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OVERVIEW
Objective: To facilitate optimal learning for all students so they may achieve to their highest potential through providing a structured yet nurturing environment that allows for academic, spiritual, social, and physical growth.
Structure: Hybrid block schedule to help transition students to high school
Core Classes: ELA, Math, Social Studies, Science, Spanish
Additional Instruction: Students choose one elective class per quarter
English Language Arts
- Research Skills
- Visual Expression
- PowerPoint Presentations
- Vocabulary
- Non-Fiction Texts, Short Stories, Novels
- Adaptive Grammar Activities
- Elements of Fiction
Math
- ALEKS
- Number System - Real Numbers
- Expressions and Equations
- Geometry
- Pythagorean Theorem
- Statistics and Probability - Scatterplots
Social Studies
- History/Civics/Economics
- US Constitution/Founding Fathers 1787-1830
- Regionalism/Expansion of US 1800-1850
- March to the Civil War 1861-1877
- Reconstruction Era 1861-1877
- Note taking
- Short Essays
- Research Paper
- Current Events
- Thinking Historical
- Political Cartoons
- Primary Source Use
Science
- Labs
- Measurement
- Scientific Method
- Energy
- Atomic Structure
Religion
- Church History: Pentecost-Present
- Preparing for Confirmation
- Applying our Faith to Real Life
Activities
- Field Trip to Kansas State Fair and Pilsen, KS
- Weekly Visits to Via Christi Broadmoor Nursing Home
- Culminating Project