Christian worldview – teach from the conviction that all truth is God’s truth

History- and literature-based curriculum

• Chronological study of history using primary source documents rather than simply using textbooks
• Timelines and geography used as building blocks
• Living Books – study of the greatest literature of past and present in a way that reinforces the history being studied
• Phonetics-based reading program

Traditional math and science study enhanced with hands-on exercises, manipulatives, and lab work; nature studies for the younger grades

Music and music history (study a number of composers and their major works each year)

Art and art history (study a number of artists and their major works each year)

Foreign language (Spanish for K-2nd and Latin beginning in 3rd grade)

Structured physical education, free play, dance and games; athletic teams planned for upper schools

Chapel held weekly (will familiarize students with traditional hymns and seasons of the church calendar, and will include scripture reading and memorization)

Recitation assembly each six weeks (students memorize and recite from primary sources, prose, poetry or scripture)
Inclusion of home school families through block scheduling of electives

“Living History” Fair, Shakespeare Festival, outdoor adventure trips and other educational extracurricular activities

Our Curriculum

History

• Biblioplan
• Usborne Book of World History
• Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World
• The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer
• Knowledge Quest Maps
• Book of Centuries (a personal copy of a timeline where students record words and pictures )
• Appropriate historical fiction and reference books

Bible

• Ergermeir Story Bible
• Children’s Illustrated Bible
• A Child’s Story Bible by Catherine Voss
• Victor Journey through the Bible
• Veritas Press Bible Curriculum by Emily Fisher

Mathematics

• Singapore Math
• Lessons from Marilyn Burns

Language Arts

• Sanseri and Spalding Method
• Primary Phonics, Step into Reading Readers
• Literary genres and classics required for older grades
• Shurley Grammar
• Institute for Excellence in Writing

Latin

• Latina Christiana- Prima, I, and II
• Lingua Angelica (Latin hymns and prayers)
• Lingua Latina

Spanish

• Spanish for Children – McGraw Hill
• Spanish Skill Book, McCray’s Spanish Vocabulary,Vol.1
• Teach Me Spanish songs

Science

• Junior Master Gardner Program
• Delta Science Units
• Nature Notebooks (individual student books where nature observations are recorded)

Music

• Composer Studies
• Kodaly hand signs
• Music Notation
• Recorder Studies

Art

• Historically Based Projects
• Artist Studies
• Drawing with Children and How to Teach Art to Children