Westminster Christian Academy Open House 2014

OPEN HOUSE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

800 Maryville Centre Drive 路 Town & Country, MO 63017 admissions@wcastl.org 路 314.997.2900 路 wcastl.org

Westminster Christian Academy Created to make a difference.

OUR VISION: Prepare and equip more young men and women to engage the world and change it for Jesus Christ.

OUR MISSION: Westminster Christian Academy honors Jesus Christ by providing an excellent education, rooted in biblical truth as interpreted by the Westminster Confession of Faith, for the children of Christian parents. Faculty and staff enable students to discover and embrace a biblical view of the world and integrate that view into every area of life.

WHY WESTMINSTER?

SCHEDULE

6:30 p.m. Registration and refreshments 6:45 p.m. Program begins in the Theatre Tom Stoner, EdD, head of school 7:10 p.m. Teacher presentations Select 4 of the 10 presentations available.

7:15-7:23 p.m.

Five-minute passing 7:28-7:36 p.m.

Five-minute passing 7:41-7:49 p.m.

Five-minute passing 7:54-8:02 p.m.

8:05 p.m. Self-guided tour 8:30 p.m. Event concludes

PRESENTATIONS

Hear from Head of School Tom Stoner, EdD

Overview:

Teacher Presentations

Bible: Mike Berttucci and Nile Heefner

Business & Communications: Communications – Scott VonderBruegge

Business – Jonathan Horn

English:

Micah Gall, Jill Keith, and Heather Marsee

Fine Arts: Instrumental Music – Mallory Rohlfing

Visual Arts – Lara Goeke and John Sarra

Performing Arts – Kathy Eichelberger

History:

Andy Kerckhoff, Chris Knerr, and Kelley Schwartz

Math:

Dale Beachy, Jacob Mohler, and Kelsey Walton

P.E.:

Dave Schall and Annie Westhoff

Science: Anne DeRousse, Katie Long, Lisa Harding (STEM and Robotics), and Andrew Shaw, PhD (Faith and Science)

World Languages: Chinese – Ming Li French – Sarah DeVries Spanish – Gina Meeks

Special Services: Lucy Erdman

TEACHER PRESENTATIONS

The purpose of the Bible Department is to reveal God, His sovereignty, and His deep love for mankind. Students are challenged to accept, believe, and apply the Gospel for salvation and a life of daily obedience, growing in grace and giving all glory to God.

7th Grade: Old Testament 7

8th Grade: Old Testament 8

9th Grade: New Testament Survey

10th or 11th Grade: Biblical Ethics

12th Grade: Worldviews Faculty Representatives

Mike Berttucci (Middle School) and Nile Heefner (Upper School)

BIBLE

BUSINESS & COMMUNICATIONS

The vision for this department is to offer students the opportunity to pursue areas of interest in the fields of business, communications, and applied technology. Courses are designed to expose students to topics and content that allow them to integrate core learning with areas of personal interest while also providing areas of discovery not found in other academic departments.

In the Middle School, foundational digital and technology skills are developed through the Integrated Technology Literacies program and the use of the iPad. This program integrates various technological skill sets within the core classes.

Introduction to Business

Business Finance and Accounting

Digital Web Design Entrepreneurship

Newspaper Journalism I

Newspaper Journalism II

Magazine Journalism I

Magazine Journalism II

Video Storytelling

Marketing I

Introduction to Economics Faculty Representatives

Scott VonderBruegge and Jonathan Horn

ENGLISH

Students learn the philosophical basis of literary works and analyze those works in light of biblical truth. The program also provides students with the tools to communicate the written and spoken language clearly and concisely.

7th Grade: English 7

8th Grade: English 8 (Honors)

9th Grade: Expository Writing, Expository Writing (Honors)

10th Grade: Literature of Western Civilization, Literature of

Western Civilization (Honors)

11th Grade: American Literature, American Literature (Honors)

12th Grade: Advanced Expository Writing, Literature (AP) Faculty Representatives

Heather Marsee (Middle School), Micah Gall (Upper School),

and Jill Keith (Upper School)

THE ARTS

The purpose of the Arts is to teach students to express devotion and praise to their Creator through artistic endeavors. Students develop the discipline to take a piece of work from beginning to a point of display or performance.

Middle School

7th Grade: Art, Drama, Chorus, Performing Arts Expo, Band

8th Grade: Art, Drama, Chorus, Performing Arts Expo, Band Upper School Art: Art History (AP), Art Survey, Drawing, Oil Painting, Watercolor Painting, Design, Photography, Sculpture, Ceramics I, Ceramics II, Graphic Design

Music: Band, Jazz Band, Mixed Choir, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Orchestra, Music Survey, Music Appreciation, Music Workshop, Music Composition, Music Theory (AP), Piano Lab

Drama: Advanced Improvisation, Drama I, Drama II, Drama III, Speech Communication Faculty Representatives

Kathy Eichelberger (Performing Arts), Mallory Rohlfing

(Instrumental Music), Lara Goeke, and John Sarra (Visual Arts)

HISTORY

Students are enabled to develop a conceptual understanding of humanity’s patterns of interaction and to view history as a continuing parable that reveals God’s purposes. Graduates will be better prepared to function in and redeem the culture.

7th Grade: World Geography

8th Grade: U.S. History

9th Grade: The History of Global Conflicts

10th Grade: Western Civilization, Western Civilization (Honors)

11th Grade: U.S. History, U.S. History (AP)

12th Grade: American Government,

U.S. Government & Politics (AP)

Faculty Representatives

Andy Kerckhoff, Chris Knerr, and Kelley Schwartz

MATH

Westminster math courses are designed to meet the needs of students of all abilities, interests, and college and career objectives; to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to model quantitative and spatial situations in all disciplines; and to enable students to develop skills in logical reasoning, problem solving, and technology.

7th Grade: Pre-Algebra, Advanced Pre-Algebra, Pre-Algebra (Honors)

8th Grade: Algebra I, Advanced Algebra I, Algebra I (Honors)

9th Grade: Geometry Concepts, Geometry, Geometry (Honors)

10th Grade: Algebra II Concepts, Algebra II, Algebra II (Honors)

11th Grade: Advanced Math Concepts, College Algebra,

Precalculus (Excel), Precalculus (Honors), Statistics (AP)

12th Grade: Statistics, College Algebra, Precalcus, Precalculus (Honors),

Calculus AB (AP), Statistics (Excel), Calculus BC (AP) Faculty Representatives

Dale Beachy (Middle School), Jacob Mohler (Upper School),

and Kelsey Walton (Upper School)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The goal of P.E. is for students to learn how to monitor and maintain their own health, fitness, and athletic development – skills that will serve them for life.

Middle School

7th Grade: Physical Education, Health & Wellness

8th Grade: Physical Education, Health & Wellness Upper School

Female Fitness

Male Fitness

Strength & Conditioning I

Strength & Conditioning II

Faculty Representatives

Annie Westhoff and Dave Schall

At Westminster, students learn to embrace God's role as Creator and Sustainer of His universe from both a biblical and scientific perspective.

The curriculum is designed for students to explore the fundamental concepts and principles of the science course and dig deeper into understanding the methods and technology used to discover them. This process teaches students to become problem solvers through observation, data collection, and experimentation.

7th Grade: Science 7, STEM

8th Grade: Science 8, STEM

9th Grade: Physics, Physical Science Concepts, Physics (Honors)

10th Grade: Chemistry, Chemistry Concepts, Chemistry (Honors)

11th Grade: Biology, Biology Concepts, Biology (Honors), Biology (AP),

Chemistry (AP), Physics 2 (AP)

12th Grade: Biology (AP), Chemistry (AP), Physics 2 (AP), Human

Anatomy & Physiology

Upper School STEM Courses

Introduction to Engineering Design

Principles of Engineering

Engineering Design (CAD)

Applied Scientific Research

Civil Engineering and Architecture Faculty Representatives

Anne DeRousse (Middle School), Katie Long (Middle School),

Andrew Shaw, PhD (Upper School - Faith and Science),

and Lisa Harding (Upper School - STEM and Robotics)

SCIENCE

WORLD LANGUAGES

Students learn to appreciate the cultures that God has created, to master the language skills, to understand the literature of these cultures, and to integrate their personal faith with these language and cultural studies.

Middle School

7th Grade: French (1/2 semester), Spanish (1/2 semester)

8th Grade: French (1/2 semester), Spanish (1/2 semester) Upper School

French I, French II, French III (Honors), French IV (AP), French V (AP)

Spanish I, Spanish I (Honors), Spanish II, Spanish II (Honors), Spanish III

(Excel), Spanish III (Honors), Spanish IV, Spanish Language IV (AP), Spanish Literature V (AP) Chinese I, Chinese II Summer Cultural and Language Immersion Experience

Faculty Representatives

Sarah DeVries (French), Gina Meeks (Spanish), and Ming Li (Chinese)

SPECIAL SERVICES

The Special Services program supports the needs of students with diagnosed disabilites of Special Services is to enhance academic s by providing tools and strategies to utilize in classroom, with homework, and during testin Faculty Representative

Lucy Erdman

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OTHER FACULTY & ADMINISTRATORS

Head of School: Tom Stoner, EdD Assistant Head of School: Jim Sefrit, EdD Director of Middle School: Deana Vandegriff Director of Guidance and Counseling: Kathy Karigan Middle School Guidance Counselor: Craig Walseth Director of College Counseling: Kate Kindbom Director of Finance & Operations: Todd Fuller Director of Teaching & Learning: Cindy Zavaglia Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning: Anne DeRousse Director of Athletics: Todd Zell Director of Admissions: Peggy Johnson Director of Diversity: Aaron Layton Dean of Students: Tim Hall Director of Global Partnerships: Dani Butler, EdD

WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US AT WESTMINSTER! Register online at wcastl.org/admissions.