School of Rhetoric

Overview
  • Overview
  • Course Catalog
  • Academic Schedule
  • Graduation Requirements
  • Four Year Plan
  • Senior Thesis
  • Life-Shaping Experiences

Overview

Calvary Christian Academy High School completes the Trivium: Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric. Students in our School of Rhetoric learn to speak eloquently and persuasively, putting into practice the tools of knowledge and understanding they acquired in the earlier stages. Through guided research and discovery, students learn to synthesize ideas, write and give persuasive presentations, and grow in leadership skills. Speech, discussions, and a biblical worldview are incorporated into every subject.  Students continue to learn about the world through local, national, and global fieldtrips.

Our students are taught the Truth as their foundation, know how to recognized it in the midst of a relative culture, and defend and express the Truth to influence our culture for God’s glory just like a modern-day Daniel or Esther.

CCA School Profile

Course Catalog

Academic Schedule

Graduation Requirements

Four Year Plan

  • American Literature 
  • American History
  • Biology
  • Math course determined by assessment
  • Latin, Spanish, or French 
  • P.E. & Fitness
  • Student Ministry Internship
  • Logic
  • Elective Classes
  • Ancient World Literature
  • Ancient World History
  • Chemistry or Physical Science
  • Algebra II, Geometry, or Pre-Calculus
  • Bible Survey
  • Latin, Spanish, or French 
  • P.E. & Fitness
  • Elective Classes
  • Medieval Literature
  • History of the Middle Ages
  • Physics, Physical Science, or Anatomy & Physiology
  • Pre-Calculus, Consumer Math, or Calculus 
  • Apologetics
  • Latin, Spanish, or French
  • Elective Classes
  • British and Early Modern Literature
  • U.S. Government & Economics
  • Anatomy & Physiology
  • Consumer Math, Calculus, or Calculus BC
  • Senior Thesis 
  • Latin, Spanish, or French
  • Elective Classes
  • Student Ministry Internship
  • Life Skills (basic sewing, carpentry, finances, cooking)
  • Chapel Band
  • Drama & Theater
  • Art & Advanced Art
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • HVAC Design and Hydronics
  • Computer Science

Senior Thesis

The senior thesis represents the culmination of a Calvary Christian Academy student’s education—a good person speaking well.  The senior thesis, delivered and defended in the spring, is a required component of graduation for CCA students. Each thesis should reflect critical thinking skills, in-depth research, excellence in presentation style, and an ability to communicate effectively and persuasively.

Life-Shaping Experiences

  • Like minded families, working together to develop children who live their life fully for the kingdom of God.
  • Trips that bring the curriculum to life. 
  • House system which provides leadership opportunities and builds community. 
  • Community of Christian friends in a small, rigorous, and challenging learning environment.
  • Community based projects: Food Bank, RealOptions, and Youth Outreaches.
  • Ministry Internship: learning how to be servants. 
  • Winter and summer Camps; annual school retreat.