Bethel’s Family Christian Academy stands out among other elementary schools due to several key aspects of its program.
Holistic, Christ-Centered Curriculum: The school emphasizes a holistic approach to education that integrates Christian values throughout the curriculum, aiming to enrich spiritual growth alongside academic development.
- Enriched Learning Experience: The curriculum is designed to enhance age-appropriate development by focusing on critical thinking and the application of learning across various subjects. This approach ensures that students not only learn foundational knowledge but also understand how to use it practically.
- State-Aligned Objectives: The program aligns with state objectives and skills requirements, ensuring that students receive an education that meets or exceeds educational standards while incorporating technology and varied assessment strategies.
Specialized Subject Focus
- Language Arts: This program emphasizes guided reading, writing workshops, and daily literacy activities to foster independent reading and writing skills across different grades.
- Mathematics: Progresses from foundational concepts like addition and subtraction in early grades to more complex skills such as multiplication, division, and problem-solving in higher grades.
- Science: Integrates STEAM-based learning to stimulate curiosity and engagement in scientific inquiry, promoting skills like investigation, measurement, and drawing conclusions.
- Cultural and Historical Education: This includes comprehensive social studies that cover American and Texas history, ensuring students gain a deep understanding of their cultural and regional heritage.
- Enrichment Classes: We offer enrichment classes in physical education, music, art, and Spanish, providing a well-rounded education that supports physical, artistic, and linguistic development.
- Community and Spiritual Growth: Regular chapel sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays enrich students’ spiritual growth, reinforce values, and provide a supportive community environment.
Overall, Bethel’s Family Christian Academy distinguishes itself through its rigorous academic standards, integrated spiritual education, and commitment to fostering well-rounded development in its students through diverse learning experiences and enrichment opportunities.
ELEMENTARY
Bethel’s Family Christian Academy’s Elementary program consists of grades PK4 - 5. Our teachers are certified as well as trained to teach from a holistic, Christ-centered curriculum that provides an enriched learning experience that enhances the child’s age-appropriate development.
Our program is designed to ensure that students learn to think critically and apply learning across the curriculum. It is aligned with objectives and skills required by the state. Technology is incorporated into our classrooms, and teachers use a variety of assessments and instructional strategies to support students’ needs. Students attend chapel on Tuesdays and Thursdays to enrich their spiritual growth.
1ST GRADE
- Social Studies: The 1st grade curriculum builds upon early social studies concepts through literature and class discussions. Students create and use simple maps to draw conclusions about places' physical characteristics.
- Mathematics: Students will use concrete objects to understand the foundational concepts of addition and subtraction and place value. They will also study patterns, sorting, counting, making math connections, and problem-solving.
- Science: The 1st grade science curriculum uses simple investigations to develop skills of asking questions and gathering information to explore the wonders of God’s creation. Students also make measurements, construct explanations, and draw conclusions.
- Language Arts: The 1st-grade language arts curriculum continues to develop oral language and communication skills while developing more independent readers and writers. Students participate in various instructional strategies, such as guided reading and writing, readers/writers workshops, and daily reading and writing activities.
2ND AND 3RD GRADES
- Language Arts: The 2nd and 3rd grade curriculums focus on reading, grammar, writing skills, and vocabulary. In 2nd grade, students transition from reading text with many pictures to reading longer texts. In both grades, students learn how to develop, improve, and edit their creative writing. Students also practice and review vocabulary, listening skills, critical thinking, and analyzing different types of literature.
- Social Studies: Students will continue to learn about American history, including branches of government, explorers, wars, and basic economic principles.
- Mathematics: The 2nd grade curriculum will strengthen the foundation of addition and subtraction problems. The 3rd-grade curriculum will build on this strength, allowing students to move to multiplication and division problems. Students will evaluate, adapt, and select appropriate problem-solving strategies and tools.
- Science Students: Students will use tools to plan and implement investigations and collect information. They will also make inferences, communicate conclusions, and make informed decisions. The goal is to stimulate students’ interest in science through STEAM-based and student-centered learning.
4TH AND 5TH GRADES
- Social Studies: Students will study important events, issues, and people of the state of Texas. Students will examine Texas's history regarding human and natural characteristics from its early years to the present day.
- Mathematics: Students create and apply math concepts more abstractly. They will strengthen place value skills, compare and order fractions and decimals, division, problem-solving, and ideas related to measurement and statistics.
- Science: Students will identify components and processes of the natural world. They will also study the physical properties of matter and changes in matter, as well as the roles of living and nonliving components.
- Language Arts: Through group and independent reading, students will continue to build their comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary skills. Students will read a combination of passages and novels and build on thinking critically while reading. Students will learn to write narrative essays, informational pieces, and poetry.
ENRICHMENT CLASSES
Students participate in enrichment classes to enrich the development of the whole child.
- Physical Education: Students participate in activities that improve their fine and gross motor skills as they interact with their peers through organized movement and exercise.
- Music: Students will learn listening skills as they accompany songs with simple instruments. Musical games, steady beats, and fun songs are all included in this class.
- Art: Students will create and experiment with materials in new ways to explore creativity further.
- Spanish: Students are introduced to Spanish vocabulary while participating in planned activities revolving around interactive games, songs, stories, and dialogue practice.
Join Us in Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders
At Bethel’s Family Christian Academy, we’re more than a school—we’re a community that partners with parents to cultivate academic excellence and strong character from an early age. Imagine your child thriving in a nurturing environment where they’re encouraged to explore their faith, excel academically, and develop essential life skills.
From learning to read early to confidently speaking Spanish and reciting Bible verses, our students are prepared to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world. Ready to see the difference?
Discover how we can help shape your child’s future with a well-rounded, faith-based education.
