Private education that is both classical and Christian.

Heritage Christian Academy is located in Lexington, South Carolina and is only minutes from the capital city of Columbia. Heritage is a distinctively Christian school offering an accelerated curriculum to capable students in Pre-K through 8th grade. Founded in 1996, Heritage has been educating students in the Midlands for over twenty-five years.

We encourage you to visit our campus, sit in on our classes, and talk with our remarkable faculty. You will see first-hand that Heritage is strongly rooted in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. You will come to understand the emphasis we place on academic success and fostering a love of learning in our students. Finally, you will observe our teachers’ aspiration to build Christian character. We are confident that we have a winning formula because of over twenty-five years of success.

Our Campus

Heritage Christian Academy sits on an almost ten-acre campus dedicated exclusively for the education of our students. The lower and middle school classrooms are separated on the site, but students share the chapel, library, cafeteria, and athletic fields. You will walk around our grounds for just a short time before you observe the peacefulness of the property. You will notice our carefully laid out classrooms that inspire learning, creativity, and organization as well as our students’ love of nature from their collections in the classrooms. You will observe classical prints adorning the campus walls and hear classical music played in our classrooms. Our campus has an atmosphere that inspires peace, cultivates joy, and motivates learning.

Statement of Faith

We believe that the Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God and is the final rule for all of life. Accordingly, our philosophy of education is founded upon several key Scriptural principles. While the list of principles below is not exhaustive, they are sufficient to allow us to draw the following right and necessary inferences that are the foundation of a distinctively Christian education.

We believe that the Scriptures are the very Word of God in their entirety and, therefore, are our authority in matters of faith and practice.
We believe in one God, creator of the universe, eternally existing in the persons of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God.
We believe that when man disobeyed God, he fell from grace and brought sin into the world.
We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, crucified for our sin, and raised from the dead in eternal victory. He is an undiminished deity and genuine humanity in one person.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a personal Being who convicts the world of sin and who regenerates, indwells, empowers, guides, and seals believers eternally for God.
We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary for the salvation of lost sinners, and that those who receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith are born again into the family of God.
We believe that the family of God is the church, which is the body of believers of which Christ is the head.
We believe that marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union as set forth in Scripture.
We believe that in accordance with the love God expressed for His love for His creation every person must be treated with compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity.
We believe that Heaven is the abode of God and the place of eternal joy for the saved, and that Hell is the place of eternal punishment of separation from God for the lost.

Parental Involvement

Many vital functions of life at Heritage Christian Academy are dependent upon the efforts of parent volunteers. There are many opportunities for parents to be involved in the school in areas ranging from assisting with carpool, assisting with maintenance items, chaperoning field trips, serving as a class parent, and helping to coordinate Grandparents’ Day or Fine Arts Day. A list of volunteer opportunities is included in our registration packet and is distributed at Parent Orientation before the start of each school year.

Dress Code

Students at Heritage wear uniforms that differ depending on the age of the student. Specifics about our school uniforms and where to purchase them are included with the registration packet once a student is officially enrolled. Heritage also has a uniform closet in which previously worn uniforms are available for a small donation.

Our Philosophy

The mission of Heritage Christian Academy is to provide academically-able students a classical educational experience designed to help them know, love, and practice that which is true, good, and excellent and to prepare them to live purposefully and intelligently as they pursue the individual calling God has given them.

Activities

At Heritage Christian Academy we provide opportunities for our students to speak and perform in front of an audience. Our desire is to prepare our students to be confident leaders in an adult world. These opportunities include recitations in class, recitations for Grandparents’ Day and plays performed at Fine Arts Day. Believing that God has uniquely gifted each child with specific abilities, we also offer a varied selection of extra-curricular activities including talent show performances, basketball, tennis, student council, and state level competitions in the areas of math, general academics, science, spelling and literary skills.