Junior High School

Growth, Increased Responsibilities, and Fun!

In junior high school, students are exposed to an increasingly mature environment. Projects, field trips, research, and hands-on and fun-filled activities are still the foundation of the academic program but are coupled with lecture and discussion on a more sophisticated level. Students in the junior high school find themselves with more individual responsibility. The junior high program is designed to meet the needs of the students spiritually, academically, and socially, as social needs become increasingly important during these years.

Students in the junior high school are transitioned from the contained classrooms of the elementary program into the departmentalized program of the junior high where students have specialized teachers and change classrooms. Some thematic subjects are taught to the 7th and 8th grades in combination, such as Bible and History, while others are taught to each grade individually. Each junior high student’s coursework includes four academic subjects, one elective subject, physical education, and Bible study of the Old and New Testaments with application to students’ personal lives. Junior high is a time of preparation for high school, of growth, and of fun!

In addition to academics, junior high school students may broaden their interests through involvement in student leadership and community service. Students are encouraged to participate in available community sports programs and leagues.

Eighth Grade Promotion

Junior High Curriculum

• Language Arts, including literature emphasizing deepening reading comprehension and inference skills, grammar, spelling, and composition
• Pre-Algebra and Integrated Math
• Life Science, Health, Earth Science
• Medieval and early modern history, American history from the Revolutionary War through the 19th century
• Physical Education emphasizing team sports, skills, and physical fitness
• Bible Study emphasizing the reading of the Old and New Testaments by each student with discussion and application to their daily lives
• Introductory Spanish