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Apologia General Science (2nd Edition) by Dr. Jay Wile | 8:50-10:20am | Instructor: Mrs. Lisa Crawford | Min. 5 / Max. 15
For 7/8/9 graders; Level V “Designed to be a student's first systematic introduction to the sciences, Exploring Creation with General Science, 2nd Ed., explores topics such as the scientific method, designing experiments, simple machines, geology, archaeology, biology, anatomy and other disciplines, providing a wide range of scientific exposure. Hands-on experiments are included throughout, giving students practical experience as they discover the principles behind the science! Looking at the world from a creationist position, topics are all presented with an eye towards God's role in everyday life.” This course has a $25 additional lab fee. Apologia Biology (2nd Edition) by Dr. Jay Wile | 8:50-10:20am | Instructor: Mrs. Lynda Griffith | Min. 6 / Max. 15 For 9/10/11 who have already taken Physical Science at WHH Exploring Creation With Biology is a college-prep biology course that provides a detailed introduction to the methods and concepts of general biology. Heavily emphasizing the vocabulary of biology, it provides the student with a strong background in the scientific method, the five-kingdom classification scheme, microscopy, biochemistry, cellular biology, molecular and Mendelian genetics, evolution, dissection, and ecosystems. It also provides a complete survey of the five kingdoms in Creation. Please note that this course does not contain a discussion of human anatomy and physiology. Most college biology professors do not consider human anatomy and physiology to be a part of a solid, college prep biology course. Students who take and understand this course will be very well-prepared for a tough university biology course. This course has a $25 additional lab fee. (A notebook is required for labs.) NOTE: Chemistry will likely be offered 2024-2025, not 2023-2024 Apologia Exploring Creation with Chemistry (Second Edition) by Dr. Jay L. Wile | 8:50-10:20am | Instructor: Mrs. Lynda Griffith | Min. 6 / Max. 15 Prerequisites: Algebra I & high school Biology Students will work through 16 modules and complete experiments for each module. Students are required to read each module, answer all questions, and work all problems. Math is emphasized in this curriculum, so the majority of class time will be spent learning and applying the math concepts needed for success in the course. Students will receive handouts that summarize the class notes and formulae needed for the test on each module. Course includes labs ever other week at a separate time and location (TBD). Textbooks are provided for the first 5 students registered. A notebook is required for labs. There is a $25 additional lab fee. Apologia Physics 2nd Edition by Dr. Jay Wile | 8:50-10:20am | Instructor: Mr. Joshua Edgren | Min. 5 / Max. 15 Prerequisite: Algebra 1, some Trigonometry is helpful According to Newton’s/Wile’s First Law: “A curriculum in motion tends to stay in motion.” Dr. Wile's award-winning physics course keeps students moving in the right direction to gain a basic understanding of fascinating physics. Offering outstanding college-prep instruction, the excellent, conversational text features color illustrations, simple but explanatory experiments, self-directed problem solving and direction to online resources. Our non-calculus course covers at least vector analysis, Newton's laws, work and energy, and waves. More topics tackled as time allows. For the best experience use the 334-page softcover test/solutions book. The text is approx. 575 pages, hardcover. This course is a college-prep course designed for high school juniors/Grade 11 who have completed algebra and geometry. The concepts of sine, cosine, and tangent are needed to address vector problems. This course has a $10 additional lab fee. Apologia Marine Biology 2nd Edition by Seligson | 8:50-10:20am | Instructor: Mr. Will Boyd | Min. 5 / Max. 15 Prerequisite: General Biology, some Chemistry is helpful. Semester 1: Oceanography and Biodiversity "Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?" (Job 38:16) You will during this course. The world's ocean is rich and still 95% unexplored. This class will explore the physical and chemical features of the ocean as well as introducing a wide variety of planktonic, sessile and free-swimming creatures. Expect advanced microscope work and dissections. Semester 2: Marine Ecosystems and Stewardship "Not an herb which carpeted the ground, not a branch which clothed the trees, was either broken or bent, nor did they extend horizontally; all stretched up to the surface of the ocean." Like M. Arronax in Jule's Verne's classic, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, you will explore the submarine forests of the world's ocean as well as the fantastic diversity of the intertidal zone and the ecosystems in between. This class serves as an introduction to the study of ecology as well as the importance and challenges of marine stewardship. This course has a $35 additional lab fee, as well as a field trip cost (likely late March 2024 to Rosario Beach, Anacortes, WA). |
American History: Reconstruction to 2008 | 10:25-11:50am | Instructor: Mr. Zach Woodyard and Mrs. Casey Griffith | Min. 5 / Max. 12
For 7/8/9 graders; Level V. There will be two sections of this class. It’s been called the greatest century ever. The 20th century (and the surrounding years) was certainly a full one—full of change, growth, decay, advance, retreat, weapons, ideas, and consequences. Understanding where we are now requires looking back once again at where we’ve been. In this course, students will not just study the events of modern American history, nor will they simply study the ideas and the beliefs that shaped the events. Students will learn to react, to engage with our world by engaging with its history. As we study Jim Crow, McDonalds, moon landings and atomic bombs, we will learn to form and express opinions, to communicate precisely, and move forward in wisdom. Like Early American History, students will read primary sources, novels, biographies, and a historical spine book. Old Western Culture, The Romans | 10:25-11:50am | Instructor: Mrs. Anna van den Broek | Min. 5 / Max. 12 per section For 9/10 graders; Level VI WHH uses Roman Roads’ course in Old Western Culture as a foundation for this flipped classroom, recitation class. “This course is a full year of instruction divided into four units: The Aeneid, The Historians, Early Christianity, and Nicene Christianity. With over 25 hours of video instruction, reading assignments in the Great Books, accompanying exercises after each lecture and reading assignment, and 4 end-of-term exams, The Romans offers the homeschooler a complete literature and history course.” (See website for more information.) The class will generally follow the Essentials readings. Families are required to purchase the videos. Old Western Culture, Early Moderns | 10:25-11:50am | Instructor: Mrs. Amanda Dorney | Min. 5 / Max. 12 per section For 11/12 graders: Level VI WHH uses Roman Roads’ course in Old Western Culture as a foundation for this flipped classroom, recitation class. “Old Western Culture: Early Moderns is a full-year literature and history curriculum for high school students (and above). Hosted by storyteller and veteran teacher Wesley Callihan, as well as Dr. Peter Leithart, Dr. Mitch Stokes, and Dr. Jonathan McIntosh, learn about the greatest and most influential works in Western Civilization.” (See website for more information.) The class will generally follow the Essentials readings. Families are required to purchase the videos. |
Friday Afternoons | Bridge Bible Fellowship
Worldview: The Book That Made Your World (Vishal Mangalwadi) and Love Thy Body (Nancy Pearcey) | 12:45-1:45pm | Instructor: Pastor Joshua Appel | Min. 6 / Max. 15
For 11/12 grade students, ages 16+ The Bible's impact on the shape of western culture can hardly be overestimated. From science, politics, and morality, to education, the arts and technology, the Bible has provided the categories that have shaped the assumptions and intuitions of our culture, whether religious or not. In the first half of the year, we will be reading and discussing Vishal Mangalwadi's The Book that Made Your World. It provides a fascinating account of the "Christian Revolution" that irreversibly formed the way we think about everything from heroes to the #MeToo movement. In the second half of the year, students will continue to explore the intellectual foundations of Western Culture in order to gain an understanding of the way Ideas work their way out into cultural expression. We will also be looking at how the Christian doctrine of creation provides a foundation for the development of a positive and life-affirming view of the human person and how we use our bodies. In the text Love Thy Body, author Nancy Pearcy makes a compelling case that the Christian view of God and creation reveal the purpose of man and the design given to Him as a being with a body. Over the course of this semester we will be examining the impact of this theological foundation on ethical questions related to our bodies: Abortion, the meaning of personhood, euthanasia, hookup culture, homosexuality and transgenderism. Throughout, students will see how God’s word defends the value of the individual while showing the purpose and design of what it means to be made in God’s image. |
Bible/Worldview: Mere Christianity | 1:45-2:45pm | Instructor: Mr. Joshua Edgren | Min. 6 / Max. 15
For high school students Using C. S. Lewis’s term and book, Mere Christianity, students will study the basics of Christian doctrine and living. Students will study several creeds and catechisms of the church, in addition to the practical outworking of those teachings in life through spiritual disciplines and sanctification. They will be reading R. C. Sproul’s book What People Believe: Understanding and Confessing the Apostles’ Creed, the Heidelberg Catechism, and Mark Jones’ Faith. Hope. Love. The Christ-Centered Way to Grow in Grace. This class is aimed at 9/10 graders, but other high school students are welcome. |
TuesDAY AFTERNOONS | Trinity Reformed Church
Rhetoric & Thesis (Barnes) | Tuesdays 12:00-1:00pm | Instructor: TBD | Min. 4 / Max. 6
(For high school seniors; juniors considered case by case)
“Rhetoric Alive! Book 1: Principles of Persuasion (Student Edition), written by Alyssan Barnes, an experienced rhetoric teacher with a PhD in rhetoric, is a clear, compelling, and delightful text on rhetorical theory and practice. It is a vital step for students before they leave high school.”
The highly engaging Rhetoric Alive! explores the principles of winsome speech as developed in the foremost text on persuasion, Aristotle’s Rhetoric. The 15 chapters of Rhetoric Alive! step through the essential components of persuasion—the three appeals, the three types of speech, and the five canons. Each chapter includes an exemplary classic text for analysis and discussion, spanning from Pericles’s “Funeral Oration” to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Students also have plenty of opportunities to practice developing their own rhetorical skill through weekly workshops, imitation assignments, and oratory presentations.
The fall semester will complete the rhetoric book. During the spring semester, students will complete a 8,000-10,000 word written thesis paper, plus a fifteen minute presentation before a panel of educators.
Required books: Rhetoric Alive and Rhetoric Alive Senior Thesis Workbook (Alyssan Barnes) This course has an additional book fee of $50 and Thesis Defense fee of $20.
Logic: The Art of Argument & Intermediate The Discovery of Deduction | *Tuesdays* 1:00-2:00pm | Instructor: Mrs. Alane Holm | Min. 6 / Max. 15
For 8/9/10 graders; 7th graders may be allowed on a case-by-case basis
Logic Texts abound. But not all Logic courses are the same. In this class we’ll look to Scripture, push back into Socrates, and apply Aristotle’s rules in order to pursue logic in the spirit of Isaac Watts: “...the great design of this noble science [Logic] is to rescue our reasoning powers from their unhappy slavery and darkness...Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.” Identifying errors in one's own logic (as well as others’ logic) is a means of humility and growth in wisdom. For Watts--and for us--Logic is a handmaiden to truth and Truth.
The Art of Argument (first semester) and The Discovery of Deduction (second semester), are accessible texts for a student’s first dive into logic study, informal (fallacies) and formal (Aristotelian). First semester students complete Art of Argument and the first few lessons of Discovery of Deduction. A creative cumulative project reinforces student learning. Second semester, students approach class in a ‘flipped model’ format, watching instructional videos at home in order to free up class time for all those engaging group activities which enliven the material: class dialogue, small group team work, and the application of their learning to a beginner’s debate.
Notes: Someone said, “it takes two hemispheres to be logical.” As the study of Aristotelian logic straddles the verbal and mathematical, students taking this course are best prepared if they’ve had some rudiments in pre-Algebra or above. This is not a prerequisite, but something to consider. Second, second semester logic is a true flipped-class model, meaning students will be required to put in more work at home than they might normally, and both terms parents are expected to grade the weekly bookwork and submit grades to the instructor. This is all pretty simple, yet necessary to free us for engaging the material during our short class period. Still, the videos and the text are approachable, can be enjoyed in a group (family or friends), and the students tend to be able to tackle more than they anticipate. “Logic is the art of using Reason well in our inquiries after truth, and the communication of it to others.” ~Isaac Watts
Book Fee $50 for two books for the year (possibly video fee)
(For high school seniors; juniors considered case by case)
“Rhetoric Alive! Book 1: Principles of Persuasion (Student Edition), written by Alyssan Barnes, an experienced rhetoric teacher with a PhD in rhetoric, is a clear, compelling, and delightful text on rhetorical theory and practice. It is a vital step for students before they leave high school.”
The highly engaging Rhetoric Alive! explores the principles of winsome speech as developed in the foremost text on persuasion, Aristotle’s Rhetoric. The 15 chapters of Rhetoric Alive! step through the essential components of persuasion—the three appeals, the three types of speech, and the five canons. Each chapter includes an exemplary classic text for analysis and discussion, spanning from Pericles’s “Funeral Oration” to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Students also have plenty of opportunities to practice developing their own rhetorical skill through weekly workshops, imitation assignments, and oratory presentations.
The fall semester will complete the rhetoric book. During the spring semester, students will complete a 8,000-10,000 word written thesis paper, plus a fifteen minute presentation before a panel of educators.
Required books: Rhetoric Alive and Rhetoric Alive Senior Thesis Workbook (Alyssan Barnes) This course has an additional book fee of $50 and Thesis Defense fee of $20.
Logic: The Art of Argument & Intermediate The Discovery of Deduction | *Tuesdays* 1:00-2:00pm | Instructor: Mrs. Alane Holm | Min. 6 / Max. 15
For 8/9/10 graders; 7th graders may be allowed on a case-by-case basis
Logic Texts abound. But not all Logic courses are the same. In this class we’ll look to Scripture, push back into Socrates, and apply Aristotle’s rules in order to pursue logic in the spirit of Isaac Watts: “...the great design of this noble science [Logic] is to rescue our reasoning powers from their unhappy slavery and darkness...Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.” Identifying errors in one's own logic (as well as others’ logic) is a means of humility and growth in wisdom. For Watts--and for us--Logic is a handmaiden to truth and Truth.
The Art of Argument (first semester) and The Discovery of Deduction (second semester), are accessible texts for a student’s first dive into logic study, informal (fallacies) and formal (Aristotelian). First semester students complete Art of Argument and the first few lessons of Discovery of Deduction. A creative cumulative project reinforces student learning. Second semester, students approach class in a ‘flipped model’ format, watching instructional videos at home in order to free up class time for all those engaging group activities which enliven the material: class dialogue, small group team work, and the application of their learning to a beginner’s debate.
Notes: Someone said, “it takes two hemispheres to be logical.” As the study of Aristotelian logic straddles the verbal and mathematical, students taking this course are best prepared if they’ve had some rudiments in pre-Algebra or above. This is not a prerequisite, but something to consider. Second, second semester logic is a true flipped-class model, meaning students will be required to put in more work at home than they might normally, and both terms parents are expected to grade the weekly bookwork and submit grades to the instructor. This is all pretty simple, yet necessary to free us for engaging the material during our short class period. Still, the videos and the text are approachable, can be enjoyed in a group (family or friends), and the students tend to be able to tackle more than they anticipate. “Logic is the art of using Reason well in our inquiries after truth, and the communication of it to others.” ~Isaac Watts
Book Fee $50 for two books for the year (possibly video fee)