Course Descriptions

CLASSICAL CORE:

HISTORY: WORLD

  • Credit: 1 Credit – Social Studies
  • Description:
    • Students will read one chapter weekly, complete note-taking forms and digital review exercises, and study for weekly tests.
    • One week is set aside at the end of each unit for review and a unit test.
    • Class time includes a lecture with a PowerPoint slide show and instruction on note taking.
    • Semester grades will be determined based on homework completion grades, weekly quizzes, and unit tests.
  • Optional Second Day: Students can choose to attend an optional class session on Thursdays to receive additional support in mastering the material.
  • Tuition – Tuesday only: $150 per semester
  • Tuition – Tuesday and Thursday: $225 per semester

ENGLISH I/II:

  • Credit: 1 Credit – English
  • Course Description:
    • The English class at Comm. Central includes composition, literature and grammar. It should be listed as English I or II on a student's transcript according to his/her grade level.
    • This course is designed to align with Comm. Central’s history, fine arts, and economics, allowing students to better synthesize information in the adjacent fields and engage more with the culture. In this way, the lessons become more meaningful, and retention increases.
    • The literature books chosen for English class are selected to inspire the non-reader. The books are all on the college bound reading list, but they are not overwhelming in length or content because students will be expected to think deeply and form opinions in order to confidently write literary essays.
    • In this class students will cultivate their understanding of literature through reading and analyzing texts as they explore concepts like character, setting, structure, perspective, figurative language, and literary analysis in the context of literary works.
    • Composition instruction will cover all types of essays: informative, persuasive, compare and contrast, etc.
    • An emphasis will be placed on MLA format and proper in-text citations.
    • Class time will include literature discussions and composition and grammar instruction.
    • Semester grades will be determined based on class participation and literature quizzes/activities (35%), composition grades (35%), and grammar homework and tests (30%).
  • Tuition – Tuesday and Thursday: $250 per semester

WORLD/BRITISH LITERATURE-ENGLISH III/IV:

  • Credit: 1 Credit – English or Elective
  • Course Description:
    • This course should be listed as English III or IV on a student's transcript according to their grade level or could be marked as a literature elective if the student has met all of their English requirements or is enrolled in Comp I/Comp II.
    • This class exists to inspire readers to become more informed, avid readers. This class will study literary periods and their great works and will include some of the fantastic books on the college bound reading list that are possibly lengthier or contain more difficult content.
    • Students enrolled in this class should have a basic understanding of how to compose a literary essay.
    • Semester grades will be determined based on class participation and class discussions, weekly literature quizzes and activities, a semester project (65%), and composition grades (35%).
  • Tuition – Thursday: $200 per semester
  • NOTE: Composition assignments will be waived for students also enrolled in Comp I/II with a modified tuition of $125 per semester.

FINE ARTS: ART HISTORY & TECHNIQUE

  • Credit: ½ Credit – Fine Arts (A student’s second fine arts class should count as an elective or career focus.)
    • This ½ credit course is spread over the full year to align with history and literature.
  • Course Description:
    • This course will provide students with the knowledge to identify and differentiate between the major historical art movements and the artists who shaped them, and in doing so prepare students for the college-level art appreciation class.
    • Class time will involve homework review as well as a lecture and discussion with visual reinforcement.
    • Students will learn to think critically by discerning the aesthetics of an art piece and conceptualizing the novel ideas that inspired it, gaining a more dynamic perspective through developing their insight.
    • In addition, this course prepares students for the college-level art appreciation course by introducing fundamentals of drawing and design, including the exploration of line, shape, and form to enable students to translate the objects in front of them to the page and eventually create forms from imagination.
    • Grades will be based on class participation, periodic quizzes, and completion of drawing exercises taught in class.
  • Tuition – Tuesday only: $125 per semester

ECONOMICS/PERSONAL FINANCE

  • Credit: Economics - ½ Credit – Social Studies
    • This ½ credit course is spread over the full year to align with history.
  • Course Description:
    • This course is aligned with the World history class and will provide students with a more in-depth understanding of the monetary topics as they are presented in that class.
    • Students will be taught how to analyze, interpret, and think through economic theory. Both sides of every issue will be taught, and students will be guided in developing their own worldviews, with the understanding that they must defend it rationally, logically and with support.
    • Class time will also include role-play activities, simulations, and games. Grades will be based on class participation, weekly homework assignments, and quizzes.
  • Tuition – Tuesday only: $125 per semester

SCIENCE:

SCIENCE: PHYSICAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, or ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

  • Credit: 1 Credit – Science (A student’s fourth science should be counted as an elective or career focus credit.)
  • Course Description:
    • Students will complete all reading assignments, homework, and tests provided by the curriculum.
    • Class time will include lecture and review, weekly labs, and bi-weekly tests.
    • Semester grades will be determined based on class participation, homework completion, lab write-ups, and tests.
  • Physical Science, Biology, and A&P Tuition (Tues. & Thur.): $250 per semester
  • Physical Science Lab Fees: $15 per semester
  • Biology & A&P Lab Fees: $25 per semester

SCIENCE: COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Credit: 1 Credit – Science or Math or Elective (This course can count as a student’s third science or fourth math, but not both. If the student already has three sciences and four maths, the credit can count as an elective.)
  • Course Description:
    • This course will meet one day per week and will require three hours of homework per week.
    • To complete weekly projects, students must have access at home to a computer with Windows 7, 8, or 10 or Mac OS 10.7 or higher operating system.
    • Students will learn about hardware, software, and operating systems, how to manage files, basic networking, computer security, applications, databases, introductory website design, and simple computer programming concepts.
    • Class time will include lecture and review.
    • Semester grades will be determined based on class participation, weekly lab projects, lesson quizzes, and chapter tests.
  • Tuition – Tuesday only: $125 per semester

MATH:

MATH: ALGEBRA I, GEOMETRY, or ALGEBRA II

  • Credit: 1 Credit – Math (A student’s fifth or greater math should be counted as an elective or career focus credit.)
  • Course Description:
    • Students will complete weekly assignments, course mastery with mastery challenges, quizzes, and tests.
    • Class time will include lecture on new material and problem review.
    • Semester grades will be determined based on mastery of material, homework completion, and quiz and test scores.
    • This course will follow the Comm. Central Academy schedule, with an additional unit to be completed over interim break.
  • Algebra I Tuition – Tuesday only: $125 per semester
  • Algebra I Tuition – Tuesday and Thursday: $200 per semester
  • Geometry Tuition – Tuesday and Thursday: $250 per semester
  • Algebra II Tuition – Tuesday and Thursday: $250 per semester

MATH: COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Credit: 1 Credit – Math or Science or Elective (This course can count as a student’s fourth math or third science, but not both. If the student already has four maths and three sciences, the credit can count as an elective.)
  • Course Description: See description in the science section.
  • Tuition – Tuesday only: $125 per semester

OTHER ELECTIVES:

CREATIVE WRITING: The Art of the Short Story

  • Credit: ½ Credit –Elective
  • Course Description:
    • This course will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the structure and tools relevant to writing powerful short stories, as well as provide exposure to a variety of American short stories and poetry.
    • The first half of the school year will focus on identifying and analyzing the key elements of story: premise, character, and plot. Students will explore how authors of the past have used the elements and will work through exercises to apply these concepts to their own work.
    • The second half of the year students will transition to writing their own pieces and workshop their ideas among their peers.
    • Grades will be based on classroom discussion, assignment completion, and peer reviews.
  • Tuition – Tuesday only: $125 per semester

HEALTH

  • Credit: ½ Credit – Health
  • Course Description:
    • Students will complete all reading assignments, homework, and tests provided by the curriculum.
    • Class time will include lecture, review, presentations, and weekly tests.
    • Semester grades will be determined based on class participation, homework completion, presentations, and tests.
  • Tuition – Thursday only: $125 per semester

SPEECH AND DEBATE

  • Credit: ½ Credit – Speech/Oral Communications
  • Course Description:
    • This course prepares students to become more adequate speakers and fulfills the half credit needed for graduation.
    • Students will complete two speeches first semester, one informative and one persuasive.
    • Emphasis is placed on understanding the art of rhetoric, both in writing the speech and in delivery.
    • Second semester will focus on mastering a mock college interview and learning and polishing Parliamentary-style debate skills
  • Tuition – Thursday only: $125 per semester

THEOLOGY

  • Credit: ½ Credit – Elective or Career Focus
    • This ½ credit course is spread over the full year to balance workload.
  • Course Description:
    • In this course students will discover how they are actually practicing theology each and every day, yet on most occasions they do not have an understanding about the foundations of Christianity.
    • The class is intended to take weighty issues and bring them into everyday conversation and challenge the students, yet it will not unnecessarily overload them.
    • The course is designed to encourage a greater desire to study the Christian faith and excitement in a subject that can seem unapproachable at first glance. Theology topics have been divided into two groups (A & B) but don’t have to be taken in any particular order.
  • Tuition – Thursday only: $150 per semester

APOLOGETICS

  • Prerequisite: Freshmen and Sophomores should take Theology before Apologetics
  • Credit: ½ Credit – Elective or Career Focus
    • This ½ credit course is spread over the full year to balance workload.
  • Course Description:
    • This course will prepare students to provide basic answers to key issues commonly raised against the Christian faith so that they will “always be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks them to give an account for the hope they have” (1 Peter 3:15).
  • Tuition –Thursday only: $150 per semester

CAREER FOCUS/ELECTIVE

  • Credit: ½ or 1 credit – Career Focus
    • Students can earn either a full or half credit of career focus depending on the curriculum they choose and how they develop their syllabus.
    • Students completing sixty hours of work (2 hours per week for thirty weeks) will earn a half credit, and students completing one hundred twenty hours of work (4 hours per week for thirty weeks) will earn a full credit.
  • Course Description:
    • Instructor will guide the student in determining curriculum needs and developing a course description and syllabus for independent study.
    • One-on-one, ten-minute weekly sessions will be held on Monday mornings on Zoom and will provide accountability, course and project guidance, and an outlet for self-expression and creativity.
    • Students enrolled in Career Focus will participate in Comm. Central’s Unique Design Fair at the end of the school year.
    • Semester grades will be determined based on active participation in guidance sessions and homework and project completion.
  • Tuition – Session date/time TBD: $75 per semester

YEARBOOK STAFF

  • Credit: ½ credit – Career Focus or Elective
  • Course Description:
    • Students will work with the yearbook staff advisor to create Comm. Central’s yearbook.
    • Staff members will plan and organize spreads, make decisions regarding yearbook theme and style, attend assigned Comm. Central events for photography purposes, write captions, and complete additional tasks required to attain a final product.
    • Meetings will be held every other Monday on Zoom.
  • Tuition: $75 per semester

CONCURRENT COURSES:

CONCURRENT COURSES

  • Credit: 1 high school credit as an elective; 3 hours of College Credit
  • Comm. Central Tuition: In-Person Facilitation of an Online Course: $150
  • SAU Tuition: $95 per course IF taking more than two classes per semester
    • The $95 tuition to the University will be paid with a scholarship up to six credit hours per semester.

Course Descriptions:

MATH 1023. College Algebra A study of quadratic equations and inequalities, additional graphs of functions and relations, systems of linear equations, inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, polynomial and rational functions. (ACTS-MATH 1103)

MATH 1033. Plane Trigonometry. Prerequisite: MATH 1023 with a grade of C or higher. A study of triangles, radian measure, polar coordinates, trigonometric functions and their related graphs, formulae, and identities. (ACTS-MATH 1203)

HIST 1003. World History I. An introductory study of the nature and development of world civilizations to 1700. (ACTS-HIST 1113)

HIST 1013. World History II. An introductory study of the evolution of modern civilizations since 1700. (ACTS-HIST 1123)

HIST 2013. U.S. History I. A general survey of the history of the United States from the beginning of North American colonization through the Civil War and Reconstruction. (ACTS-HIST 2113)

HIST 2023. U.S. History II. A general survey of the history of the United States from the end of Reconstruction to the present. (ACTS-HIST 2123)

ENGL 1113. Composition I An introduction to college-level writing with extensive practice in the writing process and basic rhetorical types as well as a review of standard editing conventions. This course also includes the building of vocabulary and the development of reading skills. (ACTS-ENGL 1013)

ENGL 1123. Composition II. Prerequisite: ENGL 1113 with a grade of C or better. Designed to confirm and extend students’ ability to write educated English prose. This course seeks to enable the students, through extensive writing practice, to develop their skills in each of several rhetorical and critical types. While emphasizing writing, the course also requires continued vocabulary development and analytical reading in literature of various types. The course also introduces students to the conventions of documentation and manuscript form. (ACTS-ENGL 1023)

ART 2013. Art Appreciation. Designed for the general student, the course attempts to present art as part of our cultural heritage. Basic terms and the characteristics of styles and periods. Includes familiarization with art equipment and process. (ACTS-ARTA 1003)

SPCH 1113. Intro to Public Speaking. Principles of effective speaking; emphasis on both transmission and reception of the communicative process; the speaking mechanism and delivery. (ACTS-SPCH 1003)

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