Middle School

6th – 8th Grade

Core subjects taught to middle school students include language arts, social studies, science, math and Bible. Teachers create an environment for students to successfully master the building blocks of each subject.

Classroom instruction includes real life situations as learning tools and hands-on opportunities. Students are taught to develop their critical thinking skills and the tools needed for a successful high school experience.

Bible class focuses on the lives of men and women throughout the Scripture. Students are encouraged to develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and personal Bible study habits.

ADVANCED ACADEMIC STUDIES

Honors Program

Central Academy at Lake Park is committed to offering a quality education to all of its students, and addresses the needs of those students whose scholastic abilities and performance indicate that they would do well in a more academically challenging program.  Students may be identified for participation in the Honors Program as early as 6th grade.

The purpose of the Honors Program is to offer students, whose abilities and past performance are demonstrably higher than the norm, a curricular option that will be more challenging to them.  The Honors Program is designed to challenge students to demonstrate mastery and to help college-bound students gain a competitive edge when applying to the college(s) of their choice.

Honors courses are designed to enhance a student’s learning experience by offering academic challenges that surpass normal coursework.  Course work for the Honors Program is qualitatively different in design and content from the standard course requirements.  Special field trips and seminars taught by faculty, staff and/or visiting scholars contribute to a particularly enriched academic experience for students enrolled in the Honors Program.  The additional work is usually limited to 1-2 classes during a school year and is focused on obtaining and testing higher-order thinking skills such as the synthesis and evaluation of course content.  Honors courses will require students to develop and hone their higher-order thinking skills through such activities as a specialized research project, an evaluation of a scientific study, a more creative/out-of-the-box approach to problem-solving or other applications.

In addition to course work, eligible students participate in the following activities:

• Honors seminars presented by faculty, staff or visiting scholars
• External competitions such as math, writing, art or music
• Campus visits to North Carolina’s most competitive universities
• Group global research project
• Formal year-end presentation to showcase students’ learning experiences