Living Word Academy
Elementary Grades
(Pre-K through 6th)
Curriculum
- Bible
- English
- Reading
- Art
- Math
- Music
- Science
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
Pre-kindergarten
The elementary education program begins with a pre-kindergarten
class for children who are four years old or will be
by December of the year they begin the program. Our
nursery program at Church is where the program begins.
The pre-K class is a natural progression from the Church
nursery.
By getting the children this early, the teacher can
evaluate where they are academically, emotionally, and
spiritually, and where their strengths and weaknesses
lie. If they need help in some area, the teachers are
able to work with them that year and thereby better
prepare them for the kindergarten program.
Kindergarten through Sixth Grade
Elementary classes range in size from 20-27 students.
All of our classrooms are self-contained. Each teacher
has teaching assistants, making the teacher-to-student
ratio approximately one teacher for every nine students.
The Christian curriculum used is one of the most rigorous
available today. It lends itself to a traditional teaching
approach. Most teachers find the textbooks to be written
in a lively, interesting, and memorable way. They especially
like the format, since in every subject the text references
are filled with scriptures. Of course, teachers supplement
their class curricula with personal insights and experiences.
For testing, outside of the Christian curriculum, state
requirements are followed. For third, fifth, and sixth
grades, we give the P.E.P. (Pupil Evaluation Program)
tests. In sixth grade, students also take the science
and social studies tests instituted by the Regents 100
Action Plan. Art, music, and physical education curricula
are based on state guidelines, combined with our own.
In addition to regular physical education classes,
elementary students are eligible for intramural sports,
such as pee-wee soccer, pee-wee basketball and youth
soccer. We have full boys' and girls' scouting programs
as well. LWA hosts six boys' and girls' scouting groups.
To supplement what they've learned in class, elementary
students go on many field trips. These have included
visiting planetariums, a fish hatchery, the Rosamond
Gifford Zoo, Nine-Mile Point, the Weather Bureau, Beaver
Lake Nature Center, maple syrup production sites, the
Hercules candy factory, apple farms, pumpkin farms,
and Living Word Camp. Erie Canal Village, the Erie Canal
Museum, and the Salt Museum have been visited to stress
historical and sociological points of interest.
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