Bible: Old Testament History studies the overview of Creation, Fall, and Redemption in the Old Testament through the presented individual narratives. Students learn how to take those narratives and make personal applications in their own lives.

English: This course includes teaching grammar usage and mechanics, using literature as the hub around which the writing, grammar, and vocabulary revolves. Through various hands-on group projects the student learns the elements of story as well as critically analyze and portray story using various media outlets.

Math: This course covers many pre-algebra concepts including solving two-step equations, the distributive property, and graphing inequalities. Students work with exponents and roots, and the concepts of negative numbers, integers, and rational numbers will be reinforced. This course also includes unit analysis, geometry, and an introduction to functions and relations.

History: In this course the students study American history from the discovery through the Civil War and Reconstruction. The students study local history in Ohio and West Virginia as it relates to the history of America. They explore the use of biblical principles in the founding of our great nation. This course includes hands-on activities, field trips, and projects.

Science: Life science is the focus of 7th grade science. In this course, students learn how god created and designed the tiniest cells to the largest biome. Cells, genetics, plants, animals, human body systems, and ecosystems are the main topics covered in this course.

Physical Education: The Physical Education program provides each student with the opportunity to participate in a comprehensive program consisting of skill development, lead up to games, team sports, and physical fitness activities. The students have opportunities to become involved in life long physical conditioning activities. The program promotes the spirit of cooperation, leadership, fair play and friendly competition.

Study Skills: This course helps students build the skills needed to manage their time and activities as they move through school and into their careers. Students learn how to manage time and finances. They are taught critical thinking skills through running a business and consider how the human brain works to enable them to study more effectively. They develop daily strategies needed to navigate through high school. Students use multiple platforms to accomplish these goals including textbooks, real life examples, online workshops, and videos.

Intro to Drama: This class serves as an introduction to basic theatrical principles. Students learn to be more comfortable in front of others, the basics of vocal control, how to read and understand stage directions, the development of characters, some of the technical aspects of theater, and the basic rules of improv and acting.

Introduction to Office Suite: This course is designed for students to be introduced to the Microsoft Office Suite and the various applications involved including Teams, OneNote, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.  Students learn basic keyboarding skills.  Other topics that are covered in this course are internet safety, identifying reliable sources, and plagiarism.  Every student has a license for Office.

Intro to Fine Arts: This class uses projects, videos, listening, and in class instruction to introduce students to drama and music basics. The purpose of this class is to introduce students to areas of music and drama to which they might not otherwise be exposed, encouraging them to become lifelong listeners.

College & Academic Planning: Students learn more about themselves and prepare for the wonderful and exciting future God has planned for them. Students will learn more about their aptitudes, learning preferences, and spiritual gifts. They learn more about secondary education options and explore potential careers. Students will learn the basics of good manners, business communication and etiquette as well as work on developing the academic skills necessary for success. Financial literacy is part of this class, as well.

Electives

Art: The General Art program provides guidance in developing aesthetic abilities in the student. The curriculum emphasizes creativity and the artistic process. The students are introduced to a variety of different mediums through two-dimensional and three-dimensional approaches to creating and responding to visual arts.  This class includes creative projects using oil pastels, watercolor pencils/pastels, dry pastels, air-hardened clay, ink, charcoal, drawing pencils and acrylic paint on canvass.

Band: Prerequisite: General knowledge of instrument. While continuing to focus on the fundamentals of music, this group expands into learning more difficult technical concepts such as: intonation, quality of sound, advanced rhythms, and alternate instrument fingerings. Students perform as an ensemble and may be asked to perform solos.

Robotics: This class focuses on the Technology and Engineering aspects of STEM by introducing students to exciting world of Robotics using the Legos. Students plan, build, and program a variety of fun and intriguing technology-based structures throughout the year. Additionally, students study related areas of robotics that include electricity, circuits, micro computing, and programming.

Bible: Life & Teachings of Jesus is the theme of first semester. The focus is primarily on Luke’s account of the life and teachings of Jesus and is designed to introduce students to both historical and thematic content of this gospel from which practical applications can be drawn. Attention is given to the interactions Jesus had with various groups and individuals during His earthly ministry. The theme of second semester is Acts & the Early Church, which focuses on the devotion of the first Christians and the growth of the New Testament Church.

English: This course begins with further study of the parts of speech, sentences, and correct usage and includes development of writing skills through essay and report assignments.  The study and analysis of literature through stories, poetry, and prose develop critical thinking skills as students focus on character, theme, plot, and point of view.  Communication skills are developed through group discussion and analysis, focusing on textual support for application.  Development of vocabulary and memorization of poetry are included as well as written and oral book reports.

Math: This course reinforces the concepts of operations with decimals, fractions, and integers, expanding their use to include solving multi-step equations, inequalities, and systems of equations. Students learn to create multiple representations of linear functions and graph translations, reflections, rotations, and dilations. Additional geometric concepts include using theorems to determine unknown angle measures. This course sharpens the ability to use abstract reasoning to aid in real-world problem-solving.

History: This course explores geography of the world. Students explore various types of maps and learn about each region of the world as they explore the cultural physical geography of each region. The students evaluate the effect of religion in each culture an dhow it relates to environmental issues from a biblical perspective.

Science: This course is a study of the physical aspects of our planet and the solar system. This class includes studying the universe above our planet and the land under our feet. It speaks of the glory of God’s power in his exceptional creation.

Physical Education: In this course the student learn mental, social, and physical well-being. The student is introduced to principles of exercise, fitness, and movement skills. This is accomplished through team and individual games and fitness training to promote mental, social, and physical well-being.

Health: Students study healthy lifestyles by examining what the Bible has to say about maintaining a healthy mode of living.  Drug abuse, eating habits, and exercise are a few of the topics covered in the class.

Microsoft Office 365: This course is designed for students to work with Microsoft Office Suite. Students use their MS Office 365 accounts and navigate Windows 11, search the Web, explore Microsoft Office essentials, and organize and manage class notes using OneNote. Using online resources and tutorials students utilize MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint. Other topics that are covered during this course are internet safety, choosing reliable sources, research, MLA formatting, and plagiarism.

Music Exploration: This class uses projects, videos, listening, and in class instruction to introduce students to music basics. Students learn foundational music theory principles, instruments and their parts in the orchestra, as well as musical periods along with their composers and music. The purpose of this class is to introduce students to areas of music to which they might not otherwise be exposed, encouraging them to become lifelong listeners.

Art Appreciation: Art Appreciation is an exploration of Master Artists across historical periods.  Students learn how to observe, understand, compare, and evaluate different artworks using critical thinking tools gained from researching the lives of artists and what inspired each of them.

Electives

Art: The General Art program provides guidance in in the elements of and design of art. This class curriculum focuses on art history and art movements. The students use a variety of material to create 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional projects including oil pastels, watercolor pencils/pastels, dry pastels, air-hardened clay, ink, charcoal, drawing pencils and acrylic paint on canvass.

Band: Prerequisite: General knowledge of instrument. While continuing to focus on the fundamentals of music, this group expands into learning more difficult technical concepts such as: intonation, quality of sound, advanced rhythms, and alternate instrument fingerings. Students perform as an ensemble and may be asked to perform solos.

Robotics: This class focuses on the Technology and Engineering aspects of STEM by introducing students to exciting world of Robotics using the Legos. Students plan, build, and program a variety of fun and intriguing technology-based structures throughout the year. Additionally, students study related areas of robotics that include electricity, circuits, micro computing, and programming.