Here at Immanuel Christian School, we teach Frogstreet & ABeka curriculum from our Early Learning Center (Infants-K4)
For our Elementary grades (K5-5th), we teach Bob Jones ELA along with Abeka curriculum.
In 6th-12th grades we teach ABeka in addition to a variety of supplemental curriculum including Bob Jones, Summit Ministries, McGraw-Hill for HS Math, etc. tailored to be taught from a Biblical perspective and provide a robust, quality Christ-centered education.
Purpose
You want methods and materials that work. That’s what you’ll find with ABeka Books and a series of other proven curriculum here at ICS.
Now more than ever, each child needs a strong foundation in both academics and character; we’re here to help our families give their students the knowledge and skills they need. We strive to not only teach information on what to think, but challenge students on how to think.
Distinctives
Bible- The foundation for all learning
The Abeka & Summit Ministries Bible curriculum present the Bible in the metanarrative style in which it is written. Stories of the Old and New Testaments in the lower grades lead up to the profound truths of the Gospels, Epistles, and other portions of Scripture for older students.
The curriculum is designed to be specifically and systematically taught so that students in the Bible program will become thoroughly acquainted with the basic portions of Scriptures.
In high school, ICS students navigate through a rotational yearly schedule of the following 4 courses:
Bible I- Theology
Bible II- Apologetics
Bible III- History of Religion
Bible IV- Culture
Reading- The means by which each person may learn for himself
Because children often emulate what they read, they need reading skills and character-building reading materials from an early age. Abeka employs phonics as the most logical, orderly way to introduce reading to children. Abeka readers are beautifully illustrated and imaginatively written. Bob Jones is emphasized in elementary ELA for the sake of challenging our students to strengthen comprehension and acquire an expositional understanding of readings.
Selections are carefully chosen for interest, readability, theme, and values, with literary concepts and questions throughout to guide students in comprehension of reading material and in development of critical thinking skills, including application of valuable principles to their lives.
History --A realistic view of time, government, geography, and economics based on eternal truths
Abeka's history courses present an inspiring portrayal of peoples, lands, religions, ideals, heroes, triumphs, and setbacks in light of the biblical principles that govern the natural course of history. Students benefit from this traditional, conservative approach to the study of what man has done with the time God has given to him.
Along with the story of history, students see the purpose of government as ordained by God for the maintenance of law and order, not as a cure-all for humanity's problems. The benefits of free-enterprise economics are presented in contrast with the dangers of Communism, socialism, and liberalism. Geography studies are woven in to provide a well-rounded perspective of locations in conjunction with events.
This approach results in edifying history texts that give students a historical perspective and instills within them a gratitude for God's hand in history and a desire to impact the future by fulfilling the Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20).
Mathematics- The study of logic and order to apply to science and daily life
Abeka teaches that the laws of mathematics are a creation of God and thus absolute. Man's task is to search out and make use of the laws of the universe, both scientific and mathematical. This is in significant contrast to the modern math theories that are based on mathematics as a creation of man and thus arbitrary and relative.
Students enjoy Abeka's variety in covering multiple branches of mathematics-arithmetic, geometry, algebra, etc.-each year on an age-appropriate level. At the same time, they benefit from the spiral approach of revisiting and building upon the learning throughout each year and from one year to the next. The learning is both relevant for today and foundational for the future, with each course purposefully preparing students for the next.
As students progress into high school, they are taught an integrated math model via the curriculum of McGraw-Hill Tier 1 educational preparation for college & beyond.
