Director: Kerri Vincent

 

Must turn 12 years old  by September 1st.

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The Ascent program is our two-year middle school program, intended for the two years prior to high school.  The Ascent classroom will be made up of both first year and second year Ascent students, learning and growing together in community.  The first and second year students will work together as a large group for parts of the day and will split into two separate groups for other parts of the day. The main objective of this program is to provide a collaborative day where middle school students come together to encourage and challenge one another, build academic confidence and independence, make discoveries and ask questions, and have meaningful conversations all grounded in our shared Biblical worldview.  

 

Students will work from a common Academic Guide (syllabus) that lays out the specific academic expectations for each week at home.  Students will bring their completed work to class each week and that content will be the basis for our collaboration, cooperation, conversations, and science labs.  Our Wednesday class time will give students the opportunity to further develop a variety of skills, such as note-taking, summarization, organization, presentation, research, guided discussion, inquiry, critical thinking, and seeing GOD in all of it!

 

Each year we take the time to assess and make adjustments as we see potential benefit for our students and their families.  As we evaluate program/curriculum, we seek the Lord for His guidance over all decisions. For this reason, there may be slight curriculum changes that are made to the curriculum listed below.  We do our best to keep our information updated.  We are excited about our Ascent program for the 2025-2026 school year and we will update this program page with specific information as it becomes available.  If you have specific questions, please feel free to email our Ascent Director, Kerri Vincent, at kerrivincent@comcast.net. And please fill out our contact us below, so that you receive up to date announcements.

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General Areas of Study & Current Curriculum:

 

Bible (The Bible, Without Excuse, It Couldn’t Just Happen, New City Catechism)

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Logic/Reasoning (Fallacy Detective, The Thinking Toolbox, The Discovery of Deduction)

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Persuasive Writing (The Lost Tools of Writing)

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Grammar (Fix-It Grammar Levels 3 & 4)

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Literature (A two-year rotating list of readers – 8 books per school year)

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Science (Berean Builders: Science in the Atomic Age & Earth Science)

 

Also useful:  Student Atlas, Geography online games, Typing tutor programs/games