2006-2007 Re-enrollment

Coram Deo Academy
Parent-Student Handbook Policy Changes

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HEALTH REQUIREMENTS

Coram Deo Academy is required by state law to keep a copy of spinal screening exams for all students entering grades 6 and 9. Your family physician will need to provide record that the student has been screened for spinal deformities. Record of the screening must be submitted by the end of the school year.
Coram Deo Academy is required by state law to keep record that students have had a professional examination for possible vision and hearing problems. New students in grades K-12 must be screened within 120 days of admission and all 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th graders must be screened before the end of the school year. Your family physician may use the state hearing screening form and/or vision screening form to comply with regulations.

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

	Core Courses: English	Core Courses: History	Core Courses: Language	Core Courses: Math	Core Courses: Science	Core Courses: Bible Theology	Various Electives
K	Reading	World Geography	Phonics	Arithmetic		Bible Stories	Music, Visual Art, Science lab
1	Reading, Grammar, Handwriting	Ancient Egypt & Old Testament	Phonics, Spelling	Arithmetic		Genesis - Jonah	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Science lab
2	Reading, Grammar, Handwriting	Greece, Rome & New Testament	Phonics, Spelling	Arithmetic		Judges-Kings	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Science lab
3	Reading, Grammar, Handwriting	Middle Ages Renaissance & Reformation	Spelling, Latin Prelude I	Arithmetic		Chronicles-Malachi	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Science lab
4	Reading, Grammar, Progymnasmata, Handwriting	Explorers to American 1815	Spelling, Latin Prelude II	Arithmetic		The Gospels	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Science lab
5	Grammar, American Literature, Progymnasmata, Handwriting	Modern American & State History	Spelling, Latin Prelude III	Arithmetic		Acts-Revelation	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Science lab
6	Grammar, World Literature, Progymnasmata, Handwriting	World History Creation to Reformation	Latin Prelude IV	Advanced Arithmetic & Algebra ½	Physical Geography	Intro to Music & Performance or Art Appreciation	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Science lab
7	Grammar, American Literature, Progymnasmata, Vocabulary	America	Latin 1/2	Algebra 1a	Life Science with elective lab	Speech with Intro to Logic and Debate	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Science lab, Seasonal Athletics
8	Ancient & OT Literature, Progymnasmata, Vocabulary	Ancient & Old Testament	Latin I	Algebra 1b	Physical Science with elective lab	Music Appreciation	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Science lab, Seasonal Athletics
9	English I: Classical Literature & Pauline Epistles, Progymnasmata, Vocabulary	History I Western Civilization to 750	Latin II or Spanish I	Geometry	Biology with lab	Logic	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Seasonal Athletics
10	English II: European Literature, Progymnasmata, Vocabulary	History II: Western Civilization to 1715	Latin III or Spanish II	Algebra II College Test Prep	Astronomy & Geology	Historic Christian Theology	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Seasonal Athletics
11	English III: European Literature	History III Western Civilization to date (AP) & Economics	Latin IV or Spanish III	Functions & Trigonometry	Chemistry with lab	English IV: Rhetoric (AP)	Music, Drama, Visual Art, Seasonal Athletics
12	English V: American Literature (AP)	History IV: American History (AP) & US Constitution	Adv. Latin (AP) or Spanish IV (AP)	Calculus (AP) or Integrated Mathematics - Statistics, Intro to College Algebra	Physics with lab (AP)	Christian Apologetics	Music, Drama, Visual Art (AP), Seasonal Athletics, Senior Trip to Europe

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTANCIES

Discipline	Credits Required	Courses to Fulfill Credits
English	5	English I English II English III English IV: Rhetoric English V
History	4	History I: Western Civilization to 750 History II: Western Civilization to 1715 History III: Western Civilization to Date & Economics History IV: American History & US Constitution
Mathematics	4	Algebra I Geometry Algebra II Functions & Trigonometry Calculus or Integrated Mathematics (not required)
Science	4	Biology Astronomy and Geology Chemistry Physics
Foreign Language	3 * 3 ** of the same language	Latin I, II, III or more Latin or Spanish I, II, III or more
Arts	2	Music Drama or Oratorical Arts (speech and debate) Visual Arts
Theology	2	Historic Christian Theology Christian Apologetics
Additional	2	Logic (1 credit required) PE or Athletics (1 credit required *)
Total Credits	25 + 26 +*	This description supercedes all previous descriptions.

* New Requirements for Class of 2010 ** New Requirement for Class of 2011 but recommended for all college bound students