Elementary (k-6) Academics
Parent Survey Question: What do you like about the school?
"We like the small sized classes and the Bible based curriculum. Our kids are excelling academically, and they are getting the strong academic fundamentals. We also like the teachers' commitment to their Christian faith."
- One of many similar parent responses to the annual survey
K-6 CORE CURRICULA
Textbooks and Series Used in Elementary Grades
Reading:
K: Pearson, Starting Off With Phonics
1: Bob Jones University Press, Readers 1, ABeka Letters
and Sounds
2: Educators Publishing Service, Early Reading Comprehension; ABeka, Letters and
Sounds
3: Educators Publishing Service, Early Reading Comprehension; Pearson, Modern
Curriculum Press, Phonics
4: Educators Publishing Service, Reading Comprehension;
Pearson, Modern Curriculum Press, Phonics
5-6: ABeka, Read and Comprehend series
Language Arts:
K: NA
1: Educators Publishing Service, Words I Use When I Write
2-6: ABeka, Language series
Math:
K-2: Pearson, enVison Math (2011 series)
3-6: Pearson, California Math series
Social
Science:
3: ABeka, Our American Heritage
4: Houghton Mifflin, Oh, California
5: ABeka,Geography & History of Our United States
6: Bob Jones University , Heritage; ABeka, New World History
Science:
1-6: ACSI Purposeful Design, Science ( series)
Bible:
3-6: Positive Action for God( series)
Elementary Standards & Achievement
CCS Students Make Excellent Academic Progress
Excerpts from the WASC Accreditation Report:
Regarding Standford Achievement Test Results:
Overall, reading percentile scores consistently average about the 77th percentile (6th stanine). That means CCS students achieve higher than 77% of all other students in the country. Generally this means that students grow significantly more than one year of language arts achievement for each year of instruction. Scores improve even more in the upper grades as the increased reading of the Bible and other great works has its effect on students.
Overall, mathematics percentile scores consistently average about the 75th percentile (6th stanine). That means CCS students achieve higher than 75% of all other students in the country. Generally this means that students grow significantly more than one year of math achievement for each year of instruction. Scores even get better in the upper high school grades because CCS requires more math than public schools.
Overall, language arts percentile scores consistently average about the 77th percentile (6th stanine). That means CCS students achieve higher than 77% of all other students in the country. Generally this means that students grow significantly more than one year of language arts achievement for each year of instruction. There is a slight improvement trend from 2006 to the present.
CCS has similar results in all subjects for all
grades.