Ultimately, the church already had a logo in place that used this smiling emoji. Not ideal, but they did have some built-in equity with the logo and wanted to stick with it. So, I had to embrace it with the school's design system.
Creative Academy
My wife and I have five beautiful children. And we made the decision many years ago to homeschool our kids to avoid the liberal indoctrination that plagues our public school system. That's why we were so excited when the church we attend (Creative Church in Maple Grove) made the decision to start a biblical based K-12 academy. The school is in it's very early stages, but I have been helping them with a full branding/identity exploration.