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Curriculum
Overview
In combining
traditional academic coursework with innovative
teaching methodologies, WPACS goal is to instill
a passion for lifelong learning. WPACS teachers
understand that todays youth must have
interactive and engaging lesson plans to pique
their innate curiosity for learning in the 21st
century.
At the sixth grade
level, students are exploring the rich history
and culture of ancient civilizations by
examining their religious beliefs, geography,
political and economic accomplishments, as well
as, societal development. Students will probe
into ancient civilization by creating posters of
the Rise of Sumerian City - States, design a
children's book, and role play the first hunters
and gathers to gain a deeper perspective of
their way of life. Across the curriculum through
the arts, literature, and science students will
develop a fond appreciation for prose and
poetry, and relate those experiences with
cultural rise and fall of Ancient
civilizations.
For the seventh grade
curriculum, students apply reading, writing, and
grammar essentials to probe into world culture
and customs. Our Middle Team implement a variety
of interactive activities to pique our students
innate curiosity for learning. In doing so, they
are investigating and exploring, through
creative writing, literary analysis, plays,
commercials, and public speaking as evidence of
evaluating students overall performance.
Eighth grade is a year of exploration! In the
eighth grade, students are culminating the
middle school experience and preparing to embark
upon an age that entails complex and abstract
components of expository and persuasive essays.
Students are taught to take an argument and
either defend or refute their position. They are
examining American Literature and History, as
well as incorporating Physical Science and
Algebra to expose the middle aged students to
curricula in preparation for high school. As an
enrichment, the eighth grade curriculum includes
a trip to Washington, D.C. where students
experience first hand account of social economic
elements of the nation's capital.
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6th Grade
English 6
Literature
General Math 6/Pre
- Algebra
Ancient
Civilization
Earth Science
Physical
Education/Yoga
Computer Science
Economics Level I
7th Grade
English 7
Literature
General Math 7/
Pre -
Algebra/Algebra I
World History
Life Science
Physical
Education/Yoga
Computer Science
Economics Level II
8th Grade
English 8
Literature
Pre - Algebra/ Algebra 1
US History
Physical Science
Physical Education/Yoga
Computer Science
Economics Level III |
