JR/SR HOUR 1 - 9:30 to 10:45
Bushcraft 1: Forestry
Bushcraft 1: Forestry
Bushcraft 1: Forestry
This is the first part of a full-year focus on outdoor education. In this semester we will be using the school's 10-acre campus to practice and learn about forest and land management skills. Students will be led into specific skills and practice those skills. Skills such as: when to clear brush, how to keep a forest healthy, growing a thriving ecosystem, and ensuring the longterm health of the land. These are all important skills for good stewardship of land in the future as well as key foundational knowledge in the sciences. It will be a very practical course where students will be outdoors the entire class!
CPU Programming II
Bushcraft 1: Forestry
Bushcraft 1: Forestry
Students that have taken CPU Programming 1 or new students will a background in programming will be eligible for this class. Students will continue to build on the skills they learned in their previous courses by learning a new programming language and programming with it. It will be a very practical class that will equip students to pursue a job in an industry that is only growing.
JR/SR HOUR 2 - 11:00 to 12:15
Person of Interest
Animal-Based Careers
Animal-Based Careers
This one-year elective will be an incredible investigation for your kids.
We are excited for the upcoming elective course called, “Person of Interest.” Together we will follow award winning cold-case detective, J Warner Wallace as he carefully sifts through the evidence from history alone, without relying on the New Testament. Together we will understand like never before how Jesus, the most significant person in history, changed the world.
CS Lewis once said that Jesus was either a liar, lunatic or Lord. Jesus claimed to be God Himself and the Savior of the world. This study will help you to through history and the Bible that Jesus was not a liar or lunatic. He is Lord.
Animal-Based Careers
Animal-Based Careers
Animal-Based Careers
Many students love animals but some may be ready to consider it a career choice for them! But, there are so many career choices for a person that loves animals. We will consider all the different kinds of jobs and careers one can pursue that are centered on animals. Business and entrepenurial skills will be integrated into the class as well as visits from professional into the school from various careers.
JR/SR HOUR 3 - 12:45 to 2:00
Radio Drama 1: Vocal Drama and Recording
Radio Drama 1: Vocal Drama and Recording
Radio Drama 1: Vocal Drama and Recording
We are bringing back one of our most popular electives and building on it! Radio Drama will be a full-year elective where the class will practice vocal skills, record a play, and go on to produce it as a class. This first semester will be dedicated to the practice of the dramatic elements as well as the recording of it. It will be a lot of fun for students to table read and then record a radio drama to produce in the second semester.
Logic 1: The Thinking Toolbox
Radio Drama 1: Vocal Drama and Recording
Radio Drama 1: Vocal Drama and Recording
In this class led by Mr. Will Brooks students will begin a full-year study of logic. In this semester students will learn about key thinking skills and the right way to think. Then, they will investigate errors in logic, poor thinking, and the value of ideas based upon their sound (or not sound) patterns of thinking. This will be highly interactive and will teach your kids debate skills and critical thinking.
JR/SR HOUR 4 - 2:15 to 3:30
Filmography and Society
CPU: Security in the Modern World
CPU: Security in the Modern World
In this class students will investigate classic films, discuss current filmography, and how film makes an impact in soceity. Films are storytelling and stories communicate values and ideas.. In this class students will learn how to think about a movie, the story that is being told, and the values being communicated. We will also look at keys to a good story and good film.
CPU: Security in the Modern World
CPU: Security in the Modern World
CPU: Security in the Modern World
Students interested in a career involving computers should take this class. A perfect addition to students that have taken programming classes and those with a background in computers will enjoy this class. In this class students will learn about how important cybersecurity is and how it works. Students learn about security and practice securing their own work. It will be interactive and is a simplified version of the foundational course for college students that pursue a degree in Computer Science.
JR/SR HOUR 1 - 9:30 to 10:45
Bushcraft 2: Outdoor Skills
Advanced Programming: Game Design
Advanced Programming: Game Design
Building on the knowledge in the first semester students will expand their skill set to survival and key skills to know when outdoors. We will not just hear about these but practice them each week, outdoors in the conditions. This class will test a student's determination and equip them to understand the key things they need to know to survive. Leaning on the expertise of outdoor survivalist Dave Canterbury and his book: "Bushcraft 101" students will walk away empowered when they are outdoors.
Advanced Programming: Game Design
Advanced Programming: Game Design
Advanced Programming: Game Design
In this class students will need to have completed CPU Programming 1 (or a background in programming) and CPU Programming 2 before taking this class. Students coming in new can speak to us about exemptions based upon demonstrated skill. In this class students will finish their Computer Science certificate by diving into game design. After completeing CPU Programming 1, CPU Programming 2, Security in the Modern World (or Robotics) and this class you will be awarded a certificate from NDA demonstrating your knowledge. In this class students will learn about video game design and work on the basic elements of it themselves!
JR/SR HOUR 2 - 11:00 to 12:15
Engaging Our World Critically
Engaging Our World Critically
Engaging Our World Critically
In this class students will read news and magazine articles that communicate messages and the worldview of our times. Students will read and practice engaging them from a Christian worldview. This is a critical skills that students need. They will learn how to think critically and engage with what our world is promoting. A very hands-on, practical class with lots of discussion!
Forensic Science
Engaging Our World Critically
Engaging Our World Critically
In this exciting class students will explore the science of identification and how law enforcement uses forensic science to help solve crimes. This class will immerse the student in the science and show them real cases demonstrating how this science is important in every single criminal investigation. An exciting class packed with investigation, try-it activities, and tons of knowledge!
JR/SR HOUR 3 - 12:45 to 2:00
Elements of Art
Logic 2: Fallacy Detective
Logic 2: Fallacy Detective
In Elements of Art, taught by the wonderful Miss Wyn, students will get to immerse themselves in the different elements of art. Those elements include physical supplies but also the theory of art and application of it. This class will be packed with investigative learning and is a great class for any artistic student to broaden their experience of art and inspire new passions!
Logic 2: Fallacy Detective
Logic 2: Fallacy Detective
Logic 2: Fallacy Detective
This class continues from the first semester with Mr. Will. Students will go from foundational thinking skills to specifically knowing and identifying logical fallacies. Whether it is the news, media, friendships, social media or more logical fallacies are all over the place. Unfortunately, kids and adults are convinced of ideas or decisions based upon faulty logic and fallacies in logic. These are simply arguments that are not good or strong because they are not logically sound. We want our kids to think well and critically. This class will help them do it and practice those skills each week.
JR/SR HOUR 4 - 2:15 to 3:30
Radio Drama 2: Final Product & Effects Production
Radio Drama 2: Final Product & Effects Production
Radio Drama 2: Final Product & Effects Production
Required Raido Drama 1. Taking the recorded drama from the first semester students will perefect it and produce it. Using recording and editing software students will spend the rest of the semester improving what they created and making it a full, radio drama. This will be a lot of fun and students will all take ownership of a certain part of the production and will all work as a team to bring this wonderful work of art to the sound waves.
Beyond Exodus: the Life of Moses
Radio Drama 2: Final Product & Effects Production
Radio Drama 2: Final Product & Effects Production
You think you know Moses? In this class Mr. Chendall will take the class on an exciting journey studying Moses outside of simply the Exodus. In this class you will explore the details most often overlooked in his life and how these shaped Moses and our own understandin of him and the rest of redemptive history. It will be investigative and packed with opportunities to know more about one of the most central figures in all of Scripture.