Middle School

Mr. Abbot

• 7^th Bible Study: Dynamic Christian Living – A practical guide to applying God’s biblical principles to everyday life.  Uses biblical citations to outline and explain the role and duties of young Christians for their earthly life.
• 7^th & 8^th Math: Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1 – Review and reinforcement of arithmetic from traditional mathematics curriculum, introduction of variables and algebraic expressions, solving equations, algebra-based geometry, graphing and other visual-based mathematics concepts.  Algebra 1 covers the same topics as pre-Algebra, with emphasis on combining basic algebra concepts with more advanced critical thinking skills.
• 7^th History: World Studies – A survey of world history from the end of the European Dark Ages (about 1100 AD) to the present.  The Renaissance and Reformation, the Mongol and African Empires, discovery of the New World (Americas), colonialism and imperial conquest, and war/conflict of the last century.
• 7^th & 8^th Science: Life Science – Christian foundations of biological sciences, the Living Kingdoms, Ecology/Naturalism, Microbiology, genetics/heredity, the structure and function of the human body.  The curriculum incorporates practical applications through hands on Lab activities and physical exploration of life
• 7^th Art: Artistic Pursuits – A combination of art history, technical art composition, and open-ended artistic expression.  Focuses primarily on the classic arts: painting, drawing, and sculpting.

Mrs. Kerr

• 8^th Bible: Wise-up – Wisdom in Proverbs, Consideration of Biblical character traits with instruction and application from both the Old and New Testaments.
• 7^th & 8^th English: Grammar and Composition, Punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, sentence structure, creative writing, essay writing, research papers
• 7^th & 8^th Spelling: Word lists illustrate key spelling rules and consist of commonly misspelled words. Vocabulary lists include spelling, definition and usage exercises with antonym/synonym reviews.
• 8^th History: American History, From the explorers to the 1960s, emphasizing God’s sovereignty over all; Government studies including the Constitution; Geography with map studies; President reports and biographical studies of historical figures.
• 7^th & 8^th Literature: Books, stories, poems and excerpts expose students to various forms of literature, and elements of writing; monthly book reports.
• 8^th Art: Introduction to visual arts; basic terms, processes and techniques; some traditional crafts that tie-in to history.
• 8^th Speech: Introduction to narrative, expository, and persuasive speech; poetry recitals, improvisational work, Readers Theater and skits.