We are grateful for your interest in Regent Preparatory School. We are currently enjoying our 26th school year with over 625 students and continue to look to the future God has for the school, its students, and its families. The school’s original goals still stand at the forefront of our efforts, that is, to provide an academically challenging experience built upon a solid biblical foundation. The published mission statement 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.”
Regent partners with parents to accomplish these goals, including them in the academic experience and in student activities. In order to identify some of the priority aspects of the school for parents and prospective families, three words were chosen.
TRUTH:
Students study all subject areas in light of God's truth.
TRADITION:
Students appreciate the richness of western tradition that has shaped who we are today.
TRAINING:
Students form excellent habits and are trained for a successful life in this world.
Regent is an interdenominational, classical, Christian school. Our motto Fidelis Veritati is translated, "faithful to the truth" and is a central objective in everything we do. The Regent education is rooted in the truth and authority of the Bible and acknowledges that God is evident in creation, sovereign through history, revealed in His Son, Jesus Christ, and intimately concerned with us as individuals.
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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.
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.”
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.
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).
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.”
The Finished Product
Regent Preparatory School seeks in all things to do the will of the Father. It is our desire to glorify God as we pursue academic and moral excellence for our children. We hope that the finished product is a life and a family that reflect the character and heart of Christ.
"Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence." II Peter 1:2-3
"It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself if his conduct is pure and right." Proverbs 20:11
Andy Shapleigh,
Headmaster