小学 (K-5)

A Faith Heritage education begins on the firm foundation of God’s Word. Each and every subject is taught from a Biblical perspective, so students can grow in God’s wisdom and His Truth. Our program includes daily lessons in 圣经, 阅读, 看字读音, 拼写, 数学, 科学, social studies, 语言艺术, 和书法. Physical education, 图书馆, 电脑, 艺术, 音乐, 唱诗班, and chapel round out the elementary program.

圣经 lessons are taught daily in all elementary grades. These lessons focus on a number of 圣经 stories, and 圣经 characters, integrating Godly character traits into our lessons.  Weekly 圣经 memorization takes place at each grade level.

每个星期, chapels provide students an opportunity to worship together and grow in their relationships with Christ.  每年一次, a special Spiritual Emphasis Week challenges the children to grow more in the Lord and His Word in a personal, 有意义的方式.

Our FHS Early 小学 program focuses on carefully sequenced skills.  Students are encouraged to build skills in print awareness, 字母, and phonemic awareness, blending sounds in decoding words, vocabulary building, 和流利.   This begins in Kinderg艺术en with the introduction of individual sounds and letters, then develops from grade level to grade level.  每年, Students grow in their ability to understand letter/sound relationships, to understand words and text, to read orally with speed, 精度, 和表达, and finally in the ability to understand a wide variety of texts. 

The ability to comprehend a text and connect ideas is essential to long-term success in school and life. 有意义的, character-building stories are used to expose students to comprehension and critical thinking skills.  Using visual tools, our students learn to re-tell stories, discuss characters, sequence events, make predictions, draw conclusions, and apply other comprehension skills/strategies.  Leveled books and a variety of teaching strategies help to provide for the needs of a wide variety of readers. 

写作 skills are developed alongside 阅读 skills, emphasizing the importance of communicating clearly through the printed word.  Students learn to write grammatically correct sentences and stories using correct punctuation, capitalization, 名词/动词, 复数, 等.  This begins in Kinderg艺术en but is refined and mastered in grades 1 and 2. 除了, grammar skills are connected to other learning through writing, 听, and speaking opportunities. 

Students in all grades engage in interactive 科学 lessons as they explore our world and how God created it.  The human body, 季节, plants and animals, landforms and bodies of water, 天气, the Solar System, and other grade-appropriate concepts are included. Hands-on experiments bring these lessons to life. All 科学 concepts are taught acknowledging God as Creator, Designer, and Sustainer. 

In 社会研究, students learn about how our country was formed, discussing our nation’s leaders, famous Americans, symbols of our country, community helpers, 和更多的.  Teachers emphasize good citizenship, 管理, and responsibility as a member of our local community as well as of our nation as a whole. Students begin to place themselves in a larger story and impact on others.

With a firm foundation in the basic skills and an excitement for learning, our elementary students are prepared to succeed as they graduate to the  Jr. High and 高中 Programs.

Students progress to Jr. High and 高中 courses with an increasing focus on college preparedness.