Help teach money management skills! Accounting is a comprehensive, two-semester elective that gives students a general overview of accounting fundamentals. Topics in the first semester of this online academy include accounting terms and the nature of bookkeeping, the accounting equation, debits and credits, journalizing and posting transactions, and preparing worksheets and trail balances.

In the second semester, lessons continue with topics on proprietorship statements, owner’s equity and balance sheets, adjusting and closing entries, payroll records and deductions, and employer taxes and reports. This course from our online academy for grades 9-12 concludes with a section on applying skills to a business simulations situation. This course contains quizzes and tests to evaluate progress and student mastery.

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Optional exercises are included for extra credit at the end of several units. These optional sections do not need to be submitted unless a student wants to receive extra credit toward his or her test score.

Topics covered include rhythm, time signatures, intervals, pitches, major and minor keys, transposition, and harmony. The online music writing application Noteflight® is used to write original compositions and is included within the course. Activities include creating a rhythmic piece, composing a melody, transposing melodies, and more. This course from our online academy contains quizzes and tests to evaluate progress and student mastery. Projects are included.

Music Appreciation: The Enjoyment of Listening not only provides a historical perspective on music from the Middle Ages to the
21st century, but it also teaches you the essentials of how to listen and really hear (with a knowledgeable ear) the different music that’s all around you. Learning how to truly appreciate sound and melody is the best way to ensure a continued love of this delightful art form.

Preparing students for life, family and consumer science teaches everything from Christian character to personal appearance. Lessons for grades 9-12 cover homemaking skills along with a focus on the importance of living a Christian life in the home. Topics in the first semester of this course from our online academy include nutrition and exercise, kitchen tools and safety, food categories and cooking, clothes and textiles, and sewing and pattern-making.

In the second semester, this course from our online academy continues with lessons on interior design and room decoration, hospitality and entertaining guests, home repair, job searching, personal finance, child care and development, and building relationships. Character quality development and biblical applications to daily situations are also discussed. This course contains quizzes and tests to evaluate progress and student mastery. Projects are included.

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In family and consumer science, hands-on projects require student responsibility for completion. Cooking assignments should be completed as directed and under adult supervision. Some sewing projects require use of a sewing machine. Most assignments and instructions are appropriate for both genders.

Tracing the history of art, high school students enrolled in the course also explore the following time periods and places: prehistoric art, art in ancient civilizations, and world art before 1400.

Give students a guide for healthy living and wellness with this Bible-based elective, which presents health from a Christian perspective. Viewing mankind as the crown of God’s creation, this course from our online academy reviews human anatomy and physiology including body systems. This course for grades 9-12 outlines the development of the human body from conception to adulthood.

Topics include physical health and nutrition, exercise programs, mental and social health, and personal hygiene. Additional lessons explain home safety and basic first aid skills. This course concludes with an emphasis on responsible Christian living and outlines avoiding diseases and substance abuse, caring for the ill, and relationships between health and the environment. This course from our online academy contains quizzes and tests to evaluate progress and student mastery. Projects are included.

Each week consists of an ongoing adventure story, a new vocabulary theme and grammar concept, numerous interactive games reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities, cultural presentations covering major French-speaking areas across the globe, and assessments. The course has been carefully aligned to national standards as set forth by ACTFL (the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages).

Lessons in this course from our online academy help explain calorie burning, resistance training, isolating exercises to focus on certain body locations, and ways to stay motivated. Developing a correct mindset and realistic goals is also covered. Some course work must be done outside of the online classroom, and students have the opportunity to try different exercises and keep a log of activities. This course also requires a fitness log of physical activity.

Each week consists of an ongoing adventure story, a new vocabulary theme and grammar concept, numerous interactive games reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities, and multimedia cultural presentations covering major French-speaking areas in Europe and across the globe. The course has been carefully aligned to national standards as set forth by ACTFL (the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages).

Each week consists of an ongoing adventure story, a new vocabulary theme and grammar concept, numerous interactive games reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities, cultural presentations covering major Spanish-speaking areas in Europe and the Americas, and assessments. The course has been carefully aligned to national standards as set forth by ACTFL (the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages).