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Academics

The lower and middle school curricula will Photo of students reading. prepare younger students for the demands of high school work. Eastminster maintains that all students can successfully complete rigorous high school work as long as they receive proper preparation in the lower school. Hence, the lower and middle school coursework will rely heavily on students reading, critiquing, and debating the central moral themes of great literature. Emphasis will be placed on all kindergarten students reading well and comprehending by the end of the first semester. All lower school students will leave fifth grade having mastered works by authors such as Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Jane Austen, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

The lower and middle school math curricula will likewise prepare students to successfully complete AP calculus in high school. Lower school students will master some algebraic concepts and middle school students will master algebra and some concepts of geometry.

In order to excel in the advanced placement sciences, lower and middle school students will be well versed in the logical sequence of the scientific method, the development of a hypothesis, and the methodical reasoning in testing it. Emphasis will be placed on the life sciences, the fundamental concepts of chemicals and compounds, and the roots of mechanical, electrical, and optical physics.

Lower and middle school students will be Photo of teacher instructing students.introduced to the beginning of civilization and world cultures. Lower and middle school lessons of history will emphasize the American heritage of constitutional government, the history of the union and of the fifty states, the ideals of limited government and self rule, and the important historical documents extolling the virtues of equality under the law and natural rights.

Lower and middle school students will receive Spanish instruction from first through fifth grade. Middle school students will be allowed to choose between Spanish, French, and Latin instruction, and beginning in seventh grade, will take a foreign language as a core class. Foreign language instruction in the eighth grade can count toward the foreign language requirements for graduation.

Advanced Placement courses will comprise the core of the high school curriculum, with AP courses offered in English composition and literature, calculus, biology, chemistry, physics, European history, American history, economics, and foreign language. Graduates will be required to have completed three years of a foreign language.

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"Our experience at Eastminster has been nothing short of remarkable. To hear our five year-old daughter read books to us after dinner is a true blessing. The concern for each student is obvious."

- Lower School Parent