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Dear Parents!
One of my greatest goals is to partner with you, help and encourage you, in raising your child to be a strong Christian leader in the world of today and tomorrow. The students of today already have a huge impact on our society and world. The movie, music and clothing industry in targeting the age group of 6-25 year olds more than any age group ever before. That means they are gearing their products towards what they believe children and teens want. The novel idea of supplying them with what they need, seems not to have crossed their minds. It is hard as a parent to keep students on track, it is a draining job!

Let me assure you, that every statistic produced from surveyed teens still points that Parents are the #1 influence in a teens life. Now, your teen may chose to argue with that today, but your beliefs, your value system, your input has impacted them and formed them into who they are today and who they will become in the years to come. I can already see traits of mine in what Nehemiah does, and I know he is a sponge and will soak up things Ginger and I will do around him and make it part of who he is. There is no way around that.

Knowing that you are the greatest influence of your students and that you, not I, have ultimate responsibility, I want too and long too, partner with you in reaching your student and helping them discover the values, the morals the beliefs that God would want a student to have.

In the weeks and months ahead, I will provide links and downloads on this page to help you stay in touch with today’s youth culture. I also want to keep my lines of communication open with you, so you will be amply informed of all upcoming and ongoing events.

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Thank you for all you do for your students and with that to impact the world of today and tomorrow, for your teens will touch days we will never see.

God Bless you!

Looking forward to partnering with you,

Jan Horak

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