Online Academy courses are “elective” courses that may satisfy graduation requirements based on the specific course. Online Academy courses are fully-accredited courses that may be taken during the summer or in the computer lab as an elective during the normal school day.
• Dual Credit Courses: These courses allow students to gain Upper School credit and college credit concurrently. These courses are fully-accredited college courses and may be transferable based on the course and requirements of the receiving college.
• Summer School / Credit Recovery: Online Academy courses offered during summer school sessions for the purpose of allowing students to accelerate their academic pace or to recover credit from a course where the student received a failing grade. These courses offer the flexibility of online with the responsibility of staff monitoring and oversight without compromising our commitment to Biblical perspectives and world view.
Summer School Schedule (Enrollment deadline in early June)
Session One: Mid-June to Mid-July
Session Two: Mid-July to Mid-August
Year-long Course (1 Credit)
Semester-long Course (.5 Credit)
Summer School Course Offerings:
Life Shaping Decisions (.5 Credit)
Course Description: The future holds some uncertainty. Everyone has to choose from a different set of paths. Yet noone has to choose a path blindly, for God has given us a guide in His Word. Life-Shaping Decisions is a one-semester course that aims at helping high school students think about life after high school from God’s perspective. This course will challenge young adults with the biblical concept of career stewardship. It will also give them the resources to begin building their own career plan wisely and faithfully.
SAT PREP (.5 Credit)
Course Description: Tired of the old workbook-based SAT Prep courses? Grab your duffel bag or backpack and prepare for a trip through test tips and strategies necessary for the SAT. This course is designed to strengthen the student's test-taking skills so as to enhance his/her scores on the Scholastic Assessment Test. Students will practice thinking strategies, become thoroughly familiar with the structure of standardized exams, and build verbal competence and mathematics reasoning. Each student can contact an instructor to receive personalized lessons and guidance as he/she pursues higher test score goals.
Global Studies (1 Credit)
Course Description: What does it take to live in a complex and increasingly interdependent global society? It takes knowledge and skills that help you understand the people in this world God has created, their environments and issues. As a cub-reporter for God’s News Network, your assignment is to learn about and participate in global decisions that affect us and missionaries throughout the world through problem-based learning from a Biblical worldview.
AP Art History (1 Credit - College Credit Available - Additional Fees may apply)
Course Description: This course will provide students with college-level instruction in the History of Art. Students will examine major forms of artistic expression from the past and present and from a variety of cultures. Students will learn to look at these works of art critically, with intelligence and sensitivity, and to articulate what they see or experience in light of a Christian worldview. Students will able to identify the presence or absence of Biblical truth reflected in art and architecture through the centuries.