ONE YEAR CLASS - No New Students: This comprehensive course will cover all the basic algebraic concepts (definitions, signs and expressions) and principles for logically solving, transposing and canceling algebraic equations, using Teaching Textbooks curriculum. Teaching Textbooks is a complete core math curriculum and has helped high schoolers gain a firm foundation in upper-level math. The review-method structure helps students build problem solving skills as they practice core concepts … [Read more...]
Thursday *JH (AM0) – Pre-Algebra (Teaching Textbooks)
ONE YEAR CLASS - Full Class - No New Students: Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra 2.0 is a complete math curriculum that begins by revisiting whole-number operations, fractions, decimals, percents, and measurements. The rest of the course covers beginning algebra, negative numbers, exponents, roots, plane and solid geometry, functions, relations, graphing, statistics, probability, formulas (e.g. rate x time = distance), solving equations using the distributive property, and absolute value. This … [Read more...]
Thursday HS (AM1A) – United States History
ONE YEAR CLASS - Full Class - No New Students: Exploring America presents history through the perspective of faith in God and respect for His Word. This course gives students an in-depth overview of the significant events that shaped America. Students will survey landmark events, explore significant historical contributors and analyze issues ranging from the early European exploration to the war on terror- including extensive coverage of the twentieth century. This will be an in-depth … [Read more...]
*Tuesday HS (PM2C) – Chemistry w/ Labs
ONE YEAR CLASS (Prerequisite: Proficiency in Algebra 1 or above level math) - No New Students: Using a new curriculum this year from MasterBooks, this class will be a clear and thorough one-year lab-based course focusing on chemistry concepts and their applications with everything strongly rooted in a Biblical worldview. This class will be in-depth and is enough to prepare future STEM majors for college but is also accessible for any student needing high school chemistry. Supply … [Read more...]
*Tuesday HS (AM0B) – American Sign Language 2
ONE-YEAR CLASS (Prerequisite: Completion and passing grade in ASL 1) - No New Students: ASL 2 is an intermediate level course that builds on the foundation laid in ASL 1. This course is taught entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), with no voice used in class, to provide a total immersion experience for students to continue their assimilation of the Deaf world. The course focuses on the development of expressive and receptive skills in ASL at an intermediate level, covering topics such as … [Read more...]
Thursday 8th & 9th (AM2B) – Physical Science w/ Labs
ONE YEAR CLASS (Students should have completed Math 7 and completed or currently taking Pre-Algebra) - Full Class - No New Students: This course using the newer Apologia edition of Exploring Creation with Physical Science has been designed to bridge middle and high school science courses and create a solid foundation for preparing both 8th & 9th grade students for higher-level science courses.The text discusses such topics as the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, weather, the structure of … [Read more...]
Thursday *JH (PM1B) – General Science
ONE YEAR CLASS - No New Students: This course is an overview and introduction to the sciences. The course covers such topics as the scientific method, designing experiments, simple machines, geology, archaeology, biology, and more, with a large focus on Earth Science (astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, earth study, geology, paleontology, and environmental science). Students will keep a notebook of their findings, and there will be lots of review and fun activities to help reinforce the … [Read more...]
*Tuesday HS (AM0C) – Anatomy w/ Labs
ONE YEAR CLASS (Prerequisite: Taken and passed First Year Biology) - No New Students: Using Apologia curriculum, this course will provide an advanced study of the human body’s 11 organ systems. The course provides the student with a solid background in advanced biology. Students completing the entire course, including documenting in a lab notebook all of the labs, experiments, and dissections, it could be counted as an honors course. … [Read more...]
Thursday HS (AM0A) – HS Biology w/ Labs
ONE YEAR CLASS - Full Class - No New Students: This science course with in-class labs and dissections provides a detailed introduction to the methods and concepts of general biology. With a strong emphasis on the vocabulary of biology, the course provides the student with a strong background in the scientific method, the five-kingdom classification scheme, microscopy, biochemistry, cellular biology, molecular and Mendelian genetics, evolution, dissection, and ecosystems, using Apologia … [Read more...]
*Tuesday *JH (PM1B) – Beginning ASL 1
ONE YEAR CLASS - No New Students: This class is a jr. high level class that will be a slow-paced introduction to American Sign Language. They will learn the alphabet, basic vocabulary, and become familiar with ASL’s grammatical structure. Furthermore, they will be exposed to the complexities of Deaf Culture and what it means to be Deaf. Students will learn how to communicate with Deaf people and navigate visual language in real-life. Students will also be able to participate in a Deaf … [Read more...]