Curriculum Overview
It Starts Here!
Get the right start to your child's education! Our Kindergarten classroom is a happy place where students are engaged in learning new things! ​With research-based methods, and a fun and exciting atmosphere, every child gets the opportunity to learn to read and try new things!
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Biblical worldview
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Hands-on approach for reading & math
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Music & Movement
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Orton Gillingham reading groups
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Art
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Physical Education
Literature List
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Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
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Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli
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Bob’s Books (first set)
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Rosen & Oxenbury
Middle School
Middle School is a time for students to grow and to move into greater responsibility and independence. Students are learning to manage multiple classes and teachers, discovering their own identities and defining their relationships. LCA provides a Christ-centered environment that guides students to use biblical truths to make decisions. While we believe challenges are an opportunity to grow, we support students by reaching them where they are and building skills to help them be successful.
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Choice Electives
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Extra Support for struggling students
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LAB: Learning Above and Beyond**
**LAB class provides additional math support, literature, and life skills to support their transition to secondary classes.
Elementary Years
We are committed to learning and understanding the academic needs of each student and providing a program that will include a variety of experiences. Our students learn BIBLICAL TRUTH in every subject. Our curriculum is based on raising Godly leaders: as readers, writers, thinkers, and problem solvers. Students also engage in music, art & physical education classes.
BIBLE: POSITIVE ACTION
Biblical Principals & Application
Memory Work
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS BLOCK
Phonemic Awareness
Encoding & Decoding Words
Word Study including roots & affixes
Reading Comprehension
Grammar & Writing
Literature & Novel Studies
Orton Gillingham Reading Groups
MATH
Daily Review
Calendar Math (Grade K-2)
Hands On with Math Manipulatives
Math Facts & Problem Solving
Daily Fraction Practice (Grades 3-5)​
LITERATURE LIST
Grade 1
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Little Bear by Elise Holmelund Minarik
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
A Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
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Grade 2
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parris
Because Brian Hugged His Mother By David L. Rice
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
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Grade 3
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
I Survived the Titanic by Lauren Tarshis
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J Solbol
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​Grade 4
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Atwaters
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbra Park
Tales of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
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Grade 5
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
I Survived Gettysburg by Lauren Tarshis Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Number the Stars by Lois Lowery
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
SCIENCE & HISTORY
We give opportunities to learn about the world around us, and the rich Christian heritage that we have been given as Americans.
High School
Our high school program is a rigorous learning environment that allows students to enroll in college courses their senior year. We understand the big decisions high school students are facing and want to partner with them to find God's plan for their life. We provide the foundation needed to further education, attend specialized training, or join the workforce. LCA students are equipped with the foundation to continue to be Godly leaders for life.
High School Courses Offered
English 9, 10, 11, 12 *
Algebra I Part I & II
Algebra II
Geometry
Trigonometry
Business Math
Consumer Math
​Foreign Language I & II
Physical Education​​
Geography *
US History*
World History
Government
Biology I & II
*Chemistry
*Bible I, II, III, IV
Health
Foundations of Tech
Choice Electives
*Available as an Honors Course
Literature
Lighthouse loves a good book! That is why each grade has thier own book list to complete within thier reading instruction!
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The benefits of literature includes: ​
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Authentic Reading
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Connections with world
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Exposure to writing craft
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Higher-level thinking skills
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Vocabulary development
Grade 6-12, K-5 lists with thier curriculum
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Foundling by Louisa Haynor
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Medallion by Dawn L. Watkins
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
The House of Mirth by Edith Warton
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Human Comedy by William Saroyan
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
I Choose Freedom by Victor Kravchenko
We believe in the rich heritage of our country and the importance of Biblical truths for our students to build thier lives on. Through analyzing and building a deeper understanding of these pieces we are shaping their world view. In class, students will be memorizing these while learning more about thier importance.
Historic Documents
K Preamble, Pledges, & Star Spangled Banner
1 First Amendment
2 "The New Colossus" (Statue of Liberty, 1883)
3 "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" (Henry, 1775)
4 "Declaration of Independence" Part 1; States & Capitals
5 Gettysburg Address (Lincoln, 1863)
6 "Declaration of Independence" Part 2
7 Preamble & Second Amendment
8 Article 1: US Constitution
9 Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
10 "Day of Infamy" (President Roosevelt, 1941)
11 "I have A Dream" (Martin Luther King, 1963)
Bible Passages
K John 3:16-21
1 10 Comandments
2 Psalm 23, The Lord's Prayer
3 Matthew 5:1-12
4 Psalm 1, Psalm 121
5 Psalm 91, Genesis. 1:1-10, Bible Books
6 Matthew 5:1-20
7 Matthew 5:21-48
8 Matthew 6
9 Romans 12
10 Philippians 2:1-18
11 Hebrews 11
12 30 verses minimum in context