FHA’s VISION

FHA is committed to impacting the community by reaching, teaching, and transforming one child at a time.

FHA’s MISSION STATEMENT

(H.a.r.b.o.r.) Helping Adolescents Restore Balance Order & Respect

What is Balance?

We create balance in our lives when we achieve an equal condition of emotional, spiritual, and mental stability. FHA assists students in cultivating essential qualities that will help them become balanced young people. These qualities of academic, spiritual, physical, and emotional stability strengthen students as they strive to know themselves, their strengths and weaknesses in behavior, ability, and motivation.
The characteristics which trigger this balance and that we cultivate at FHA are belonging, independence, mastery, and generosity.

Belonging – FHA IS A SAFE PLACE WHERE EVERY STUDENT BELONGS.
We all need to feel like we belong to something bigger than ourselves. The first experience of this is the feeling of belonging to the family where we feel we have a safe environment in which we can relax and be ourselves. There we also learn how to take care of others. As we grow, this sense of belonging translates into a sense of belonging at school, in the world, society, and as a child of God’s kingdom. This sense of belonging is achieved as we create a sense of community. When we develop a positive school culture we are achieving the desired sense of community.

Independence – FHA INDIVIDUALIZES INSTRUCTION THAT IS STUDENT CENTERED.
We need to feel like we have the power to make choices, however limited. When we are small, we should be allowed to make few and limited choices. However, as we grow and show good judgment and reliability, our options should expand. The ability to make choices empowers us to become responsible for ourselves and those around us. That is why we sometimes allow students to make choices about their education.

Mastery – FHA CULTIVATES EXCELLENCE IN A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT.
We all need to feel that we are talented and creative. We need to feel that we can excel at certain tasks and that our skills are beneficial to the FHA community and the various groups to which we belong. Cultivating excellence in a skill is important to us in that it fills our life with a meaningful purpose. This skill can bein anything positive that sparks our interest and it is essential to our happiness and self-worth.

Generosity – FHA TEACHES THAT IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE.
We feel good about ourselves when we give to others with no expectation of return. Whether this is a gift of time, service or expertise, it is important for us to know, that we have something of value to contribute that can benefit those less fortunate. Volunteering is an excellent way to teach compassion and to donate our time to the community we live in.

What is Order?

Order is when we behave in a peaceful manner that benefits ourselves and others.

What is Respect?

Respect is when we pay attention, consideration, and admiration to others including God, parents, teachers, and peers by being courteous, thoughtful, and appreciative. We live in a diverse nation made up of many different cultures, languages, races, and backgrounds. This variety can make all our lives more fun and interesting, but only if we get along with each other. To do that, we have to respect each other.

OUR PURPOSE

• Educating the next generation through creative modes of expression
• Guiding the next generation to lead by God’s example
• Restoring the next generation to become God’s unique light