Elementary & Middle School
Just click on the following for a full list of our services and fees.
Schedule of Tuition and Fees – 2011-2012
New families can click on the link below and complete a registration form for Grades K-8
Parents in grades kindergarten through eighth grade will participate in the Family Fundraising Agreement. Completion of this form is required for registration. You can download the form here.
Family Fundraising Agreement – 2011-2012
Here is some helpful information about our Elementary and Middle School programs.
The State of Missouri has defined learning goals for all subject areas at grade levels K-12, and these are referred to as THE SHOW ME STANDARDS grade level expectations or GLE’s. WCA will view these objectives as a baseline, and students will be challenged to go beyond. The textbooks selected will be excellent tools to help our children learn to think at levels above just fact and comprehension. While we fully recognize the need to memorize facts and develop a knowledge base from which to work, children also need to learn how to use the stored knowledge to analyze and evaluate new situations and solve problems. That is our goal as we cover the objectives outlined in the Missouri Show Me standards. If you would like to review those standards, here is the web site where you will find grade level objectives.
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/GLEindex.html
It might also interest parents that, because many of our students have above average ability levels, and some would be in gifted programs if they were enrolled in public schools, the curriculum we will be using is based on the same philosophy as curriculum offered in gifted classes. It seeks to help children learn the facts, and then go beyond the facts, of math, social studies, science, geography, and literature. Teachers help students understand how these subjects interact and actually impact their world. Our constant goal will be to help children understand all that they learn in light of a Christian worldview.
This does not mean that the curriculum will be harder for children who have difficulty learning. Learning facts requires a good memory. All teachers know that the best way to reduce the number of repetitions needed to gain retention is to add meaning. For instance, see how many times you must practice this phone number in order to memorize it – 1-800-356-9377. Now see how many times it takes you to remember – 1-800-Flo-wers. Much less? You are memorizing the same number of digits. You simply added meaning! This is a short course in what we hope to do for our children. We believe it will be good for both the gifted and the challenged!
The textbooks we use are selected on the basis that they will prepare students in each subject area, at each grade level, with the most appropriate education possible. We use our annual test scores to review and revise our curriculum on a continuous basis. Our graduates report an easy transition from our eighth grade, whether they are attending public or private high schools. We want every family to realize, when their students leave us, that they have received an excellent educational product!
