ENGLISH K:   This course includes learning phonetic principles, handwriting skills, reading, and simple spelling.  The purpose is to fully prepare the student for strong skills in both decoding and encoding words.  The literature component is designed to enhance literary awareness by presenting various types of literature, from poetry to classics and fables.  Listening, recall skills, and oral reading are also stressed.
   
HISTORY K:  This course focuses on key people and events during the time of discovery and colonization of America.  Emphasis is placed on patriotism and God’s sovereignty in the establishment of our nation.  Students are also introduced to cardinal directions, the continents, and the oceans.  Students learn by singing songs, recognizing landmarks and national symbols, and reading literature about our nation.
 
MATH K – SAXON 1:  This course is divided into two parts.  The first part is the meeting portion, which includes calendar skills, weather, counting, and practice of key math concepts.  The second part is the actual lesson, which presents new concepts through hands-on experiences, discussion, and exploration followed by seatwork.  This course covers all basic addition and subtraction facts.  Students will skip count, compare numbers, use comparison symbols, identify fractions, measure, tell time, count money, and read graphs.

SCIENCE K: This course combines observation and active participation as the students discover the world in which they live.  The course is broken down into four sections: Life Science (focus on insects and animals), the human body (healthy practices and the five senses), Earth Science (seasons, sky and space, rocks and soil), and Physical Science (magnetism, sound, heat, light, buoyancy, and air.)

Parent Role:  Primary Teacher

This is a comprehensive course including grammar, writing, and literature.  Students use rhythm and a set of specific questions to classify sentences orally, identify each sentence part, and identify the overall sentence structure.  Students learn methods that create exemplary writing and prose.  Vocabulary lists and definitions complement writing skills.  Students will read various literary classics, observing writing style and analyzing character development.
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with History 5.

This is a comprehensive course including grammar, writing, speech, and literature.  Students use rhythm and a set of specific questions to classify sentences orally, identify each sentence part, and identify the overall sentence structure.  Students learn methods that create exemplary research writing and prose.  Vocabulary is introduced from a classical perspective.  Students learn and practice specific methods to develop appropriate public speaking skills.
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with History 6.

This is a comprehensive course including writing, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, speech, and literature from a classical perspective.  Students use rhythm and a set of specific questions to classify sentences orally, identify each sentence part, and identify the overall sentence structure.  Students look at elements of style with an emphasis on cleanliness, accuracy, and brevity in English composition, and will experience these through the analysis of classic literature.
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with History 7.

This is a comprehensive course including writing, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and literature from a classical perspective.  Students use rhythm and a set of specific questions to classify sentences orally, identify each sentence part, and identify the overall sentence structure.  Students build on writing skills practiced and learned in English 7.  
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with History 8.

This course is a survey of literature from the beginnings of recorded history through the Golden Age of Rome.  The students will read and analyze poetry, essays, drama, fiction, and non-fiction from this period.  The ideologies and beliefs of the Greeks and Romans will be discussed in light of a Biblical worldview and students will see how these beliefs impact our current American culture.  The students will read critically, speak and write about a variety of topics during the course, and imitate models of literary forms.
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with Classical History.

This course is a survey of literature spanning from early church fathers through the Reformation. Covering history, literature and theology, students will learn to think as Christians as they interact with timeless works.  Students will also continue to develop their composition and logic abilities and expand their aesthetic sensibilities.
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with Medieval/Renaissance History.

Taught from a Biblical perspective, this course is a survey of major world literature, outside the body of American literature, through a variety of instructional techniques.  Students will identify characteristics of poetry and fiction while becoming familiar with masterpieces from various cultures. This course includes an introduction to each culture and explores how the literature reflects that culture. The composition section of this course will focus on creative writing.
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with Non-Western World History.

This course is a survey of literature from the 1750s to the early 1900s.  Students will read and analyze poetry, essays, fiction and non-fiction from this period.  The ideologies and beliefs of the Enlightenment, Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods will be discussed in light of a Biblical worldview, and students will see how these beliefs impact our current American culture.  The students will read critically, speak and write about a variety of topics during the course, and imitate models of literary forms.
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with Modern World History.

This course is designed to provide students with the organizational and creative tools needed to produce excellent prose writing. Students will learn the power of combining worthwhile words in order to create well-ordered thoughts. Students will learn the importance of a thesis statement and how to craft an effective essay.  With the emphasis on in-class writing and peer editing, homework will be minimal. 

We will be using the Institute for Excellence in Writing, covering Note Making and Outlines, Summarizing from Notes,  Summarizing Narrative Stories, Summarizing References & Library Reports in the Fall and Creative Writing, Essay Writing and Critique Writing in the Spring.

This course brings students to the knowledge of God as they see His hand work throughout history while creating timelines and active participation in class projects.  This course also includes basic map reading skills, and an introduction to world cultures  In addition, the students become familiar with the fifty states, their geography, important landmarks, and people.  The course, concludes with a short introduction of Texas symbols and landmarks.

This course investigates ancient Egypt through weekly topical studies.  Students master Egyptian history through musical memorization, playing games, creating art projects, and completing comprehension questions.

Through weekly topical studies, students will investigate events of the New Testament, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.  Students will learn through musical memorization, games, art projects, and participating in theatrical scripts.

This course explores the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Reformation.  Students realize God’s faithfulness as they learn from the past.  Students study these eras by musical memorization, playing games, and creating art projects.

This course focuses on the first American explorers, the American colonies, and US history until 1815 A.D.  Students examine the explorers by musical memorization, playing games, creating art projects, and participating in skits and classroom discussion.
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with English 5.

This course examines United States history from 1815 AD. to the present.  Students learn US history through memorization, playing games, creating art projects, and participating in theatrical scripts. 
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with English 6.

This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with English 7.

This one-semester course examines the foundations of American government; the important concepts and ideas in American government as well as people and events; the structure and roles of the  legislative, executive, and judicial branches; the rights and responsibilities of the American citizen; state and local government; and international relations. Students will also study opposing ideas about what democracy means, and study the Constitution and its impact on society both locally, nationally, and globally.

This two-semester course explores the ancient classical world of Greece and Rome taken from its earliest beginnings up to the fall of the Roman Empire.  Students will study the development of Greek and Roman ideas and their impact on Western civilization within the context of God's providence.  Fall semester topics covered include the rise of the Greek city-state, the Persian War, Greek experiments with democracy, oligarchy, and empire, the Peloponnesian War, the rise to power of Philip and Alexander of Macedon, and the Greeks' eventual submission to Rome.  Special emphasis will be placed on the political, economic, and cultural achievements.  Students will participate in debate, discussion, and draw logical conclusions based on class lecture and selected readings.
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with Classical Literature. 

This course is a survey of literature spanning from early church fathers through the Reformation. Covering history, literature and theology, students will learn to think as Christians as they interact with timeless works.  Students will study factors that affected development and growth of the church including the Byzantine Empire, the Crusades, the Reformation, and the Renaissance through discussion of factual and philosophical concepts and guided long-term projects.  Students will also continue to develop their composition and logic abilities and expand their aesthetic sensibilities.
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with Medieval/Renaissance Literature/Composition

This course focuses on modern world history, beginning with the French Revolution and continuing through the rise of Populism in the late 1800s. This course emphasizes “moral philosophy”, which means treating history more like art or philosophy rather than a set of facts or data to be memorized and processed.  This means that students must use judgment, wisdom, and God-given moral beliefs to understand the lessons provided to us from men of history.   
This course is most effective if taken in conjunction with Modern World Literature

Students will study the stories of people and their beliefs and decisions that influenced the events of our world today.  Dr. George Grant calls this study “moral philosophy” because judgment, wisdom, and moral beliefs are required to understand history and the impact of the decisions that affected our world.  The goal is to observe lessons that will help the students analyze their times, lives, and responses to the modern world.

Produces mastery of addition and subtraction facts and an introduction to multiplication.  Students will skip count, compare numbers, use comparison symbols, identify fractions, measure, tell time, identify place value, compare mass and volume, count money, and interpret graphs.

Students will master basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  Students will skip count, compare numbers, use comparison symbols, identify fractions, measure, tell time, identify place value, compare mass and volume, count money, identify geometric concepts, solve story problems, and interpret graphs.

Course will cover concepts and procedures related to whole number operations, solving word problems, relating patterns and functions, geometric concepts, fractions, decimals, as well as statistics and probability.

Course will cover solving word problems, relating patterns and functions, measurement, statistics and probability, fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, geometry, percentages and an introduction to negative numbers.

Course covers concepts, procedures, and vocabulary for success in Algebra and Geometry.  Students simplify expressions, use exponents, examine square roots, utilize geometric formulas, ratios, percents, fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals.

Course covers measurement, estimation, rate, powers, roots, geometric proofs, scientific notation, graphing function, balancing equations, algebraic terms, graphing linear equations and inequalities, and probability and statistics.  Students will work word problems and learn to collect, display, and analyze data.

This Pre-Algebra course covers skills and concepts needed to be successful in analytic and quantitative courses.  Students will examine fractions, decimals, percents, and geometric concepts.

Course covers manipulation of fractions, decimals, mixed numbers, percents, evaluation of algebraic expressions, measurements and geometry.  Students will solve problems with practical applications for use in carpentry, construction, consumer economics, investing, and more. 

Course covers points, lines, angles, triangles, right triangles, quadrilaterals & other polygons, circles, coordinate geometry, three-dimensional solids, proofs, theorems, and corollaries.

Course covers solving problems with functions, solving linear equations, factoring polynomials, conic sections, functions (relations & graphs), rational expressions & equations, exponents, and logarithms.

This course covers the study of triangles, trigonometric ratios, triangle measurements, applying triangle properties, solving right triangle properties, and advanced algebra topics.

This course stresses the concepts of functions using a process of numeric, graphic, and symbolic representation. The core topics of limits, continuity, differentiation, and integration are approached through application.

This course will teach teens how to manage money and their financial life.  This course will cover savings, understanding investment, retirement & college planning, cash flow planning, preventing debt, bargains, buyer strategies, understanding insurance, real estate & mortgages, careers, collection practices, and credit bureaus.

Introductory science course studying the Earth, plants, animals, insects, energy, weather, health, the seasons, and the five senses.  This course includes hands-on activities and laboratory experimentation.  Students will create rock and insect collections during the course.

Students examine the human body, animals, plants, matter, energy, earth, and space, and conservation. This course includes hands-on activities and laboratory experimentation.

This course will acknowledge that the world in which we live belongs to God, and we will investigate the relationship between Science and the Bible, our responsibility as stewards of His creation, our Christian response to the application of Science in technology, and how our biblical perspective leads us to see God's hand in everything around us.  Students investigate the human body, specifically the senses, plants, animals, classification of living things, and various habitats. This course includes hands-on activities and laboratory experimentation.

Students learn about the Scientific Method, teamwork and investigations, organ systems of the human body, living organisms and their habitats, light and sound, rocks, minerals and the earth’s structure, and consumer packaging.  This course includes hands-on activities and laboratory experimentation.

Students learn about plants, animals, matter, energy, light, and minerals.  Students will be introduced to great scientists and naturalists.  This course includes hands-on activities, laboratory experimentation, practice in note taking, and impromptu oral reports.

An introductory study of the science of all living things from microorganisms to the largest mammals, including systems of the human body, from the perspective of Biblical creation.  Students investigate elements of microbiology, taxonomy, genetics, ecosystems, plant biology, zoology, and the human body.  The course includes classroom instruction, hands-on activities, and laboratory experimentation.

An exploration of astronomy, meteorology, space, geology, environmentalism, and hydrology.  This course includes hands-on activities and laboratory experimentation.

This course encompasses principles of both Chemistry and Physics.  Students will study atoms, molecules, and how chemicals interact with each other.  Students will also examine matter, energy, motion and forces.  This course includes hands-on activities, laboratory experimentation, long-term projects, and scientific writing.

This course includes an introduction to cellular biology, genetics, taxonomy, microbiology, botany, zoology, and human anatomy. Students will participate in weekly laboratory experiments.

This course includes a study of atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry, nomenclature, kinetic theory, solutions, equilibrium, thermodynamics, acid-base chemistry, electrochemistry, organic and biochemistry, and nuclear chemistry.  Students will participate in weekly laboratory experiments.

This course covers motion, gravitation, work & energy, momentum, vibration, temperature, Laws of Thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, and light.  Students will respond to conceptual questions, study physics content, and report on laboratory experiments.  Within the lab, students will use equipment to measure physics parameters and investigate physical processes.

This course covers the organization, support and movement, control systems, regulation and maintenance, reproduction, and development of the human body.  Students will participate in regular laboratory exercises and experiments and practice scientific writing.  This class covers Health objectives awarding Health credit.

The goal of this course is to help students examine their ideas and the ideas around them and evaluate both according to the standard of the Bible. Students will examine prominent worldviews and understand how they differ from the biblical worldview.  Students will learn how to give a defense of the Christian faith, and logically address the moral and ethical problems of alternative worldviews.

The first part of this course follows the elements of art and extends into the elements of design.  Following this section is a study of various artists from different time periods and art styles.  Art history is also a vital part of the course study and will be included throughout.  Specific activities vary from year to year.

Thus course includes the elements of art and design within in-depth art projects.  Students will build drawing skills, explore different art mediums, build self-expression, work to train the eye to see what is actually there, and study art history.

A two semester art course designed to teach and grow high school students in the fundamentals of drawing, perspective, painting, color, shading, realism, sculpture, and art appreciation.  At times, students will work with knives and power tools.

This course will introduce basic theatre terminology and technique.  Students will cover the spectrum of details involved with staging a production from play selection to performance.  Some techniques covered include pantomime, improvisation, dramatic interpretation, and theatre production.

This course will introduce acting technique through hands-on experience and cognitive learning.. Weekly class time will include vocal exercises, drama games, and the performance of a variety of dramatic forms, including dramatic reading, readers' theater, pantomime, improvisation, monologue, and skit.  By the end of the semester, students are expected to demonstrate a mastery of a variety of forms of acting.

*At one or more times during the semester, students may need help practicing and memorizing their lines by the assigned due date.

Students will cover the spectrum of details involved with staging a production.  Student will participate in the audition process, blocking instruction, line memorization, play rehearsals, and performance.  They will also learn and actively contribute to set design and construction, make-up, lighting, and stage crew work. The semester's work will culminate in a full-length production.

*During the semester, students will need help practicing and memorizing lines by the assigned due date.  Also, parental help in assisting with costuming, props, rehearsal and set construction is necessary and important to the success of the final production.

Course covers logical statements, syllogisms, informal fallacies, prepositional logic, formal proofs and truth trees.  This course should be taken by all students as foundational preparation for students entering high school at CLPS.  This course is ideal for 7th and 8th grade students.

Course follows “Introductory Logic” and covers purposes and types of definitions, methods of defining, rules for defining, negation, conjugation and disjunction, truth tables, formal proofs of validity and truth trees.

Course involves both individual and team activities that are grade appropriate and that cover a wide array of games and sports.  Physical activity is presented in a manner that interests and attracts students to participate.  Healthy habits, character development, and Christian sportsmanship are stressed. 

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