The CCA Pledge

At Creekside Christian Academy, we strive for academic excellence by providing a rigorous curriculum that challenges students to reach their highest potential. Our dedicated faculty fosters critical thinking, creativity, and a passion for lifelong learning, ensuring our students are well-prepared for future success.

Christ-centered educational environment

  • Weekly Chapel
  • Daily Bible lessons
  • Bible stories, songs, verse memorization, prayer time, seasonal themes & holidays

 

Structured Literacy

  • Literacy skills & foundations for reading
  • Phonological awareness, letter recognition, print awareness, vocabulary development, narrative skills, phonemic awareness, emergent writing, read-alouds, environmental print, play-based learning
  • Differentiated small group lessons & reading groups

 

Math Concepts

  • Counting, number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, sorting & classifying, patterns, shapes, measurement, spatial awareness, basic addition & subtraction, counting by tens, time concepts, money awareness, graphing, problem-solving

 

Social Studies & Science

  • Building connections to real-life experiences
  • Family & community, cultural awareness, community helpers, maps & globes, weather exploration
  • Nature walks, sensory exploration, simple experiments, planting seeds, animal awareness, five sense, sorting & classifying

 

Hands-on Learning Opportunities

  • Thematic center room play
  • Small group activities built around numbers, letters, social studies & science

 

Gross Motor 

  • Daily outdoor play (weather permitting)
  • Indoor movement activities

 

Interest Areas

  • Weekly computer, library, music, art, and P. E. class
  • In-school field trips

Christ Centered educational environment

  • Weekly Chapel
  • Daily Bible lessons
  • Scripture memorization 
  • 4th and 5th grade spiritual retreat

 

Structured Literacy

  • Orton-Gillingham based phonics instruction
  • Explicit grammar, vocabulary and  comprehension  instruction
  • Writing across the curriculum
  • Cursive handwriting taught in 2nd grade

 

Math Concepts

  • Math uses manipulatives, activities, and problem solving.  Concepts are presented in a variety of ways to reach different learning styles.

 

Social Studies & Science

  • Biblically-based instruction through Bob Jones University Press
  • Hands-on learning in Science through experiments and labs
  • Opportunities for project-based learning in Social Studies 
  • Educational field trips

 

Interest Areas

  • weekly art, music, computer, library, and PE classes
  • 5th grade band and chorus
  • Running club (3rd-5th)
  • Robotics/STEM club (4th-5th) 
  • Christ Centered educational environment
  • Educational field trips and spiritual retreats
  • Fine Arts program with Band, Chorus, Art, and theater classes
  • Bible taught as core class and weekly chapel services with student led worship and relevent devotional thoughts provided.
  • Small class sizes(20-22/class)
  • Math curriculum that reinforces basic math concepts, introduces Algebra Skills, while providing a foundation for high school courses.
  • Bob Jones Univiersity presss is a resource that is used to provide a well balanced English curriculum that includes Grammar, Writing, and Literature. The writing curriculum emphasizes thesis statements and citing sources to prepare for High School.  In literature, students benefit from reading a variety of genres.  
  • Science Curriculum(BJU) is Biblical perspective with a broad range of Sciences, including Earth, Life and Physical.  Students participate in hands-on experiments.
  • Middle School Social Studies(BJU) focuses on developing a Christian worldview of ancient civilizations, world cultures, and American history.
  • Technology classes offered that involves web development and physical computing with The Circuit Playground and Lego’s Mindstorm

Bob Jones University Press is the main resource we use to teach our curriculum.  Our math resource is Glencoe Math for all High School classes.  

Science curriculum taught with a Biblical perspective that includes hands on experiences, critical thinking, and real world application.

Math curriculum designed to make math accessible to students while challenging them to think and reason critically. Math program provides a strong foundation in Algebra, Geometry, and high level courses that prepare students for success in collegiate work.

English program aids in mastering and applying principles of grammar, usage, and mechanics to produce excellent written communication and prepare effective communicators.

Social studies curriculum taught from a Christian worldview and enhances knowledge of history, economics, government, and culture.

Bible taught as a core subject and weekly chapel services take place with student led worship and relevant sermons. 

 

OTHER PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS FOR STUDENTS:

Student’s will take the PSAT or the SAT for college placement
Dual Enrollment (Truett McConnell)
Honor Classes
Spanish offered as foreign language courses
Robotics, Art, Chorus, Drama, Band/Orchestra, Yearbook, PE, Health, Physical Conditioning
Educational field trips and service projects serve to broaden the student’s world view.

Technology classes offered where students explore and experience coding through various platforms

In order to meet the needs of every uniquely created child, CCA has designed four distinct supplemental programs.

  • Our STARS program (Support To Achieve Reading Success) provides personalized, multi-tier reading interventions for qualifying students in grades K-8. 
  • Our new MARK program (Math: Achievement, Recovery, and Knowledge) provides personalized math interventions for qualifying students in grades 1-8 
  • Our new PACE program (Program of Academic and Creative Enrichment) offers exploratory and student-driven enrichment time to qualifying gifted and talented students in grades K-2. 
  • Our new AIM program (Advancement in Mathematics) provides a rigorous course of study that moves at a rapid pace and incorporates more challenging and complex mathematical learning for qualifying students in grades 3-5. 

For More Information on CCA’s learning solutions center, click here.