Curriculum
WCA is an academically rigorous school. We challenge our students in and out of the classroom. Weekly work includes classwork, homework, tests, quizzes, projects and memory verses.
We are excited to partner with Bob Jones University Press to provide extensive and specialized instruction to meet each student’s educational goals. BJU Press has been offering a quality curriculum with high academic rigor, teaching critical thinking with a biblical worldview since 1974.
The 6th - 8th grade classrooms utilize BJU Press Textbooks for the subjects of Bible, Vocabulary, Handwriting (cursive); Reading, Writing & Grammar, Literature, Heritage Studies and Science. Each student is given access to streaming videos taught by an experienced teacher for additional educational support.
For more information on BJU Press
The middle school students also weekly participate in Health and Nutrition, Physical Education and Journalism.
We also supplement our curriculum with online programs. We utilize Renaissance for STAR reading assessments, STAR Math assessments and individualized AR reading goals. WCA utilizes Freckle Math to increase individual math skills.
Middle school students participate in standardized testing in May of each school year.
WCA offers the Iowa assessment for students.
WCA MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM
Regarding Common Core
Here at Wildwood Christian Academy we have the blessed opportunity to educate our students to the highest standards through the most effective teaching strategies. Regarding the newly released federal education standards, Common Core State Standards (CCSS), we are not obligated to adopt or adhere to them. While there are some positive aspects within the CCSS we have set out to implement a curricula that is both rigorous and biblically foundational that meets and exceeds all federal standards. WCA will educate the whole student by having the students academic, social, and physical skills revolve around their relationship with Jesus Christ. below you will find two links and one attachment regarding the statements our curriculum publishers have made about the Common Core State Standards and teaching.
Uniforms
The goal of the WCA’s Dress code is that students present themselves in a clean and neat manner as a representation of Wildwood Christian Academy. While we recognize the uniqueness of each student and seek to develop individuality, it is also important for each student to understand the concept of appropriate dress for particular situations.
At Home Option
WCA has expanded our partnership with Bob Jones University Press with Christian Classroom Online. With our partnership, we are able to offer Biblical worldview education to more students through our At Home Learning program. The program is offered for 1st through 8th grades.
Registration fees include grade level curriculum bundles with video lessons for each course. This bundle also includes required textbooks, daily lessons taught via video, necessary handouts, manipulatives and lesson plan guides. Parents also receive teacher editions and access to online gradebook. Students complete coursework at home Monday through Friday. For this program, parents are responsible for pre-grading all student work and entering points into the online grade book.
WCA Field trips
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8th-grade students of Wildwood Christian Academy will be participating in a five-day educational program to Washington D.C./Gettysburg with American Christian Tours (ACTS). Participants will experience the trip of a lifetime to DC's historical sites, monuments, and museums. Students will be immersed in the rich history and Biblical foundations of America. They will walk the grounds of George Washington's Mt. Vernon estate, tread the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania, and stand on the marbled steps of Lincoln's memorial. Your student will grow in spiritual depth through daily devotions and prayer while developing leadership as they witness firsthand the wisdom of influential leaders. We invite you to pray about how your 8th-grader may participate in this wonderful trip in the spring.
Highlights: Arlington National Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Museum of the Bible, United States Capitol, Illumination of Memorials, Holocaust Museum, Gettysburg Battlefield, and more!
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6th Grade students of Wildwood Christian Academy participate in a week long Outdoor Education Camp hosted by Hume Lake. Hume Lake Outdoor Education Camp is an opportunity for students to unplug from daily distractions and experience personal communion with the Lord. Students will build upon their friendships with one another through continual fellowship, worship, and prayer. It is so special to see how God’s grand design clearly comes across when we are immersed in His creation. Hume Lake Outdoor Education Camp is a Christ-centered week-long event topped with loads of outdoor fun.
