School Calendar 2025—2026
Fall Semester 2025: Tuesdays, Aug 12-November 25
Parent Meeting July TBD
Semester End Celebrations: Dec 2, Time TBD
Spring Semester 2025: Tuesdays, Jan. 6—April 28
Valentine's Exchange: February 13 during REACH class hours
Closed for Spring Break, March 17
Year End party: May 5, Time TBD
Fall 2025 Schedule:
Class Descriptions are below. Tuitions are per student, per class, per semester. There is a family registration fee of $35 per semester. See the Parent Page for details on enrollment.
*Books shown on the blog may be linked for purchase. Clicking on the book will take you to a site outside of this webpage.*
Kindergarten Prep 9:00am-12:00noon:
Ages 3-5 Tuition $105
Teacher: Niki Hunt
Curriculum to Purchase: none
Supplies needed: Students are asked to bring a water bottle (labeled with their name) and a healthy snack each week. Due to the high risk associated with nut allergies we ask that no type of nuts or nut products be brought.
Kindergarten 9:00am-12:00noon:
Ages 5—6 Tuition $105, plus $10 supply fee
Teacher: Kacie Neely
Curriculum to Purchase: none
Supplies needed: Backpack, water bottle and a snack each week
Elementary Classes for 1st—6th Grades
Consult teachers as needed as to determine appropriate placement.
Elementary History Classes:
History 1st-4th 10:00am–10:55am
Tuition: $40, plus $10 supply fee
History 5th-8th 9:00am–9:55am
Tuition: $40, plus $10 supply fee
Curriculum to Purchase (For each class -each family needs one copy. Students do not need to bring their book to class) : Mystery of History Vol 2 hardcover textbook (one per family) Second Edition of Vol 2 will work for this class
Supplies Needed: Each student will need a 3-ring binder dedicated to history, with 4 dividers, colored pencils, 2 sharpened regular pencils, glue stick
We are continuing on in history with author Linda Lacour Hobar in the second volume in her series, Mystery of History. Linda's conversational style, heart for training students, and interesting tidbits that are not found in all history books, have made her course highly requested. Although used for all ages, Linda notes passages that parents may want to edit out for younger or sensitive students, yet you have a textbook that can grow with your child and continue to enrich them as they rotate through the history cycle at an older age.
This year we will be studying the fascinating time of The Early Church and the Middle Ages using the Mystery of History text as well as pulling from some other resources. In addition to timeline and notebook work we will experience history hands on by doing some "Living History Days" where we act out or experience an event or the daily life of people from the past. At the end of the year celebration students act out a character from history studied this year as part of a living history museum. Don't just read about history, experience it!
Elementary Science Classes:
Science Lab
Science 1st-4th 9:00am–9:55am
Tuition: $40 (plus $20 fee for experiment supplies)
Teacher: Jeanine Johnston
Curriculum to Purchase: The Sassafrass Science Adventures Volume 1: Zoology and Lapbooking Through Zoology with the Sassafras Twins eBook
Supplies Needed: 3 ring notebook to hold lapbooking pages, sharpened pencils, scissors, glue sticks, colored pencils and/or markers.
Join the Sassafras Twins as they travel to exotic locales to learn about animals. Together, you will learn all about the amazing animals that can be found around the globe. In the book, Blaine and Tracey Sassafras visit locations like:
The African Grasslands to discover more about the lion and cheetah;
The Amazon Rainforest to learn about the sloth and poison dart frog;
And the Alaskan Arctic to study the musk ox and snow goose.
The twins will meet a variety of local experts who help them to learn about the animals in the region. Along the way, they will all discover a budding interest in science. Families will read part of the story at home each week and we will do science demonstrations in class and create a lapbook.
Science 5th-8th 10:00am–10:55am
Tuition: $40 (plus $20 fee for experiment supplies)
Teacher: Chrissy McDowell
Curriculum to Purchase: Science in the Industrial Revolution by Dr Jay L. Wile
Supplies Needed:
Middle School Science is exciting and wonderful time to provide hands on experimentation and strengthen the students use and understanding of the scientific method while covering concepts in life science, earth, and physical science, as well as space and astronomy. Students will study Berean Builders, Science in the Industrial Age , we will also study from Berean Builder Science Roots. Studying greek and latin roots will build a foundation of knowledge that will enable the student to unlock new words and develop a greater appreciation for the subject of science. This will be very usual for student going into ninth grade.
Student will have opportunities for field trips, in class experiments most weeks, and will continue opportunities such as our Winter Science Olympics and the end of the year Science Fair that was very popular last year.
The only required text is Science in the Industrial Age. There are workbooks page that will be assigned every week and they come in TWO different levels, PARENTS, please pick the level most appropriate for your child HERE:
https://bereanbuilders.com/ecomm/product-resources/
I will provide the Science Roots word study.
Let's get experimenting!
Please note: the above curriculm materials will be used in both the Fall and Spring semesters.
Elementary PE Classes:
Teacher: April Stauffer
Curriculum to Purchase: None
Supplies Needed: appropriate footwear for running and active play (tennis shoes)
PE 2 (grades 4th–6th) 11:00am–11:25am
Tuition: $30
PE 1 (grades 1st–3rd ) 11:30am–12:00noon Tuition: $30
Get your kids up and moving with PE class! We'll be playing games and learning good sportsmanship at the same time!
Elementary Music Classes:
Teacher: Benjamin Bricker
Curriculum to Purchase: None
Supplies Needed: TBD
Music 1 (grades 1st–3rd ) 11:00am–11:25am
Tuition: $30, plus $5 supply fee
In music class, we will be moving, singing and playing games as we learn some basic folk songs and dinosaur songs! Students will be encouraged to make music by themselves and with others and to create their own music.
Music 2 (grades 4th–6th) 11:30am–12:00noon Tuition: $30, plus $5 supply fee
In music class, we will be exploring body percussion as we learn some basic folk songs. Students will be encouraged to move, sing and improvise.
Afternoon Elementary classes:
Animal/Zoo class (grades 1st–3rd ) 12:30pm–1:25pm
Tuition: $40, plus $5 supply fee
Teacher: Amy Haney
Curriculum to Purchase: None
Supplies Needed: TBD
More info coming soon!
Elementary Literature Class:
Teacher: Cody Conrad
(grades 1st–3rd) 1:30pm-2:25pm
Tuition: $40, plus $10 supply fee
Curriculum to Purchase: None
Supplies Needed: Regular pencils and colored pencils, scissors and glue stick.
Competitive Chess Club (grades 4th-8th ) 12:30pm–1:25pm
Tuition: $40
Teacher: Lyuda Mokryak
Curriculum to Purchase: None
Supplies Needed: Chess set (for at home use)
From Lyuda:
My name is Lyuda Mokryak. I hold the titles of Woman’s International Master, National Master, and I am the first woman in the history of Kansas to win the Kansas state championship.
The only prerequisite for the class is to know how the pieces move. If you are interested to learn chess, feel free to reach out during the summer. We will work on every area of chess with a professional approach: openings, middle game, and endgame.
I will encourage students to work towards participating in local scholastic tournaments that occur from October through March each scholastic year. Those tournaments are affordable, and are lots of fun. Limit 10 students per class. We will be using tournament chess sets and timers provided in the classroom, but each student will need to have a chess set at home to practice during the week. Homework will be assigned.
Elementary Sign Language Class: (grades 4th–6th)
Teacher: Amy Haney
1:30pm-2:30pm
Tuition: $40, plus $5 supply fee
Supplies Needed: 3 ring binder, pencils
Curriculum to Purchase: None
More info coming soon!!
Middle School Classes
Consult teachers as needed as to determine appropriate placement. History 5th-8th 9:00am–9:55am
Teacher: Hannah HahnTuition $40, plus $5 supply fee Curriculum to Purchase (For each class -each family needs one copy. Students do not need to bring their book to class) : Mystery of History Vol 2 hardcover textbook (one per family) Second Edition of Vol 2 will work for this class
Supplies Needed: Each student will need a 3-ring binder dedicated to history, with 4 dividers, colored pencils, 2 sharpened regular pencils, glue stick
We are continuing on in history with author Linda Lacour Hobar in the second volume in her series, Mystery of History. Linda's conversational style, heart for training students, and interesting tidbits that are not found in all history books, have made her course highly requested. Although used for all ages, Linda notes passages that parents may want to edit out for younger or sensitive students, yet you have a textbook that can grow with your child and continue to enrich them as they rotate through the history cycle at an older age.
This year we will be studying the fascinating time of The Early Church and the Middle Ages using the Mystery of History text as well as pulling from some other resources. In addition to timeline and notebook work we will experience history hands on by doing some "Living History Days" where we act out or experience an event or the daily life of people from the past. At the end of the year celebration students act out a character from history studied this year as part of a living history museum. Don't just read about history, experience it!
Science 5th-8th 10:00am–10:55am
Tuition: $40 (plus $20 fee for experiment supplies)
Teacher: Chrissy McDowell
Curriculum to Purchase: Science in the Industrial Revolution by Dr Jay L. Wile
Supplies Needed:
Middle School Science is exciting and wonderful time to provide hands on experimentation and strengthen the students use and understanding of the scientific method while covering concepts in life science, earth, and physical science, as well as space and astronomy. Students will study Berean Builders, Science in the Industrial Age , we will also study from Berean Builder Science Roots. Studying greek and latin roots will build a foundation of knowledge that will enable the student to unlock new words and develop a greater appreciation for the subject of science. This will be very usual for student going into ninth grade.
Student will have opportunities for field trips, in class experiments most weeks, and will continue opportunities such as our Winter Science Olympics and the end of the year Science Fair that was very popular last year.
The only required text is Science in the Industrial Age.
There are workbooks page that will be assigned every week and they come in TWO different levels, PARENTS, please pick the level most appropriate for your child HERE: https://bereanbuilders.com/ecomm/product-resources/
I will provide the Science Roots word study.
Let's get experimenting!
IEW Introduction to Public Speaking 11:00am-12:00noon
Teacher: Chrissy McDowell
Tuition $40, plus $10 supply fee
Curriculum to Purchase: Students are required to purchase the Student Packet that includes class notes, techniques, content of speeches to deliver, task checklists, helpful memory techniques, and more. Each student will build a personal binder of course materials.
https://www.rainbowresource.com/023254.html
Supplies needed:
In this year long course 7 -12 graders will learn memory and delivery techniques as they write and present five speeches: self-introductory, narrative, expository,
persuasive, and impromptu. Students evaluate recorded speeches in preparation for evaluation of their own speeches enabling competent and confident public speakers.Students will learn the key components of creating and presenting speeches, using techniques from the ancient Greek's Five Canons of Rhetoric (invention; arrangement; elocution; memory; and delivery). The course design balances well between independent students creating and evaluating their own speeches and evaluating fellow-student's speeches in areas of poise, locution, contact, and content. The program starts with building a Key Word Outline (KWO), and then moves to presenting others' materials (varied selections of poetry, speeches and more, including some references to ancient gods). Finally, they'll create their own content, all the while teaching the five speech styles and learning to evaluate them, enabling competent and confident public speakers
High School Music Class 12:30pm-1:30pm
7th-12th grade
Teacher: Ben Bricker
Tuition: $40 + $ supply fee
Curriculum to Purchase:
Supplies Needed:
More info coming soon!!!
Middle School Photography 12:30pm-1:25pm
7th-12th grade
Teacher: Amy Anderson
Tuition: $40, plus a $5 supply fee
Curriculum: Smart Phone Smart Photography by Jo Bradford
Supplies Needed: A folder with pockets OR 3-ring binder (½-1” is fine) with pockets on the inside covers, notebook paper, pens/pencils.
Take cool and creative photos with your phone, tablet, or camera! This class will be mostly taught from the perspective of taking pictures with a smartphone. Learn about all of the settings on your device's camera and understand what aperture, shutter speed, and ISO mean. Discover more about the inner workings of how a camera functions. Study reflections, angles, lighting, composition, and more! No prior knowledge of photography is needed.
Students are expected to participate in reading assignments (homework) and emailing or uploading photos each week. The weekly assignments given will include reading, research, a little writing, and of course, picture taking! Parents may tailor the assignments to suit the student’s age and ability. Part of our time in class will be sharing our photos and hearing how their photo creations went (what went well, questions they had, additional ideas, etc). Students will need to bring their textbook to class each week.
Curriculum may be purchased at https://www.amazon.com or by clicking on the book image above.
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