Mission, Vision and Values
MISSION OF TUPELO CHRISTIAN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Leading students, in partnership with Christian families, to know Christ and make Him known through rigorous academics, challenging athletics, stimulating arts, and servant-hood activitiesCORE VALUES
Christ-centered: TCPS is committed to providing a challenging instructional program that is Christ-centered, biblically based which forms the foundation of all truth and promotes a standard of academic rigor while assisting those who demonstrate strong learning potential and preparing all for the next stage of academic pursuit and life.
Covenant School: TCPS is committed to being a covenant school:
• TCPS serves families where at least one parent is a professing Christian.
• TCPS enrolls new students at the high school level (9th – 12th grades) who
profess Christ and are active in a church.
Servant Leadership: TCPS is a Board-governed, staff-managed school, which is
committed to a governance model of integrity and servant leadership, thus ensuring
operational standards that deliver the Mission of the school.
Christian Mentoring: TCPS is committed to recruiting and retaining professionally equipped teachers who are Christian role-model mentors, committed to lead and graduate students by fusing the message of Christ into every aspect of the daily learning experience.
Technology Embracing: TCPS is committed to embracing and integrating modern technology use as a tool in the instruction of students and in communicating with staff, families, and community.
Church Supportive: TCPS encourages respect, involvement, support, and service to the church.
Community Involvement: TCPS is committed to missions, ministry, outreach, and service to our home community and beyond to engage the culture and change it.
Astute Stewardship: TCPS is committed to properly compensate teachers and staff, and to maintain facilities and equipment, which reflect the value of the school’s Mission and meet standards for accreditation.
Financially Responsible: TCPS is committed to fiscal stability, through accountable financial management, including a balanced operational budget from tuition, student-related fees, and auxiliary enterprises.
Institutional Advancement: TCPS is committed to an Institutional Advancement program, which funds and staffs its Vision, Mission, Core Values, and teacher and student profiles.
Gifts Development: TCPS is committed to offer a broad range of athletics, fine arts, social and extra-curricular activities to allow students to enjoy God through life
experiences while living the standards of Christ.
MOTTO
Christ first, academics second to none