Electives 2026-27

Electives alternate yearly, these courses may not be offered next year.

Bible and Theology
Biblical Studies - Ethics, Apologetics, and Hermeneutics - (Track 2 - 2025-26)
This class will walk through Christian ethics, beliefs, and how to defend and uphold them against common attacks in the world today. In doing so we will focus on how we interpret what Scripture says about these topics. The end goal is to equip students to better interact with and apply God's word in our own lives and the lives of others.

This is the break down over a 4 year cycle:

Track 1 – Biblical Survey - Dust to Glory (2024-25)
Track 2 – Biblical Studies - Ethics, Apologetics, and Hermeneutics (2025-36)
Track 3 – History of Christianity (2026-27)
Track 4 - Theology - Biblical, Systematic, and Covenant (2027-28)
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Geography and World Cultures
(7th-9th)

In this middle school class, students will learn the countries, important cities, and particular features of each continent and so much more! We will study the interesting people who inhabit these countries and their cultures - the food they eat, the games they play, and the dangers they face. Learning about and praying for unreached people groups will be a focus. Through the study of climates, populations, economies, time zones, languages, and more, students will gain experience with map reading using an atlas. This class will also help prepare any student who would like to participate in the National Geo Bee. 


Speech, Debate, and Mock Trial (7th-9th)
This course will teach logic by using the skills involved in speech and debate. In this class students learn how to conduct informal and formal debates, but also how to develop good arguments by using solid logic and the resources available in their own thinking as well as the world around them. Students will employ the techniques of logic and rhetoric, such as the common topics of definition, comparison, relationship, circumstance, and testimony. Additional study of ethos, pathos, and style is also included, as well as a study of debate arrangement.

This will be combined with curriculum from Florida Law Related Education – through which students will prepare to argue a court case in the group’s annual Middle School Mock Trial Competition, as well as participating locally in a mock trial with another home school group.

TRADITIONAL LOGIC
1st Semester
High School Elective
Formal logic arms students to think more clearly and communicate more meaningfully. This one-semester introduction to formal logic introduces students to the basics of the science: interpreting and forming statements, composing valid syllogisms, assessing arguments in everyday English, catching fallacies, countering flawed arguments, and more. A strong foundation in formal logic can equip students not just academically and professionally, but for all areas of life.

 
 
ECONOMICS 
2nd Semester
High School

Through vivid illustrations and sensational case studies, the class texts walk students through the foundational principles and laws of economics, shining a spotlight on inflation and its critical role in the rise and fall of economies from the Roman Empire to the present. Supplementary lecture topics and group exercises will plunge students deeper into free market economics while exposing them to key topics from political science, political psychology, political philosophy, and game theory. Students will find this Economics course not just enjoyable, but also, extremely practical, offering much of the wisdom they need to prosper and protect their economic freedoms as workers, business-owners, investors, voters, and citizens.


INTRODUCTION TO ART
Middle School (6th-9th)

This 30 week art class for middle schoolers will focus on the fundamentals of art and developing students skills in a variety of mediums, including pencil, watercolor, and mixed media. 

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INTRODUCTION TO IT AND CYBER SYSTEMS
1st Semester
High School Elective

This course provides students with a hands-on, engaging introduction to the world of Information Technology. Over 15 weeks, students will explore key areas of modern technology—including computer hardware, virtualization, networking, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, coding, and IT career pathways. Each lesson blends foundational concepts with real-world examples and interactive activities designed to spark curiosity and build practical skills.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Identify major components inside a computer and understand how they work together
  
  
• Explain how networks function and practice basic networking skills
  
  
• Deploy virtual machines and containers to rapidly provide application services
  
  
• Create a smart home lab environment and build home automations
  
  
• Recognize common cybersecurity techniques and apply essential security controls
  
  
• Use AI tools responsibly to accelerate their knowledge, creativity, and problem-solving
  
  
• Understand basic coding principles through fun, beginner-friendly projects
  
  
• Explore real IT job roles and how technology teams are structured
  
  

Students can expect a highly interactive class environment with activities such as PC teardown demos, cable crimping, cybersecurity puzzles, AI creation labs, simple coding projects, and small group challenges. Whether students are experienced with technology or brand new, this course gives a broad, exciting survey of the tech landscape and prepares them for more advanced study or personal exploration.

LIFE SKILLS
2nd Semester
High School 

Our goal for this one semester course is to familiarize students with some of the practical information and skill sets they will need to be independent adults. This will include such topics as resumes, interviews, insurance, leases, automotive maintenance, personal finance, first aid, meal planning, basic cooking, and safety. Expert guest speakers will be utilized for some topics and homework will be focused on hands-on application. See registration form for special pricing for this elective.


LINE DANCING
Line Dancing is a fun and socially engaging way to improve memory, balance,
coordination and increase fitness levels and it is an activity any age can participate
in! Line dancing is comprised of basic steps and coordinated patterns put
together to form a complete dance that is repeated several times throughout a
particular song, similarly as words strung together form sentences which in turn
are combined to make a paragraph.
Each week of class would consist of learning new basic steps and dances with a goal
of introducing two dances per week while continuing to practice the previously
learned dances. The repetition would rotate and continue so that at the end of the
semester, all dances learned should be committed to memory. If there are enough
children enrolled, I would like to introduce a couple of Country Western dances
such as Two-Step and East Coast Swing during the last ten to fifteen minutes of
each class. Step sheets would be sent home or emailed so the children could
practice at home should they choose. At some point in the semester, each student
would be assigned to make up their own dance, learn it well and teach it to the
class.

HS Mock Trial 
1st Semester - Minimum/Maximumclass size: 10/12 students 

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