Keystone Christian Education Association

Scholarship program : Pennsylvania law encourages 501(c)(3) organizations to intervene in the lives of pre-k, elementary, and secondary students who desire to attend a Christian school and who are at risk of receiving a deficient Education with insufficient finance available to make desired adjustments. In 2022-2023 15 schools worked together to raise funds and distribute scholarship awards to 202 students with awards ranging from $20 to $3,482, depending upon the results of a needs assessment process. Documentation of awards distributed is maintained in the Association office. An independent cpa annually reviews this program for his report to the state, as required by law. The report is distributed to the board and scholarship committee. It is supplied to donors and participating schools upon inquiry. At least 45 volunteers are involved with this program.

News notes, sentinel, educational supplies: an administrative newsletter to administrative staff in 53 schools, a newsletter to nearly 500 recipients with general circulation thereafter, special technical reports to the 53 administrators and loaning Education videos and similar to the 53 schools as requested. This includes time for research, reading, and writing, which are figured in with expenses for those programs. Parenthetically, the majority of the research and reading time facilitates the consultation programs described hereafter.

Conference : the annual conference is a two-day training session for all staff members of all job descriptions to reinforce the religious calling that each carries as they work in their own school. Delegates can access 100 workshops, general assembly periods, and educational exhibits in addition to exchanging ideas with their educational peers. Attendance by staff usually ranges from 450-525. Approximately 20 volunteers usually assist with pre-conference details, registration, recording/editing of sessions, and transportation shuttle.

Fine arts: a major tenet of the Christian faith is the need for each person to develop their god-given talents and abilities. Independent schools work together through kea to organize programs to spur their development whether in competitions between students in bible quiz, academic tests, and creative writing, or through participation in festivals where students, either individuals or groups, present before adjudication in activities ranging from art, music, speech, bible preaching/teaching, and academic projects. Over 90 volunteers assisted in preparing and administering the academic tests and creative writing events this year. An additional 240 volunteers usually assist with the student presentations at the festival.