Class list

Welcome to our comprehensive class list! Start your learning journey today! ALL CLASSES ARE $150 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MUSIC APPRECIATION/CHOIR WHICH IS $125. THE "GRAMMAR BUNDLE" OF ANY 3 CLASSES IN THE GRAMMAR STAGE (Pre K-4th grade) ARE $400. *THERE'S ALSO A 5% DISCOUNT FOR FAMILIES REGISTERING FOR 5 COURSES OR MORE*

1st Hour (8:30-9:30)

9-12th Material Logic
Tutor: Nick Kinkead Curriculum Required: Memoria Press, Material Logic, student text and student workbook Course Description: This is a high school-level philosophy course focused on the content of reasoning (the “what”) rather than just the structure (the “how”), covering methods of definition, classification, and conceptual analysis. The course objectives are to move beyond formal logic (structure) to understand the truth of terms and propositions, analyze arguments from famous thinkers, and master the foundational tools of philosophy and classical education: *The 10 ways in which something can exist. *The 5 ways you can say something about something else. *The 4 questions you must answer in order to know what something is.
5-8th Grammar Bootcamp
Tutor: Sarah Wilson Curriculum Required: Classical Academic Press, Well-Ordered Language 3A & 3B OR Classical Academic Press, Well-Ordered Language 4A & 4B. ***Students who have never taken Grammar Bootcamp at CCA should use 3A & 3B. Course Description: Students review basic parts of speech and grammar mechanics in addition to sentence analyzing and diagramming. This class encourages students to implement their grammar skills into their writing assignments for Writing and Rhetoric including sentence variation, paragraph organization, and stylistic improvement.
3-4th Astronomy
Tutor: Katie Jo Byington Curriculum Required: Apologia Exploring Creation with Astronomy Textbook (2nd Edition) Course Description: Exploring Creation with Astronomy covers the solar system, stars, galaxies, and space travel, integrating a Christian perspective by pointing to God as the Creator. The class methodology is Charlotte Mason- inspired, focusing on family style reading at home, narration in the classroom, along with hands-on activities.
1-2nd Classical Studies
Tutor: Melissa Glassey Curriculum Required: Story of the World Volume 3 Course Description: This Classical Studies class embraces the concept of educating the whole child in the areas of history, geography, art, music (hymns and folk songs), poetry and scripture memorization. These students are at the age where they naturally acquire and remember knowledge, facts, information. This class will be a building block of all types of written and verbal expression. This class will enable the students to move forward in their educational journey with foundational tools of learning, as well as encourage a love of learning.
PreK/K Five in a Row
Tutors: Holly Flickinger & Laura Baer Curriculum Required: None Course Description: This class is a literature-based course featuring a “living book”, as referred to by Charlotte Mason. The book is read aloud in class and used as the base for insights into social studies, language arts and geography. Included in class time is an activity that supports the lesson or focus of the book. These books will become fast favorites of the children who will want to return to them again and again thus enriching their lives. Another facet of this course are memory helps from rhymes, jingles and songs that will turn on their linguistic light bulbs when the time is right, enabling reading and spelling to develop with less bumps in the road. Included are the names and sounds of all the letters of the alphabet and more!*Expect approximately 15-20 minutes per day of at-home-work.

Second Hour 9:35-10:35

9-12th History & Humanities
Tutor: Jamie Haguewood Curriculum Required: History of the American People by Paul Johnson Course Description: The desire is to train our rhetoric stage learners to think biblically, evaluating history and culture through the lens of the Gospel. We offer a four year deep dive into history from the Ancients to the 21st century. Our hope is to send CCA students into the world prepared to defend their faith, engage the culture they live in and walk in a manner worthy of their calling.
7-8th General Science
Tutor: Kate Sechrest Curriculum Required: Apologia, General Science (provided by CCA library) Course Description: This class gives students an understanding other than world that surrounds them so they can appreciate the real-world relevance of scientific inquiry and the beauty of Creation. The course will cover a variety of branches of science including astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, earth study, geology, paleontology, and environmental science modules giving students a solid foundation in that broad field of study. Students will learn how to utilize the proper scientific method in a detailed and engaging way; record date and report it; and read, create, and utilize several types of graphs. This class will also include many hands-on activities and experiments.
5-6th Astronomy
Tutor: Katie Jo Byington Curriculum Required: Apologia Exploring Creation with Astronomy Textbook (2nd Edition) Course Description: Exploring Creation with Astronomy covers the solar system, stars, galaxies, and space travel, integrating a Christian perspective by pointing to God as the Creator. The class methodology is Charlotte Mason- inspired, focusing on family style reading at home, narration in the classroom, along with hands-on activities.
3-4th Writing & Rhetoric
Tutor: Brittany Juliette Curriculum Required: Classical Academic Press, Writing & Rhetoric Book 2: Narrative 1 and Abeka Language 3 Course Description: To gain skill in the 4 areas of language arts: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Students will be writing regularly to practice a particular type of academic writing and speaking in front of their class regularly to practice their rhetoric skills. This class will also utilize a daily grammar book to teach the parts of speech and parsing.
1-2nd Phonics
Tutor: Shelly Graves Curriculum Required: None Course Description: Students in Phonics will learn to recognize and write all 26 letters, plus an additional 26 phonograms (blends and other letter combinations). Throughout the year, students will become familiar with introductory spelling rules and early grammar which will aid in syllabication and sounding out words. Students will be encouraged to practice reading daily at home with parents. By the end of the year, students will be able to read and spell short words with short and long vowel sounds.
Spelling, Writing, Reading I
Tutor: Sarah WilsonCurriculum Required: Memoria Press, Traditional Spelling Level II (required) Memoria Press, American Cursive I or II (suggested)Course Description: Students will learn in combination of spelling, writing and reading skills. They will have a weekly spelling list which introduces spelling rules and concepts. Additionally, the students will improve their memories and fine motor skills through handwriting practice in a cursive book. Finally, students will be encouraged to improve their reading skills throughpractice in class and at home.
Spelling, Writing, Reading II
Tutor: Paige DayCurriculum Required: Memoria Press, Traditional Spelling Level III WorkbookOR Memoria Press, Traditional Spelling Level III Practice Sheets (required) Abeka, Language 2 (suggested)Course Description: Students will follow a similar format to SWR 1, but with progressive difficulty asthey build on the spelling, writing, and reading basics acquired in SWR 1. New components forSWR 2 include: reading chapter books, writing short book reports of a few sentences, readingcomprehension exercises and evaluations, and in-class reading level evaluations.
PreK/K Science & math
Tutors: Holly Flickinger & Laura BaerCurriculum Required: NoneCourse Description: This course is designed to teach the building blocks of math and science in a fun and easy way through experiments and memorization. Your child will be amazed at how quickly math will come with these facts tucked away through songs, rhymes and chants as we focus on applied math concepts. Science won’t seem so lofty to achieve when broken down each week through activities that are simple yet engaging for them do, experience or witness. Children learn best when all their senses

Third Hour 10:40-11:40

9-12th Chemistry
Tutor: Derrick Hulsey Curriculum Required: Apologia, Chemistry
Health (S.S.)(fall semester)
Tutor: Fallon Traylor Curriculum Required: Total Health: Choices for a Winning Lifestyle Course Description: This one-semester health course for high school students is designed to provide them with an understanding of important health issues and to help them make wise choices. Total Health, reflects the idea that a young person’s health is multidimensional. Spiritual health influences physical, mental, and social health, and all of these play an important role in the success students experience in living up to the potential God intends for their lives. The conversational, interactive, and engaging course is designed to present the Bible as the foundation for a healthful lifestyle.
Civics (spring semester)
Tutor: TBD Curriculum Required: TBD
7-8th Writing & Rhetoric
Tutor: Kari Bass Curriculum Required: Classical Academic Press, Writing & Rhetoric Book 8: Comparison, (student edition required/teacher edition recommended) Writing & Rhetoric Book 9: Description & Impersonation (student edition required/ teacher edition recommended) Course Description: This course will guide students through the art of persuasive essay writing by focusing on formal thesis development and argumentation.
5-6th Writing & Rhetoric
Tutor: Brittany Juliette Curriculum Required: Classical Academic Press, Writing & Rhetoric Book 6: Commonplace Course Description: In this course, students will strengthen their writing and speaking skills through the classical progymnasmata exercises with a focus on structured essay writing.
3-4th Classical Studies
Tutor: Melissa GlasseyCurriculum Required:Story of the World Volume 3Course Description: This Classical Studies class embraces the concept of educating the whole child in the areas of history and literature, geography, art, music (hymns and folk songs), poetry and scripture memorization. These students are at the age where they naturally acquire and remember knowledge, facts, information. This class will be a building block of all types of written and verbal expression. This class will enable the students to move forward in their educational journey with foundational tools of learning, as well as encourage a love of learning.
1-2nd Astronomy
Tutor: Paige DayCurriculum Required: Apologia Exploring Creation with Astronomy Textbook (2nd Edition) Course Description: Exploring Creation with Astronomy covers the solar system, stars,galaxies, and space travel, integrating a Christian perspective by pointing to God as the Creator. The class methodology is Charlotte Mason-inspired, focusing on family style reading at home, narration in the classroom, along with hands-on activities.
PreK/K Classical Studies
Tutors: Holly Flickinger & Laura BaerCurriculum Required: NoneCourse Description: A gentle and beautiful introduction into the formal school years that emphasize goodness, truth and beauty. Art, music, scripture, poetry, history and geography are the guide to engage a student to understand education as a whole and not just pieces. The student will build on the methods they learn in this class to help equip them for their future education.

Fourth Hour 12:15-1:15

9-12th Algebra I & II
Tutor: Katie Jo Byington Curriculum Required: Saxon Algebra I or II textbook 3rd Ed. Course Description: A first-year algebra course that introduces most basic concepts of algebra. Topics include algebraic expressions, polynomials, solving linear equations, graphing, linear inequalities, rational expressions, quadratic equations, basic geometry, probability, and descriptive statistics.
Consumer Math
Tutor: Holly Flickinger Curriculum Required: Not Consumed, Consumer Math Course Description: Ever heard your student ask, “When am I ever going to use this?” This project-based high school curriculum is designed to apply practical, biblical-based financial principles (budgeting, taxes, investing) to daily life through 22 real-world projects (e.g., creating a family budget, calculating flooring costs), rather than traditional tests. The focus will be on practical financial literacy including, banking, debt, insurance, housing, and purchasing. This course is designed to replace abstract, theoretical math with real-world, actionable skills that prepare teenagers for financial independence.
5-8th History & Humanities
Tutor: Shelly Graves Curriculum Required: Optional good history books like Mystery of History Vol. 3 or Story of the World Vo. 3, so the students can do their own weekly research for class. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler & Robinson Crusoe Course Description: The course examines the beginnings of Western Civilization and the worldviews that shaped it, always evaluating them in the light of a biblical worldview. Students trace the origins of Judaism and Christianity and see history as a meaningful progression toward the fulfillment of God’s plan. Students in Year One include the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
1-4th Art
Tutor: Kara McLaughlin Curriculum Required: None Course Description: Students taking the art course at CCA will journey through the history of beauty, by studying artists and their works, and also by practicing art through skill-based instruction methodology. As we focus on what is good, true and beautiful, this class will aid our students in learning how to create beauty in many different forms of art.

Fifth Hour 1:20-2:35

9-12th Literature & Composition
Tutor: Kari Bass Curriculum Required: Workbooks $5 (pay to Mrs. Bass) Reading list: Animal Farm, Sense and Sensibility, Gulliver’s Travels, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, The Plague, The Old Man and the Sea, Romeo and Juliet (does not need to be purchased), A Canticle for Leibowitz, To Kill A Mockingbird Course Description: To gain skills in the 4 areas of language arts: reading, writing, speaking and listening; to develop complex ideas through reading and listening, and to be able to express those ideas well through speaking and writing.
9-12th Art
Tutor: Kara McLaughlin Curriculum Required: None Course Description: Students taking the art course at CCA will journey through the history of beauty, by studying artists and their works, and also by practicing art through skill-based instruction methodology. As we focus on what is good, true and beautiful, this class will aid our students in learning how to create beauty in many different forms of art.
7-8th Logical Math (Pre-Algebra)
Tutor: Katie Jo Byington Curriculum Required: Workbooks $15 (pay to Mrs. Byington) Course Description: This class covers concepts including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, percents, geometry, money, conversions, time, and more. Half the class time will be instruction on the topic for the week with 4 days of work sent home with focus on that topic and review of previous lessons. Younger students will then partner to work on manipulative, flashcards, etc., while older students can participate in a pre-algebra booster class. This curriculum was written by our math instructor, Katie Jo Byington after observation of students having difficulty with upper level math courses (Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry), because of lack of basic math skills. She has combined her knowledge of several curriculums to develop this class specifically for our CCA students.
5-6th Logical Math
Tutor: Katie Jo Byington Curriculum Required: Workbooks $15 (pay to Mrs. Byington) Course Description: This class covers concepts including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, percents, geometry, money, conversions, time, and more. Half the class time will be instruction on the topic for the week with 4 days of work sent home with focus on that topic and review of previous lessons. Younger students will then partner to work on manipulative, flashcards, etc., while older students can participate in a pre-algebra booster class. This curriculum was written by our math instructor, Katie Jo Byington after observation of students having difficulty with upper level math courses (Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry), because of lack of basic math skills. She has combined her knowledge of several curriculums to develop this class specifically for our CCA students.
1-4th Music
Tutor: Sarah Wilson Curriculum Required: None Course Description: This class will combine an age-appropriate discusson of music as a reflection of the culture with music theory and fundamentals and choral singing. Students in this class will acquire an understanding of the beauty of music and its ability to communicate ideas as well as emotions. Additionally, students will trains their ears to match pitch and harmonize with others in the choir. The student choir will perform a few songs near the end of the semester.

Sixth Hour 2:40-3:40

7-12th Latin I
Tutor: Josh Wilson Curriculum Required: Schola, Latin Road to English Grammar Level 1 and vocabulary cards Course Description: This course is a comprehensive Latin language study, where students are concurrently studying English grammar as it relates to each aspect of Latin translation. Students master the definitions and tools of all parts of speech and practice translating between Latin and English. This lays the foundationfor the rest of the study.
7-8th Art
Tutor: Kara McLaughlin Curriculum Required: None Course Description: Students taking the art course at CCA will journey through the history of beauty, by studying artists and their works, and also by practicing art . through skill-based instruction methodology. As we focus on what is good, true and beautiful, this class will aid our students in learning how to create beauty in many different forms of art.
5-6th Art
Tutor: Kara McLaughlin Curriculum Required: None Course Description: Students taking the art course at CCA will journey through the history of beauty, by studying artists and their works, and also by practicing art through skill-based instruction methodology. As we focus on what is good, true and beautiful, this class will aid our students in learning how to create beauty in many different forms of art.

Seventh Hour 3:45-5:00

5-12th Music
Tutor: Sarah Wilson Curriculum Required: None Course Description: This class will combine an age-appropriate discusson of music as a reflection of the culture with music theory and fundamentals and choral singing. Students in this class will acquire an understanding of the beauty of music and its ability to communicate ideas as well as emotions. Additionally, students will trains their ears to match pitch and harmonize with others in the choir. The student choir will perform a few songs near the end of the semester.