ACADEMIC MATTERS

JMS offers instruction for children from kindergarten through grade 12.  In order to keep textbooks updated, a textbook selection cycle calls for review and update of one or more subject areas each year.  Emphasis is placed on the development of basic skills.  Curriculum materials in use are not unlike those commonly used by public schools with a few exceptions:

 

·        For Bible instruction the Purposeful Design series from ACSI is used for grades K–6.  Bible memorization is a key component to this curriculum.  Bible instruction course descriptions for grades 7-12 can be found under the section, Secondary Course Offerings. 

 

·        The science curriculum for grades 1–5 is published by CSI (Christian Schools International).  This Christian curriculum acknowledges God as the creator and designer of our world and universe.  The facts and theories are based on creationism.  This curriculum uses many activities and experiments to discover and interact with the world around us. The middle school, grades 6–9, uses Bob Jones curriculum for the same reasons listed above.  Apologia, a Christian homeschool curriculum, is used for Biology and Chemistry high school courses.

 

·        Constant integration of Christian values and truth permeates the school program.  Daily prayer and devotional experiences, with weekly chapel and Bible memory work, are all vital parts of the overall school program.

 

·        Supplementary Academic Program—JMS offers a program of academic enrichment to qualifying students and a remedial program to assist students with special needs.  These programs are provided through the Pennsylvania Intermediate Unit 13 (I.U.) in a classroom staffed by qualified I. U. staff.