Academic Classes

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Age/grade levels may be flexible. If you have a question about whether your child meets the limits for a class, please ask us!

Language ArtsSelect individual class for more information.

• MS English (6th-8th gr) Friday only 11:00

$64/month
Mrs. Christi Monti
Textbook: Modern World History-Based Writing Lessons (IEW) Student manual; teacher’s manual and student resource packet recommended
ISBN: 978-1-62341-331-6
In this widely acclaimed, theme-based writing curriculum, the world is at your fingertips! This class allows students to experience world history through cultural literature and the study of famous people and events while learning to write with IEW’s Structure and Style method. Students will receive individual feedback on their writing assignments to help them improve their writing, editing, and grammar.

• HS Writing (9th-12th gr) Tues/Fri 3:00

$64/month
Mr. Trevor Hodges
Textbook:
This class teaches students foundations of good academic writing and creative writing with the goal of preparing students for college.

• HS American Literature (10th-12th gr) Tues/Fri 2:00

$64/month
Mr. Trevor Hodges
Textbook:
This high school course offers a comprehensive exploration of American literature, spanning from its earliest origins to contemporary works. Students will engage with various literary genres, including novels, short stories, poetry, and essays, to examine key themes such as freedom, justice, and the American Dream. Through close reading, analysis, and discussion, students will develop critical thinking skills and deepen their understanding of literary techniques and historical contexts.

• HS British Literature (10th-12th gr) Tues/Fri 10:00

$64/month
Mr. Trevor Hodges
Textbook:
This class teaches students how to interact with classic literature, along with Biblical principles and truth. Class includes historical content surveys.

• HS Creative Writing (9th-12th gr) Tues/Fri 9:00

$64
Mr. Trevor Hodges
Textbook:
This course integrates the study of literature with creative writing techniques. Through a structured curriculum, students will analyze various literary genres, including fiction, poetry, and drama, to understand the components of effective storytelling (plot, character development, and theme). Writing exercises and discussions will provide students with opportunities to refine their writing skills and develop their unique voices in their original work. By examining literature as both readers and writers, students will deepen their appreciation for the craft of storytelling.

Foreign LanguageSelect individual class for more information.

• MS Spanish (6th-8th gr) Tues/Fri 3:00

$66 with $15 material fee paid directly to the teacher
Mrs. Marlene Berkley
Textbook: McDougal
Students will learn middle school level Spanish with a focus on listening, speaking, some reading and writing, and middle school level grammar. Class includes study in Hispanic culture, Bible passages in Spanish for listening, speaking, and understanding (in Spanish and English).

• Spanish 1 (9th-12th gr) Tues/Fri 10:00

$66/month with $15 materials fee paid directly to the teacher
Mrs. Marlene Berkley
Textbook: McDougal Littel Avancemos 1 Textbook and Workbook
First year high school Spanish with listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Class covers high school level grammar and Hispanic culture and includes spoken Bible passages for reading, pronunciation, and understanding in Spanish and English.

• Spanish 2 (9th-12th) Tues/Fri 9:00

$66/month with $15 materials fee paid directly to the teacher
Pre-requisite: Spanish 1
Mrs. Marlene Berkley
Textbook: McDougal Littel Avancemos 2 Textbook and Workbook
This class covers second-year Spanish with listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Class covers high school level grammar and Hispanic culture; includes spoken Bible passages to read and understand in Spanish and English.

• Spanish 3 (10th-12th)


• Spanish 4 (10th-12th) Tues/Fri 2:00

$66/month with $15 materials fee paid directly to the teacher
Pre-requisite: Spanish 3
Mrs. Marlene Berkley
Textbook: McDougal Littel Avancemos 4 Textbook and Workbook
Class covers advanced Spanish with listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn advanced grammar, Hispanic culture, and spoken Bible passages to read, understand, and discuss in Spanish and English.

• French 1 (9th-12th) Tues/Fri 11:00

$66/month with $15 materials fee paid directly to the teacher
Mrs. Marlene Berkley
Textbook: Discovering French Bleu 1 Textbook, Workbook, and Activites Pour Tous
Class covers first year high school French with listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn high school level grammar, French culture, and Bible passages in French and English for listening and speaking.

• French 3 (10th-12th) Tues/Fri

$66/month with $15 materials fee paid directly to the teacher
Pre-requisite: French 1 & 2
Mrs. Marlene Berkely
Class covers third year French with listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will learn advanced grammar, French culture, and spoken Bible passages in French and English for listening, pronouncing, reading, and understanding, as well as French recitation.

• Latin Form 1 (5th-12th) Friday only 1:00

$64/month
Mrs. Christi Monti
Textbook: First Form Latin (2nd ed) Student text, workbook, and workbook key (flashcards opt but highly encouraged)
ISBN: 9781547703319; 9781547701674; 9781547702206
Studies show that studying Latin produces stronger spelling and vocabulary comprehension skills, higher SAT scores, and makes learning other languages much easier. Each lesson will be studied one day per week in class, which is then strategically reinforced by the workbook exercises throughout the week. Using this method and through much repetition and review in class, a high degree of mastery will be attained by the end of the year.

• Latin Form 2 (5th-12th) Friday only 2:00

$64/month
Prerequisite: Completion of Latin First Form or equivalent
Mrs. Christi Monti
Textbook: Second Form Latin (2nd ed) Student text, workbook, and workbook key (flashcards opt but highly encouraged)
ISBN: 9781615380237; 9781547702190; 9781547702633
Second form Latin continues the journey of learning Latin grammar logically and systematically, in order to facilitate retention and understanding. The extensive workbook exercises ensure skills mastery and rapid recognition. Class includes noun declensions, adjectives in three declensions, personal pronouns, prepositions, and vocabulary.

MathematicsSelect individual class for more information.

• Math Skills (5th-7th gr) Tues/Fri 1:00

$58/month plus $15 supply fee paid directly to teacher
Mrs. Dee Williams
Textbook: McGraw-Hill Math Grade 7, 3rd ed; Key to Decimals Books 1 and 2
ISBN: 978-0-07-174863-6
This class gives the essential practice middle schoolers need in basic math skills including fractions, percents, decimals, and other mathematic functions with practical applications to prepare students for Pre-Algebra.

• Pre-Algebra (7th-8th gr) Tues/Fri 11:00

$62/month plus $10 supply fee paid directly to teacher
Mrs. Dee Williams
Pre-requisite: Student must be able to accurately add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions, decimals, and percents.
Textbook: Abeka Pre-Algebra Book 1 Worktext; Key to Algebra Books 1 and 2 by Key Curriculum Press
This class includes a review of the basics, conversions of measurement, basic geometry of plane figures and volume, exponents and roots, proportions, operation of signed numbers, basic equations, and probability.

• Algebra 1 Tues/Fri 3:00

$64/month
Mrs. Nickie McCreary
Pre-requisite: Successful completion of Pre-Algebra (new students must receive sufficient score on our placement test)
Textbook: Glencoe 2005 Algebra 1 ISBN:  0078651131
Class covers rational numbers and their applications, equations and inequalities, polynomials, factoring, rational expressions, functions and graphs, systems of equations, basic quadratics; student must have a scientific calculator (not on phone).

• Algebra 2 Tues/Fri 11:00

$64/month
Mrs. Nickie McCreary
Pre-requisite: Successful completion of Algebra 1 (new students must receive a sufficient score on our placement test)
Textbook: Glencoe 2004 Algebra 2  ISBN:  0078656095
Class covers advanced equations and inequalities, linear relations and functions, systems of equations and inequalities, polynomials, irrational and complex numbers, quadratic equations, quadratic relations and functions, polynomial functions, rational polynomial expressions; student must have scientific calculator (not on phone).

• Geometry Tues/Fri 2:00

$64/month
Mrs. Nickie McCreary
Pre-requisite: Successful completion of Algebra 1
Textbook: Glencoe 2005 Geometry:  Concepts and Applications ISBN:  0078681723 
Class covers inductive and deductive reasoning, parallels, triangle congruency, quadrilaterals, similarity, basic trigonometry as applies to triangle measurement, circles, polygons, surface area and volume, coordinate linear equations. Student must have a scientific calculator (not on phone).

• Pre-Calculus (11th-12th gr)

Mrs. Nickie McCreary
Pre-requisite: successful completion of Algebra 1 and 2, Geometry
Textbook:
Class covers advanced equations and inequalities, relations/functions/graphs, polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions, trigonometric identities/inverses/equations, applications of trigonometry, systems of equations and inequalities, matrices, geometry and conic sections; student must have scientific calculator (not on phone).

• Personal Finance (9th-12th gr) Tues/Fri 9:00 1 semester

$52/month plus $20 supply fee paid directly to teacher
Mrs. Dee Williams
Textbook:
Learn how to manage your money using Dave Ramsey’s curriculum, which focuses on personal finance knowledge and life skills in a student-centered competency-based approach to learning.

ScienceSelect individual class for more information.

• Elem Science (3rd-6th gr) Tuesday only 10:00

$51/mo plus $20 supply fee paid directly to the teacher
Dee Williams
Textbook: Exploring Creation with Botany, 2nd ed, Text and Notebooking Journal

• Robotics (2nd-5th gr Fall/6th-8th gr Spring) Friday only 9:00

$66/mo plus $35 supply fee paid directly to the teacher
Mrs. Chastity Ayodele
Young Engineers Virginia Beach SW offers the AlgoPlay and Robot Play programs, endorsed by Harvard School of Education. This learning-by-playing educational network teaches programming and robotics fundamentals. Students will build robots using blocks and apply coding commands to develop their algorithmic and logical thinking skills. The program aims to equip students with the basic skills to become engineers and computer programmers, giving them a competitive edge in the market. All the necessary resources, including Android tablets, blocks, motors, books, and worksheets, are provided in class. The books and worksheets will be the only thing students take home. All work is completed in class. Join the class and unleash your child’s potential!

• General (Life) Science (7th-8th gr) Tues/Fri 9:00

$62/mo
Mrs. Roni Dowdell
Textbook:
This course is designed to be a student’s first systematic introduction to the scieneces. Studens will learn what science is and how to utilize the scientific method as well as how to record data and graph it. The basics of Chemistry, Physics, and Biology are explored as well as a large component of Earth Science. Experiments are completed for each module and students will learn how to write a formal lab report.
Labs included.

• Physical (Earth) Science (8th-9th gr) Tues/Fri 10:00

$64/mo
Mrs. Roni Dowdell
Textbook:
This course gives the student a good foundation to tackle the upper-level sciences. The text disusses atomic structure, the periodic table, chemical bonds, reactions and energy, motion, forces, energy, waves and sound, light, electricity and magnetism, and the Earth’s structure and atmosphere. Students will conduct controlled experiments using the scientific method. They will write formal lab reports, graph data, and analyze results, as well as calculate solutions to word problems using scientific formulas (knowledge of pre-algebra is recommended).

• Biology A (9th-11th gr) Tues/Fri 10:00

$64/mo plus 25 supply fee paid directly to teacher
Mrs. Yetta Roy
Pre-requisite: Physical science
Textbooks: Exploring Creation with Biology, 3rd ed text and Student Notebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-946506-45-0; 978-1946506481
This is a college-prep biology course that provides a detailed introduction to the methods and concepts of general biology, including experiments, notetaking, interpreting test results, and learning how to hold a logical discussion on God and science based on facts and beliefs. Labs included.

• Biology B (9th-11th gr) Tues/Fri 1:00

$64/mo plus 25 supply fee paid directly to teacher
Mrs. Yetta Roy
Pre-requisite: Physical science
Textbooks: Exploring Creation with Biology, 3rd ed text and Student Notebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-946506-45-0; 978-1946506481
This is a college-prep biology course that provides a detailed introduction to the methods and concepts of general biology, including experiments, notetaking, interpreting test results, and learning how to hold a logical discussion on God and science based on facts and beliefs. Labs included.

• Adv Biology (11th-12th gr) Tues/Fri 11:00

$64/mo plus 25 supply fee paid directly to teacher
Mrs. Yetta Roy
Pre-requisites: HS Biology, HS Chemistry
Textbooks: Exploring Creation with Advanced Biology, 2nd ed textbook and Student Notebook
ISBN-13: 9781935495727; 9781940110387
This is a college-prep course that provides an advanced study of the human body’s 11 organ systems, covering anatomy and physiology. It includes lab work (experiments and dissections) and can be counted as an honors course if a student completes the entire course and documents all the labs/experiments/dissections.

• Chemistry (10th-12th gr) Tues/Fri 10:00

$70/mo
Mrs. Courtney Rollick
Pre-requisite: Algebra 1
Textbooks: Scientific calculator; Exploring Creation with Chemistry text (Student Notebook optional)
ISBN 978-1-946506-58-0
Course involves a detailed introduction to the methods and concepts of general chemistry, including lab experiments. Topics include classifications, moles, significant figures, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, acids and bases, redox reactions, atomic structure, and more. Labs included.

• Physics (10th-12th gr) Tues/Fri 9:00

$70/mo
Mrs. Courtney Rollick
Pre-requisite: Algebra 2
Textbooks: Scientific calculator;
This college-prep course is designed for the students who has some experience with trigonometry, and is comfortable with the sin, cos, and tan function and their inverses. The text heavily emphasizes vector analysis, and covers units, measurement, one- and two-dimensional motion, Newton’s laws and their application, gravity, work and energy, momentum, periodic motion, waves, optics, electrostatics, electrodynamics, electrical circuits, and magnetism.

Social StudiesSelect individual class for more information.

• Elementary History (2nd-5th gr) Friday only 11:00

“Exploring the World of the Middle Ages: A Journey Through History and Geography”
$51/mo
Mrs. April Bullard
Textbooks: Story of the World Text and Activity Book
ISBN 1933339098; 1933339136
Students will discover global civilizations that thrived between the 5th and 17th centuries. They will learn the rich tapestry of cultures, societies, and events that have shaped our world. Key historical leaders who left a lasting impact will be introduced in a fun and engaging environment.

• MS U.S. History (6th-8th gr) Tues/Fri 3:00

“The History of the American Republic”
$64/mo
Mrs. April Bullard
Textbooks: American Republic, 5th ed; American Republic Activities, 5th ed ; The Great Little Madison & Landing of the Pilgrims
ISBN 978-1-62856-888-2; ISBN 987-1-62856-890-5
Students will explore the diverse colonial regions of North America and analyze the social, economic, and political structures that shaped the lives of the colonists. They will discover the philosophical underpinnings of Federalism and explore the complexity of American history.

• HS American History (9th-12th gr)

• HS US Government (9th-12th) Tues/Fri 2:00

$64/mo
Mrs. April Bullard
Textbooks: The Great Little Madison and Across Five Aprils; may also need activity book
Students will learn the processes and structures of the U.S. government. They will study the functions of each branch of government, the structure of federalism, and civic responsibilities.

Academic ElectivesSelect individual class for more information.

• Traditional Logic (7th-12th gr) Friday only 3:00

$64/mo
Mrs. Christi Monti
Textbook: Traditional Logic 1 (3rd ed) and 2 (2nd ed) student texts, workbooks, and answer keys
ISBN 9781615388769; 9781615388745; 9781547701254; 9781615388752; 9781547701247; 9781615388776
Traditionally, after the structure of language was taught, logic (the science of rational thought) was studied in the middle school years, followed by rhetoric, which involves developing the art of persuasion. Using the Memoria Press Traditional Logic 1 & 2 curricula, students will learn how to think rationally for themselves and how to present a strong, rational argument, which in the arena of logic involves making an assertion that contains both a conclusion and a supporting premise – not being argumentative! Additionally, students will learn how to refute invalid arguments – something essential to instill within our children amidst a culture steeped in moral relativism.