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Middle School
Lab Classes

As your student moves into middle school, he or she will start to be more responsible for work outside of the classroom.  He/she will begin to hone the skill of forming their own opinions and defending them.  By asking questions, discussing instead of just reporting, and sharing what they have learned, jr. high students will learn how to come up with their own thoughts and theories by doing their own research, and bring them to the round table of the classroom to share and discuss.  This paves the way for the mind to move fully from the grammar stage into the logic stage.  We will accept 24 students into the middle school keeping a 12:1 ratio. Your student will progress onto the High School Lab Classes when they are ready to progress to the rhetoric stage and can successfully complete school work at a level to earn high school credits.  For a student to move past the middle school, both parents and school administrators will discuss and take into account recommendations made by teachers and moving forward will be agreed upon by all.
We have two levels that are covered in middle school our lower level will cover:
​Social Studies:The Modern World (1900 to 2000)
Where was the Crystal Palace? Who was the Sick Man of Europe? And how did cow fat start a revolution?  Year four, the final year in our first cycle, covers the major historical events of the years 1850 to the late 1990s, from the reign of England’s Queen Victoria to the collapse of the Berlin Wall. 
Topics Include:
Britains Empire
West Against East
British Invasions
Resurrections and Rebellion
The American Civil War
Two Tries for Freedom
Two Empires, Three Republics, and One Empire
Becoming Modern
​Two More Empires, Two Rebellions
A Canal to the East and a Very Dry Desert
The Far Parts of the World
Unhappy Unions
​The Old Fashioned Emperor and the Red Sultan
Two Czars and Two Emperors
Small Countries with Large Invaders
The Expanding United States
China's Troubles
Europe and the Countries Just East
China, Vietnam - and France

Revolution In the Americas 
A Revolution Begins, and the Great War Ends

National Uprisings
'Peace' and a Man of War
The King and Il Duce
Armies In China
The Great Crash, and What Came of It
Civil War and Invasion
The Second World War
The End of World War II
Partitioned Countries
Western Bullies and American Money
Africa and China After World War II
Communism in Asia
Dictators in South America and Africa
The Cold War
Struggles and Assassinations
Two Short Wars and One Long One
Two Ways of Fighting
The 1980s in the East and the Mideast
The 1980s in the USSR
Communism Crumbles--but Survives
The End of the Twentieth Century

Language Arts and Grammar

Some Books That May be Covered in Literature This Year*:

This year your student can confidently navigate through writing and grammar using a systematic approach that will build upon itself.  Utilizing basic grammar review and various integrated writing assignments that are built into our literature curriculum, we believe your student will not only retain a thorough knowledge taught in our upper elementary, but will also develop excellent writing skills.
Some Topics Included:
The Paragraph
Developing an Outline
Brainstorming
The Parts of a Complete Essay
Self-Evaluation of Essays
The Persuasive (Argument or Opinion) Essay
The Expository (Informative) Essay
The Personal Narrative
The Descriptive Essay
The Research Paper
The Imaginative Story
Writing in Response to Literature
Writing in Response to Informational Text
The Chapter Summary
The Short Story Summary
Writing a Traditional Poem
Writing a Free-Verse Poem
Diagraming
Greeting and Closing of a Letter

*Book lists are subject to change
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
 by Frank Baum
Great Gatsby  by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
A Separate Peace by John Knowles 
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Short Story Unit and Poetry Study
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Because of Win Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

General Science

General Science:
General Science  is specifically designed to walk with your middle school student transitioning them from elementary courses as her or she rises up to meet their greater abilities and developing maturity. This course is taken after sixth grade and offers a broad range of scientific principles stretching from its ancient beginnings to modern day scientists. Students will learn what science is and, in a detailed and engaging way, how to utilize the proper scientific method. This course has many hands-on science experiments showing how to build upon a solid foundation by thinking more methodically, recording scientific data, and looking beyond what is already known. Earth sciences, chemistry, physics, life sciences, and environmental sciences are among the topics covered.
Topics That Are Covered:
​The History of Science
Scientific Inquiry
Documenting and Interpreting Experimental Results
Scientific Analysis and History
Earth Science--Astronomy
Earth Science—Geology and Paleontology
Earth Science—Meteorology and Oceanography
General Chemistry
General Physics
Life Science
General Biology
Marine Science
Environmental Science
Science and Creation


Our Upper Level Will Cover Such Topics As:

Physical Science:
With Physical Science, we continue to build on teaching your student independence and responsibility for school work assigned. Your student will learn how to take thorough notes, answer questions with logical answers, and gain a solid foundation to build upon in high school.Throughout their academic school year, your students will conduct controlled experiments where they observe a problem, ask a question, formulate a testable hypothesis, and then conduct the experiment and analyze the data to see if their results support their hypothesis. This involves quantitative data that require measurements and the lab portion of this course guides students through the process.

​Topics that are covered:

Science – The Basics
Chemistry – Properties and States of Matter
Chemistry – Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
Chemistry – Chemical Bonds
Chemistry – Reactions and Energy
Physics – Motion
Physics – Forces
Physics – Energy
Physics – Waves and Sound
Physics – Light
Physics – Electricity and Magnetism
Earth Science – Our Earth
Earth Science – Our Atmosphere and Beyond
Chemistry and Physics in the Life Sciences
Physical Science Research​​

Revisiting the Ancients:

Discover the mysterious and fascinating Ancient world! This was a time when humankind was making leaps and bounds as the written word was established, the wheel invented, and ziggurats and pyramids arose amid societies typically thought of as rudimentary. Each section is built around engaging and historically accurate literature. From the beginnings of civilization in Mesopotamia and Sumer, on to ancient Egypt, through the wanderings of the Jews and the splitting of the Israelites into the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, to the cradle of democracy, ancient Greece, and into the rising Roman Empire and the birth of Christianity. Hands-on activities add depth to the history while vocabulary lists, comprehension questions, research topics, make this both an academically strong study and one that will engage your student in stimulating discussions. 
Topics Covered Include:
Rise of Civilization
Mesopoptamia
Sumer
Babylon
Israel
Judea
Egypt
​Ethiopia
Greece
Rome
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Geography:
Middle East
North Africa
Europe

Literature To Include (but not limited to)

Encyclopedia of the Ancient World 
The Golden Bull: A Mesopotamian Adventure 
Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt 
The Golden Goblet 
Adara 
God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah 
The Children's Homer 
D'Aulaire's Books of Greek Myths 
Theras and his Town 
Augustus Caesar's World 
The Bronze Bow 
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Contruction 
The White Isle
A word about Saxon's Math Scope and Sequence:
​All students are placed in the math 
that is best for their own development.  No child will be left behind or forced to move beyond their capabilities.
 Saxon 8/7 and Alg 1/2 are both considered Pre-Algebra. Algebra 1/2 was written by John Saxon for students who hadn’t previously taken pre-algebra or who had scored poorly. It moves at a faster pace than 8/7, but the material is the same. Saxon 8/7 was written by Stephen Hake.  Since our school follows Joh Saxon's teaching, we teach Algebra 1/2 and not Saxon 8/7.

***Saxon also offers Geometry.  This is new and not part of the original sequence written by John Saxon.  This is because geometry is covered adequately by Jon Saxon in the Algebra 1 and 2 books that we use.  We teach all  students as if they are  college bound in the area of math or science. Therefore, we teach Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Advanced Math, and Calculus and your geometry is then covered by the content found in these texts.
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