Curriculum for Preschool Classes

There are many skills and concepts that are important for preschool students to learn and practice. Academic concepts are taught to prepare preschool children for school. Such academic concepts include letter and number recognition, letter sounds, creating patterns, writing letters and numbers, shapes, colors, etc. It is possible for some of our preschoolers to begin reading before they leave preschool.

Fine motor skills are practiced in our preschool classes. Cutting with scissors, holding a pencil correctly, writing, coloring, drawing, painting, and tracing are some of the skills we practice to help preschoolers to develop the strength they need in their hands to write letters correctly and to build eye-hand coordination. We make things, display our artwork, and create keepsakes for our parents!

Our preschoolers learn to socialize, work together on a project, share with others, take turns, develop friendships, and solve conflicts. These are life skills! Preschoolers learn about the Bible, God, and Jesus to teach them Biblical principles. They learn to pray!

We believe children learn differently, and each child is uniquely and wonderfully made by God. Our preschool teachers will present lessons in different formats to meet the learning styles of the auditory, tactile, and visual learners in the classroom. We supplement our pre-kindergarten program with Abeka curriculum.

Curriculum for Kindergarten through 8th Grade

Our goal is to get to know your student's strengths and weaknesses academically, so we can tailor their instruction to meet their needs. If a student excels in math or language arts, we will consider moving the student to a higer grade level for that subject. If a student needs remediation in a math or language arts, we will consider moving the student to a lower grade level for that subject. Our goal is to provide instruction at a level each student can understand and move forward successfully.

Project-based learning is integrated throughout our curriculum, and we provide project-based instruction classes weekly as part of our enrichment program. Project-based learning gives students opportunities to build skills in collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and the use of technology, which will serve them well in the workplace and life. While some projects border on busy work for some teachers and schools, our student projects involve meaningful learning that engages students’ minds.

Bible/Chapel – We have chapel twice a week and Bible class three times a week. Julia Nalle, co-author of Biblio-Plan, Joyce Parr our Principal, and Pastor Gary Osteen lead chapels. We end chapel with the pledge of allegiance. We use BJU Press Bible curriculum for our Bible classes.

Math – We use Saxon Math to teach our students first grade through eighth grade. Saxon Math teaches a concept, offers a brief practice of the new concept taught, and then offers a mixed practice which reviews problems and concepts previously taught. We call this the “spiral effect,” and we love it! Gone are the days of learning a concept, being tested on it and not seeing it until it is covered again the next year in math.

We also incorporate a variety of manipulatives and hands-on activities to teach concepts and review them. In Kindergarten, we use Abeka for math. We love the scope and sequence of this curriculum for our Kindergartners.

Reading and Writing – Our reading and writing curriculum is phonics-based for Kindergarten and first grade. We use the Abeka curriculum to teach our students to read. Sight words and other whole language activities are integrated into instruction. Second grade and third grade students have phonics/spelling instruction, literature, grammar, and writing in their Language Arts class using BJU Press curriculum. Fourth grade through eighth grade have literature, grammar, and writing instruction using BJU Press curriculum.

Science – We use Apologia for our science curriculum. This curriculum is Biblically-based and provides a hands-on demonstration or experiment with most lessons. It is comprehensive, hands-on, and we love it!!

History – We use BiblioPlan curriculum written by Julia and Rob Nalle. This classical curriculum is broken into four years and gives our students a more comprehensive knowledge of what was happening around the world during each time period. Our students learn geography and are very familiar with locations on a map using this curriculum.

Curriculum for High School Classes 9th – 12th

We offer semester- and year-long classes. Students in the 8th grade who have consistently exhibited good test scores and by teacher recommendation may be given the opportunity to take all 9th grade classes or a class or two at the 9th grade level. Some high school students also have the opportunity to enroll in dual enrollment classes to earn high school and college credits simultaneously.