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Humanities Core A |
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Logic &
Freshman Composition
Prerequisite:
pass SCT entrance assessment
Credit recommendation:
1
credit in Logic
Tutor:
Mrs. Kathy Wenerick-Bell
This course will train students to think, reason and write more clearly, soundly
and decisively. Writing mechanics,
sentence structure and grammar will be addressed
as students learn to write thoughtful and
precise essays. Students will
learn how to properly formulate and
analyze arguments. The course will enable
students to detect and identify the most common
fallacies frequently found in media today. Most of the
course instruction
will focus on informal logic and the application
of logic in language rather than modern symbolic
propositional logic. To that end, students will
learn to develop coherent and focused essays
before moving onto longer writing assignments. This class provides a solid
and necessary foundation for all rhetoric level
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American Literature
Prerequisite:
pass SCT entrance assessment
Credit recommendation:
1
credit in literature
Tutor:
Mrs. Kathy
Wenerick-Bell
Literature:
The Scarlet Letter, Up from
Slavery, Huckleberry Finn, and Our Town
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American History
Prerequisite:
pass SCT entrance assessment
Credit recommendation:
1
credit in U.S. History
Tutor:
Mrs. Andrea Nebbia
Main
text being evaluated, emphasis on primary sources
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Humanities Core
C |
Rhetoric I
Prerequisite:
one year of high school level composition
Credit recommendation:
1
credit in composition
Tutor:
Mrs. Kathy Wenerick-Bell
What is rhetoric? Simply put, it is the art of
expression. A course in rhetoric teaches
students to express their thoughts in writing and
speaking with greater clarity, grace, and
persuasiveness. This course will teach your student the art of
classical composition. The focus will be on
perfecting the persuasive written essay.
Curriculum under evaluation:
The Lost Tools of Writing (http://208.112.20.50/l_lostoolsofwriting.shtml)
Students will learn:
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to think
critically |
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to follow the
classical process of writing: Invention,
Arrangement and Elocution |
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to write with
confidence and style |
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to articulate their thoughts through small group
discussions with peers and through occasional formal
speeches |
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Christendom:
Medieval History and Literature
Prerequisite:
one year of high school level composition
Credit recommendation:
1 credit in
World
history (or 1 elective credit in Church
history) and 1 credit in literature
Tutor:
Mr. David Beer
This is an integrated History
and English course. The course will combine DVD
lectures from expert historian, Dr. George Grant
and lecture/discussion with
a SCT history and English tutor. The tutor
will lead the class in discussion related
to the history lecture and literature under
study, as well as facilitate the various
projects and presentations of the year. The
course will focus on the emergence of the
civilization of Christendom, from the fall of
Rome and the Patristic Age of the early church
(around A.D. 300) through the time of the
Reformation, finishing with the Enlightenment
and the Puritans in the late 18th century. The
course will cover the Barbarian migrations, national
settlements, feudal social structure,
monasticism, the rise of the Islamic threat, the
Crusades, Gothic art and architecture, Medieval
academic advances, the rise of the divine right
of kings, the relapse of the Renaissance, and
the attempts to reform the Church. Students study this
period of human achievement in the context of
its historical chronology and existing cultural
factors as well as its providential and cultural
significance. Every other subject and discipline
flows from this integrated understanding of
God’s world. (Gileskirk.com) |
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Science |
Physical Science, with
lab
Text: Exploring Creation with Physical Science,
First Edition,
Jay Wile, student text and solutions manual
Tutor: TBA
Course Description:
This
class will provide an overview of basic
chemistry, physics, and earth science from a
creationist point of view. While the study of
physical science gives students a better
understanding of the world God has created, it
is also a foundational course to help students
prepare for chemistry, biology, and physics.
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| Biology,
with lab
Text: Exploring Creation
with Biology, 2nd edition, Jay Wile ,
student text and solutions manual
Tutor: TBA
Course Description: This course is
taught from a creationist viewpoint, with
emphasis on the incredible design features
apparent throughout God's Creation. The course
covers the following topics: Classification,
definition of life, features of the organisms in
Kingdom Monera, Kingdom Protista, Kingdom Fungi,
Kingdom Animalia, and Kingdom Plantae,
introduction to biochemistry, cell structure and
function, cellular reproduction, DNA, protein
synthesis, cellular respiration, and genetics.
During the lab component of the course, students
will participate in microscope labs and
dissection labs (frog, crayfish, perch, worm). |
| Chemistry, with lab
Prerequisite:
evidence of a passing grade in Algebra I- "C" or better
Text: Exploring Creation with
Chemistry, 2nd Edition, student
text and solutions manual
Tutor: TBA
Course Description: A first course in
chemistry designed to give students a solid
understanding of the foundations of the
subject. Topics covered include
nomenclature, significant figures, units,
classification, molar calculations,
stoichiometry, thermochemistry,
thermodynamics, kinetics, acids and bases,
redox reactions, solutions, atomic
structure, Lewis structures, molecular
geometry, gas laws, and equilibrium. The
textbook for the course includes 30
experiments, most of which will be performed
in class. Additional experiments may also
be conducted. Formal lab reports and
one research paper will be
required.
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Math |
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Algebra I
Prerequisite:
pass SCT math assessment
Tutor:
Mrs. Sharon Jollie
Course Text:
Structure and Method
- book 1
by Brown/Dolciani - published by Houghton
Mifflin |
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Geometry
Prerequisite:
new students must
pass the SCT math assessment, SCT students must
pass Algebra I with a "C" or better
Tutor:
TBA |
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Algebra II
Prerequisite:
evidence of a
passing grade in Algebra I- "C" or better
Tutor: Mrs.
Sharon Jollie
Course Text:
Structure and Method - book 2
by Brown/Dolciani - published by Houghton
Mifflin |
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Electives |
Art
I- Tutor: Mrs. Royce Urgo
Introduction to art will consist of basic
drawing skills, such as blind contour drawing, gesture drawing,
shading from light to dark, as well as positive and negative space
along with perspective drawing. From there we will start to explore
the use of color and different styles of art; including abstracting
the student’s own realistic painting or drawing. In addition we
will have fun doing a scratch art piece. We will experiment in 3D by
doing a wire sculpture and also a work in clay. Various artists
will be discussed throughout the course. |
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Art
II-
Prerequisite: Art I
or special
permission from the Art tutor
Tutor: Mrs. Royce Urgo
The Art II class will begin by reviewing the
drawing skills studied in Art I. From there we will do landscape
sketches in charcoal and grays, learning to depict seasons and
textures with only these colors. Following that the students will
take the skills they have mastered and do black and white collages
out of newspaper and black washes. While working on the collages the
students will have a brief course on calligraphy, which they can use
to enhance the meaning of the collages. The second half of the year
we will concentrate on the use of color; exploring what are
considered cool tones verses warm tones and how to create them. The
first project will be abstract as the students get familiar with the
gouache paints. We will sketch and then paint a picture from
Architects Digest. Next we will do a mixed media project of water
color, colored tissue and colored pencil. The students will choose
the style. The fourth quarter will be about taking all the skills
learned and using them to make an artistic statement in the abstract
expressionist style. Throughout the entire year we will be looking
at various artists and their techniques; while honing their own
artistic style. |
 Spanish I: Spanish for Mastery 1: Que tal, student's edition
Tutor: TBA
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 Spanish II:
Spanish for Mastery 2: Entre nosotros, student's editionTutor:
TBA
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