and the Girls team took 1st place! Boys results included Top 5 finishes in the 100m, 1600m, Long Jump, and Discus as well as Medaling (Top 2) in Shot Put, High Jump, and the 4X100m relay. The girls finished in the Top 5 for the 1600m, Discus, and Long Jump as well as Medaling (Top 2) in the Shot Put, High Jump, and 4x100m relay. Excellent job, Panthers!

Praying for our brothers and sisters at The Covenant School in Nashville, TN.

"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." - Revelation 21:4

At a time when many schools are using reading lists to pursue political agendas, PVCP believes that educating students in the Great Books of Western Civilization not only builds a shared base of culture, but it produces well-rounded individuals. At PVCP, your students will read the classics, such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, Romeo and Juliet, Crime and Punishment, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dante's Inferno, and much more.

Earlier in the fall, PVCP students assembled care packages to send to PVCP alumnus Josiah Utz and his Army unit stationed in Poland. The packages have finally arrived, and Josiah and his unit send their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all the PVCP families for generously blessing them with snacks, hand-warmers, and socks. Continue to lift up Josiah, other PVCP alumni serving in the Armed Forces, and all of our military personnel serving around the world.

"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." - I Timothy 2:1-4

Happy birthday to the Great State of Arizona!

Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
there is no shadow of turning with thee.
Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.

- Thomas Chisholm, 1923

Two generous PVCP families have put forward a $22,000 year-end matching challenge! Every donation you make by the end of the year will be matched up to $22,000! Will you consider making your most generous tax-deductible donation online today? --> https://pvcp.revv.co/support

Galatians 4:4-5 "But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons."

WE NEED YOUR HELP! A generous PVCP family has put forward a $7,000 matching grant towards campus fencing enhancements! All year-end contributions will be matched up to $7,000! Any amount inches us closer towards the goal, so donate $5, $50, $500 or more online today at https://pvcp.revv.co/support

A generous donor family has put forward a matching grant of $7,000 as PVCP seeks to raise an additional $36,875 by year-end for the next phase of campus security enhancements! Will you consider making your most generous tax-deductible donation online today? --> https://pvcp.revv.co/support

The auction is open, and we want to thank all of the great arts and culture venues and museums that have contributed to this year's event! Place your bids now by texting pvcp22 to 76278. Thank you to the Phoenix Symphony, Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, the Heard Museum, the Children's Museum of Phoenix, and the Arizona Historical Society.

The virtual auction is now open! Place your bids now to support PVCP's campus security infrastructure! -->

PVCP Auction 22 Help Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory spread the word about PVCP Virtual Auction 2022!

A special thanks to all of the incredible wildlife and nature conservancy organizations throughout Arizona that have donated to PVCP's virtual auction! We have several great family outings available including tickets to the Phoenix Zoo, Tucson's Reid Park Zoo, Odysea Aquarium, Bearizona, Wildlife World Zoo, Out of Africa Wildlife Park, the Desert Botanical Garden, and the Grand Canyon Deer Farm!

PVCP honors those who have served and sacrificed for our nation!

It's been a great week at PVCP! In addition to the annual fall picnic, spirit week, and our salute to veterans, PVCP recognized Head of School Sheryl Temple for her 25 years of dedicated service at PVCP, Christ-centered vision, and commitment to raising the next generation in objective biblical truth. Thank you, Mrs. Temple!

It was one of our favorite days of the year in preschool - Farmer Carter's annual visit! The kids had a great time appreciating God's incredible creations!

After a great showing by our middle school last week, the upper school boys swim team took 3rd place at state and the girls placed 2nd! We especially want to congratulate PVCP senior Emily Watt on being named the CAA Swimmer of the Year! Congratulations to everyone!

Congratulations to our middle school boys swim team for taking 1st place at the state championship! We also want to congratulate the middle school girls on a great season and for taking 3rd at state! Great job, and we can't wait for next season!

We're raising money for campus security initiatives, and we need your help! All families who donate an item for the virtual auction by Monday, October 24, will be entered to win a $100 Amazon gift card! Find item acquisition forms here --> paradisevalleychristian.org/auction

PVCP Upper School Government Class students had an incredible opportunity to attend The School Freedom Forum and meet both Vice President Pence and Governor Ducey! PVCP is grateful for the legacy of all who fight to ensure Arizona students have access to the type of education that best meets their needs.

We are thrilled to be named Niche's #1 Christian High School in AZ and #4 Private K-12 in AZ for 2023! These honors stem from PVCP's unwavering commitment to its foundational principles of spiritual nurturing and academic excellence, demonstrated by student outcomes, graduation rates, college scholarships, standardized test scores, community experience, and more!

We thank God for an incredible first day of school! Thanks to the teachers, parents, and everyone else who helped us kick off the year! We look forward to the year ahead and pray God’s blessing and safety over our students and community as we grow students in His truth.

Exciting things are happening at PVCP! We pray the new Early Education Center will be used mightily by God as we partner with parents to train up children in the way they should go (Proverbs 22:6).

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - Declaration of Independence

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." - Galatians 3:28

We're grateful to celebrate a nation whose foundations are rooted in the biblical ethic that before God, all are equal and created for a purpose!

Psalm 139:1-18
1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a]
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.

Exciting progress on PVCP’s Early Education Center! Learn more at paradisevalleychristian.org/early-education

“Our students will face doubts and concerns regarding their faith. If we want them to defend the faith instead of walking away from it, we should ensure they really know what they’re trying to defend.”

Great insight from Phoenix Seminary placing church history and theology in their rightful place alongside apologetics! PVCP’s comprehensive middle and upper school Bible curriculum not only includes in-depth surveys of the Old and New Testaments, but also two apologetics courses, systematic theology, church history, and worldview analysis, with our upper school students utilizing some of the texts recommended by the author.

Why Your Student Ministry Needs Theology Proper and Church History - Phoenix Seminary If you take a look around most student ministry series, conferences, and curriculum you’ll see one word that consistently pops off the page—“apologetics.” The teen years are full of questions, debates, and crises of faith. So naturally the defense of the faith is a common subject. Apologetic...

Praying God's comfort and peace for those who mourn in Texas, New York, and beyond.

He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. - Matthew 28:6

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth. - Isaiah 53:7

Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory updated their information in their About section.

"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."
- I Timothy 2:1-4