Our Vision
Our goal is to disciple the nations through education. In order to achieve this goal, we must become both teachers and learners not only of the truths that Jesus taught, but also of the wise application of these truths to all human relations and institutions. We seek to produce students who have both character and understanding as these students will become the leaders of their homes, their churches, and their nations. They will become Daniels and Esthers. They will become the ones through whom we will receive the answer to our prayer, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
Our History
The leaders of Youth With A Mission invited Jim and Barbara Kilkenny to plant Christian Heritage School (CHS) in Tyler, Texas in order to serve the missionary families of YWAM and the local East Texas community. God confirmed that call by giving the Kilkennys a strategy to disciple the nations through education. Our strategy is to train teachers and students, grades K-12, in the same philosophy of education that first produced liberty in America. This philosophy was eloquently expressed by the founders of Harvard College:
“Let every student be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed…to lay Christ at the bottom as the only Foundation of all sound knowledge and learning.”
This was the view of education that secured for America, at its founding, the tremendous gifts of freedom and prosperity which led to the flourishing of science, industry, and the arts. After acquiring the campus of Tyler’s Dixie School, CHS opened its doors in September of 1980. It is our pleasure to partner with families who have caught this vision of education that imparts the keys to national reformation.
Our Prayer
While we apply our minds to learn each academic discipline, we pray that our eyes would be open to see the glory of God revealed in each subject and that our lives would be shaped by Biblical truth. “The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” I Timothy 1:5
Barbara Kilkenny
Founder
Jeff Schapansky
Principal
Sompong Chiramanewong
Financial Director
Evani Carneiro
Administrator
Fengshan (Stephen) Jin
Personnel Director
Carl Michalsen
Pastor care leader
Heather Schapansky
Vice Principal of Elementary School
Kylie Michalsen
Vice Principal of Junior High School
Rachel Wigent
Vice Principal of High School
Nina Howlett
Director of Curriculum
Milto Carneiro
Teacher/Coach
Naiyana Chiramanewong
Teacher
Jeanne weaver
Teacher
Chris Frederickson
Staff
Cory Gali
Staff
Elias Silva
Staff
Kim Klepp
Staff
Domenica Zileri
Teacher
Magda Emberley
Teacher
Isabel Gali
Staff
Paige Evers
Teacher
Mamisoa Rabarivola
Teacher
Brian Russell
Staff
Cassie McCrary
Teacher
Kriya Thomas
Staff
Tiffany Colt
Teacher
Tatyana Silva
Teacher
Connie Todd
Teacher
Neil Greb
Teacher
Clovis Ferreira
Staff
Joelma Ferreira
Teacher
Amy Fish
Teacher
John Martindale
Teacher
Emelia Michalsen
Teacher
April Oliver
Teacher
Andrew Cox
Teacher
Sophia Almen
Staff
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