Secondary

Our curriculum seeks to explore Biblical interpretation, doctrine, and historical context with the aim of cultivating a genuine love of God and others issuing from a pure heart, good conscience, and a sincere faith.

Coursework in the Humanities ushers students into thought and discussion surrounding ideas with which mankind has wrestled throughout the ages. Students engage with literature and philosophies that give them opportunity to consider the same questions that others before them have considered, all with the intent of leading them to the Author of all humanity. 

Our logic class begins with an introduction to traditional logic in middle school in preparation for more advanced studies in the liberal arts, especially rhetoric, as students move through high school.

Our students are equipped with fundamental tools of reasoning, emphasizing the analysis of arguments (formal, informal, categorical, and propositional) for validity. Students learn to define terms, explain relationships between statements, and identify both formal and informal fallacies as they learn to ask rigorous intellectual questions, especially of themselves.

Rhetoric is the art of communicating thought from one mind to another.  It’s the adaptation of language to circumstance and involves an appeal to character, emotion, and reason. It can be summed up by the phrase “Good men speaking well.”  

Rhetoric I is the first year of a student’s capstone of FCA’s liberal arts education. Rhetoric I and II work together to give students the tools to express truth effectively as students morph writing skills to fit speaking. Instruction in the five canons of rhetoric and three modes of persuasion enables students to present excellent speeches. 

Our language courses introduce students to the basic vocabulary, grammatical forms, and basic syntax of Latin and Koine Greek, laying the groundwork necessary for reading, comprehending, and appreciating ancient texts.

Our mathematics studies aim to develop mathematical knowledge, understanding, and skill along with an awareness of and appreciation for the rich connections between mathematical concepts and mathematics and other disciplines.  Our coursework is problem-centered and inquiry-based. Students will grow in their ability to reason effectively with information represented in verbal, numeric, graphic, and symbolic forms and will be able to move flexibly among these representations, producing fluency in both conceptual and procedural knowledge. Thinking and reasoning are at the heart of this learning rather than memorization. Students learn how an understanding of mathematics will help them think, reason, and communicate.

Through exploration and discovery, our science courses seek to inspire awe and appreciation in the beauty of God's orderly creation, aiming to shape students who are informed, inquisitive investigators and who are able to view the beauty of the world with a balanced approach to scientific advancement and Christian charity.