 Lower Campus Information (K-6th)
Currently, academic classes are only offered for grades 3rd-6th. Elective courses are offered for grades K-2nd. See the Course Catalog for a list of elective courses offered each semester.
PARENTAL ROLE
At the elementary level, parents will act as “co-instructors” in the satellite classroom at home. Parents will receive instructions from the classroom teacher on a regular basis outlining home assignments, drill practice, follow-up study over covered material, and preparation needed for the next class. They will also take extensive responsibility for direct instruction in some courses (e.g., spelling, vocabulary, and penmanship in English).
COURSE PREREQUISITES
Satisfactory performance on the appropriate entrance test, successful completion of the preceding course in the KACS sequence, or permission of the instructor
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
Elementary English
The primary purpose of the English program is to develop and refine student skills in both oral and written communication and to promote understanding of and appreciation for fine literature. Emphasis will be placed on reading and writing proficiencies, as well as evaluating the world’s great literature against the standard of scriptural truth and wisdom.
Elementary Mathematics
This program focuses on teaching students structured mathematical systems that will enable students to think logically and analytically. The math curriculum will have a strong applications emphasis, encouraging students to view God’s world through precision and structure. Importance is placed on learning basic math skills and facts during the early years in order to provide a strong foundation for secondary mathematics.
Elementary Science
The primary goals of the science program are to teach essential scientific concepts, skills, and methodologies; to encourage the development and appropriate use of higher-level thinking skills; and to help students better understand the Creator-creation relationship. In the elementary courses, students will be presented with the information and skills needed to understand and appreciate the miracle of God’s creative genius. These courses will lead students continually from the known to the unknown by teaching important scientific concepts within the context of the things they can see and recognize. As students study the environment, creatures of the environment, the universe, space, and matter, emphasis will be placed on the entire universe (and all that is in it) as the direct creation of God, and the man-made idea of evolution will be refuted.
Social Studies
The curriculum for Social Studies focuses on the social aspects of human existence and experiences. Specifically, it examines the origin, development, relationships, and problems of various societies and their cultures. The primary goal of the program is to give students a broad knowledge of people and their diverse societies, governments, and geography, while teaching biblical citizenship that will be useful for whatever life situation the Lord should deem appropriate for their service. Elementary courses will provide students with a study of society, culture, politics, history, and geography, beginning with a biblical analysis of man as created in the image of God. Instruction then will move outward from the individual to the family, and then to increasingly larger groups, such as the city, state, nation, and world. The studies will then focus specifically on American History and principles that made America great, the Eastern hemisphere by geographical regions with an introduction to worldwide missions, and a study of the Western hemisphere including recent United States and worldwide events.
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