The mission of Regent Preparatory School of Oklahoma is to provide academically able students with a challenging 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 in the service of God and man.

The School offers its students an education that is both classical and Christian. It is classical in that it draws deeply on the rich heritage of Western civilization and culture; it is Christian in that it recognizes the Bible as the final authority in matters of life and thought.

The dictionary defines a regent as “one who rules or administers during the absence of a sovereign.” God made man in His image and gave him dominion over all of the earth. As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are in active service until our Sovereign returns. We seek to be Christ-like and to be good stewards of all that He has entrusted to us. Stewardship includes educating our children by equipping their minds, sharpening their abilities, and developing their talents that they might also serve Him as regents.

The Latin phrase Fidelis Veritati is our motto. It is translated “faithful to the truth.” Psalm 117:2 states “The truth of the Lord endures forever.” The timeless, unchanging truth of Scripture is the foundation upon which a Regent education is built.

The Regent crest consists of four quadrants divided by a cross and surrounded by a grapevine. The cross symbolizes the centrality of Jesus Christ in our school. The grapevine represents Jesus’ words in John 15, reminding us to abide in Christ as the branch abides in the vine. Apart from Him we can do nothing.

The four quadrants of the crest represent the four areas of growth mentioned in Luke 2:52: “Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and men.” Deepening maturity in each of these areas marked Jesus’ perfectly balanced life.

1. The upper left quadrant depicts the Bible, which represents wisdom. The book of Proverbs admonishes us repeatedly to seek wisdom. Scripture provides the basis of all knowledge and a complete worldview. The education provided at Regent mirrors Paul’s words in Colossians 1:28: “We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.”
2. The lower left quadrant depicts a vessel, which represents the stature of Christ. Isaiah 64:8 says, “But now, O Lord, You are our Father, we are the clay, and You our Potter, and all of us are the work of Your hand.” We are each created uniquely to serve God with our specific talents and gifts. Each child is encouraged through our curriculum to discover and develop the Godgiven abilities he possesses.
3. The lower right quadrant depicts a basket of fishes and loaves, which represent favor with God. Hebrews 13:16 reminds us to “not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” In the miracle of the fishes and loaves, Christ demonstrates this love and service to others. We teach our students to take what they have been taught and apply it to how they live, so that they “will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, pleasing Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work.” (Colossians 1:10).
4. The upper right quadrant depicts the heart and flame, which symbolize favor with man. The heart and flame represent love and light. Regent’s curriculum is designed to equip children to live purposefully and lovingly as Christ lived, both at home and in the world. We encourage our students to live as Jesus challenges in Matthew 5:16: “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”

TRUTH:

Students study all subject areas in light of God's truth.
Therefore, successful graduates will possess:

1. Virtue and mature character
We expect students to pursue virtue across all disciplines because, “Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a cleverer devil,” (C.S. Lewis). Our core character goals are the four cardinal virtues (justice, temperance, prudence, courage) and the three theological virtues (faith, hope, love). Through the pursuit of these virtues we seek to disciple students to love God and to bear the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). The pursuit of virtue should also produce good manners, honorable relationships, confession of sin, a passion for making disciples of all nations, Christian service, Christian leadership, and a commitment to a local body of believers. We help students rightly order their affections (the classical Christian definition of virtue) through the study of the great literature of the West and the Bible. Above all else, we teach students to live in accordance with fidelis veritati - acknowledging that God is evident in creation, sovereign through history, revealed in His Son, Jesus Christ, and intimately concerned with us as individuals.

2. Sound reason and sound faith
We prayerfully pursue all knowledge from a biblical perspective. We expect students to realize a unified Christian worldview with Scripture as the measure of all Truth. We expect graduates to exhibit the wisdom to recognize complex issues and to follow the consequences of ideas as they ultimately follow Christ. We expect them to honor God in all they say and do. A worldview based on the Scriptures provides a unified education in which all subjects are understood as part of an integrated whole. Regent is an interdenominational Christian school. Our faculty and board members embrace the historic tenets of Christianity as presented in our Statement of Faith. Beyond these primary doctrines, we respect and acknowledge the primacy of the family, and refer any secondary doctrinal questions to parents for clarification.

TRADITION:

Students appreciate the richness of western tradition that has shaped who we are today.
Therefore, successful graduates will possess:

3. An attitude of life-long learning 
We want our graduates to be life-long learners with the skills needed to study and learn independently. We especially want them to be lifelong students of God’s Word and to see the world through the lens of God’s Word. Learners are well-read and able to discuss and relate to the Great Books. We expect our graduates to be well read from primary source documents and the important literature and ideas of Christian theology and the West. We also want our graduates to read for enjoyment. We want our graduates to see seemingly disconnected facts as wondrously connected in God’s continuum as they study and learn with an attitude of humility.

4. An established aesthetic
Further, educated people have refined discernment, formed as they are exposed to great aesthetic masterpieces, particularly at a young age. Graduates will be familiar with the great artists and great hymns to develop their aesthetic and cultural appreciation. We teach beauty through imitation. Plato wrote, “The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.” At Regent we believe that children who grow up in an atmosphere where beauty is considered an important part of daily life cannot help being inspired to develop their own original ideas in these areas, nor can they help being prepared to live aesthetically themselves. The first artist was God Himself. Man’s very existence is the result of God’s creativity. We want our graduates to believe that since we are created in God’s own image, we too have the capacity to create, though on a limited, finite basis. Our graduates should produce and appreciate beauty.

TRAINING:

Students form excellent habits and are trained for a successful life in this world.
Therefore, successful graduates will possess:

5. A masterful command of language
As people of “the Word,” Christians should be masters of language able to speak well (eloquence) and write well (composition) with good penmanship. We expect our graduates to master uncommon vocabulary, grammar, usage, logic, rhetoric, and translation through our study of English, Latin, and Spanish. We also expect our students to listen to others with charity while critically thinking through a biblical world view. We expect our students to engage socially with a variety of people and to humbly collaborate with others to solve problems. Language is also beautiful, so we expect our graduates to love words as well as to use words well and to read books that are challenging and interesting.

6. Well-rounded competence
Educated people are not specialists who know little outside of their field of specialty. Educated people have competence in a variety of areas including fine art, drama, music, physical activity, math, logic, science and arithmetic. Throughout our program, skills are introduced that are essential for an educated person. We expect our graduates to be accomplished. We want them to have a love for their fellowman and have a desire to serve them with these varied skills by awareness of other’s needs in the community where he/she lives. We expect our students to develop positive physical, mental, and moral habits including: time management, healthy coping skills, and financial wisdom.