English 8
Required
Instructor: Dr. Rachel Conner
8th Grade, Full Year The eighth grade language arts curriculum consists of the following major units of study: literature, writing, grammar/usage skills, and vocabulary enrichment. Students analyze stories, apply the elements of literature, identify figures of speech, and develop critical reading skills. Working through the writing process, students will create sentences, paragraphs, and compositions. Students will also study parts of speech and practice correct usage in their written work. Curriculum: Shurley Grammar: 7 Vocabulary from Latin & Greek Roots , Prestwick House
MS Math Dept. Math 6
Required
Instructor: Mrs. Ashleigh Winkler
6th Grade, Full Year 6th grade math covers a variety of topics including fractions, percentages, decimals, integers, proportions, order of operation, and basic geometry concepts. The course is designed around incremental development and continual review and includes continued practice of math facts and common measurement conversions. Curriculum: Math 6, BJU Press Math 7 Required Instructor: Mr. Anthony Brenchley 7th Grade, Full Year This course is a culmination of Saxon Math for Middle Grades. It reviews arithmetic calculation, measurements, basic geometry, and other foundational concepts and skills, as well as includes extensive pre-algebra exercises to prepare students for upper-level mathematics. Curriculum: Fundamentals of Math, BJU Press Pre-Algebra Required Instructor: Mr. Anthony Brenchley 7th/8th Grade, Full Year Pre-Algebra covers a variety of topics including variables, expressions, integers, solving equations, multistep equations and inequalities, factors, fractions, exponents, rational numbers, ratios, proportions, probability, percents, linear functions, real numbers, right triangles, measurements, area, volume, data analysis, angle relationships, and transformations. Note taking skills will be stressed. The purpose of this class is to prepare the student for Algebra 1. Curriculum: Pre-Algebra, BJU Press Algebra I Required Instructor: Mr. Anthony Brenchley 8th Grade, Full Year Algebra I covers a variety of topics including expressions, equations, functions, solving and graphing linear equations and functions, solving and graphing linear inequalities, systems of equations and inequalities, exponents and exponential functions, polynomials and factoring, quadratic equations and functions, data analysis, and probability. The purpose of this class is to prepare the student for Algebra 2. Curriculum: Algebra I, BJU Press
HCA Upper School Academic Catalog | 2025-26
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