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Knowledge grounded in truth

Excellence in
academics.

A time-tested curriculum, caring teachers, and a Biblical foundation prepare students to think clearly, work diligently, and live with purpose.

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The Abeka difference

A strong foundation for a lifetime of learning.

Harvest Christian School uses the Abeka curriculum in every grade, from preschool through 12th grade.

Abeka is built on a foundation of academic excellence and Christian character training. Its structured, age-appropriate sequence helps students master essential knowledge and skills while learning to see the world through a Biblical perspective.

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Academic Excellence

A carefully sequenced curriculum helps students build knowledge and skills year after year.

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Biblical Worldview

Biblical truth is integrated throughout the school day, not limited to a single class.

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Character Training

Students practice responsibility, respect, perseverance, good manners, and service to others.

D

Personal Attention

Teachers know their students and provide encouragement, accountability, and appropriate challenge.

What your child will learn

Growing at every stage

Each grade builds purposefully on the one before it, giving students a consistent path from early learning to graduation.

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Pre-K3, Pre-K4 & Kindergarten

Early Learning

A joyful, structured beginning that develops confidence, curiosity, and readiness for elementary school.

  • Letter recognition and phonics
  • Numbers, counting, shapes, and colors
  • Beginning reading and writing
  • Social skills, manners, and sign language
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1st–5th Grade

Elementary

Strong foundational skills grow through clear instruction, purposeful practice, and personal encouragement.

  • Reading fluency and comprehension
  • Grammar, spelling, and creative writing
  • Arithmetic and problem solving
  • Science, history, geography, Bible, and Spanish
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6th–8th Grade

Middle School

Students become more independent thinkers while strengthening the habits and skills required for high school.

  • Grammar, composition, and literary analysis
  • Pre-algebra, geometry, and statistics
  • World and American history, geography, and life science
  • Computer, financial, health, and physical education
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9th–12th Grade

High School

Abeka continues through graduation, maintaining consistent academic expectations and a Biblical worldview.

  • College-preparatory academic foundation
  • Clear writing and critical reading
  • Mathematical and scientific reasoning
  • Biblical principles, character, and responsibility
  • World and American history, government, economics, and civic responsibility

Explore by grade

A closer look at each year.

Select a grade to see the most important skills and learning outcomes your child will build during the year.

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Early Learning

Pre-K3, Pre-K4 & Kindergarten
Pre-K3A joyful first step into learning
  • Recognizes letter shapes and sounds while building early listening and language skills.
  • Counts from 1 to 30 and develops number concepts through 15 using objects and hands-on practice.
  • Explores animals, weather, seasons, community helpers, health, safety, and manners.
  • Strengthens fine-motor skills through tracing, coloring, cutting, gluing, music, and movement.
  • Learns foundational Bible stories, memory verses, prayer, kindness, and obedience.
Pre-K4Building readiness through phonics and discovery
  • Learns vowel and consonant sounds, blends sounds into words, and begins reading simple sentences and stories.
  • Develops vocabulary, listening comprehension, early writing habits, and confident oral expression.
  • Builds number sense through counting, number recognition, simple addition, time, money, shapes, and measurement.
  • Explores God’s world through age-appropriate science, community, and geography themes.
  • Grows in coordination, creativity, worship, and character through art, music, Bible stories, and memory work.
KindergartenReady to read, write, and reason
  • Uses phonics and special sounds to read words, sentences, and beginning readers with understanding.
  • Writes letters, blends, words, and sentences in cursive while developing clear communication.
  • Counts, reads, and writes numbers to 100; practices addition and beginning subtraction, time, money, calendar skills, and fractions.
  • Studies the five senses, weather, seasons, plants, animals, community helpers, American beginnings, and cultures around the world.
  • Connects Bible stories and memory work to everyday choices and Christian character.
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Elementary

1st–5th Grade
1st GradeStrong foundations in reading and number sense
  • Applies phonics patterns and special sounds to read with increasing fluency, accuracy, expression, and comprehension.
  • Writes complete sentences and short paragraphs using correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and basic grammar.
  • Works with numbers to 1,000, addition and subtraction, place value, money, time, measurement, graphs, and beginning fractions.
  • Discovers plants, animals, insects, energy, health, seasons, American history, geography, and good citizenship.
  • Develops Bible knowledge, memory habits, prayer, obedience, and personal responsibility.
2nd GradeGrowing fluency, accuracy, and independence
  • Builds reading fluency and comprehension through phonics review, vocabulary growth, and varied stories and informational texts.
  • Strengthens grammar, spelling, cursive handwriting, paragraph writing, and creative expression.
  • Masters addition and subtraction while beginning multiplication and division; applies fractions, measurement, time, money, and geometry.
  • Expands knowledge of American people and places, world geography, science, health, and the natural world.
  • Studies the lives and choices of biblical figures such as Moses, Joshua, Ruth, and Jonah.
3rd GradeMoving from learning to read toward reading to learn
  • Analyzes characters, setting, point of view, main ideas, text evidence, and both literary and informational texts.
  • Uses grammar and writing skills to create organized sentences, paragraphs, summaries, and original compositions.
  • Works with place value through 100 million, multiplication facts through 12, long division, fractions, measurement, graphs, and multi-step problems.
  • Studies influential people in American history, U.S. regions and landforms, matter and energy, plants, space, animals, and the human body.
  • Learns from the lives of Samuel, David, Elijah, Daniel, Esther, Ezra, and Nehemiah.
4th GradeThinking more deeply across every subject
  • Reads fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama with stronger inference, evaluation, vocabulary, and literary analysis.
  • Applies all eight parts of speech and develops paragraphs, summaries, persuasive writing, book reports, and a five-paragraph historical essay.
  • Solves multi-step problems using whole numbers, fractions, measurement, geometry, graphs, estimation, and beginning decimal concepts.
  • Traces U.S. history from the colonies into the modern era while studying the Constitution, government, regions, and state geography.
  • Uses the scientific method to investigate matter, energy, motion, weather, plants, animals, oceans, and space.
5th GradePreparing for more advanced study
  • Interprets increasingly complex literature through theme, point of view, figurative language, text structure, evidence, and critical thinking.
  • Refines grammar and composition through organized paragraphs, essays, reports, vocabulary, spelling, and careful editing.
  • Applies fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, proportions, geometry, algebraic thinking, statistics, and practical financial skills.
  • Explores Eastern Hemisphere history and geography, including ancient civilizations and the nations and physical features of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.
  • Investigates astronomy, geology, earth, life, and physical science through observation, experiments, and the scientific method.
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Middle School

6th–8th Grade
6th GradeBuilding independence and research skills
  • Analyzes literature, vocabulary, genre, figurative language, conflict, character, and point of view.
  • Produces organized essays, book reports, outlines, and a documented library research report.
  • Applies fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions, percents, equations, geometry, measurement, and practical banking concepts.
  • Studies the history and geography of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
  • Explores life science through botany, animals, ecosystems, human design, investigation, and scientific observation.
7th GradeDeveloping logic, analysis, and academic discipline
  • Studies classic literature and strengthens comprehension, literary analysis, vocabulary, and biblical discernment.
  • Writes informative, narrative, and process essays, along with summaries, book reports, letters, and a cited research paper.
  • Advances through signed numbers, ratios, percent, interest, algebraic expressions, equations, inequalities, geometry, and the Pythagorean theorem.
  • Surveys world history and Eastern Hemisphere geography from ancient civilizations to the modern era.
  • Investigates classification, plants, cells, ecology, and human anatomy while studying Exodus and the life of Christ.
8th GradePreparing confidently for high school
  • Deepens literary analysis and develops persuasive and narrative essays, research writing, outlining, and presentation skills.
  • Completes pre-algebra foundations in arithmetic, geometry, algebra, probability, statistics, radicals, systems, and introductory trigonometry.
  • Studies U.S. history from exploration and settlement through national development, along with the Constitution and American government.
  • Explores geology, oceans, weather, the solar system, stars, spaceflight, and responsible stewardship through Earth and Space Science.
  • Studies Acts and Proverbs with emphasis on the early church, missions, wisdom, and wise choices.
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High School

9th–12th Grade
9th GradeEstablishing a strong high-school foundation
  • Analyzes literature by theme and genre while strengthening grammar, vocabulary, composition, and critical book review skills.
  • Completes Algebra 1 concepts including equations, inequalities, functions, graphing, polynomials, factoring, radicals, and quadratics.
  • Studies physical and cultural geography, world regions, governments, economies, populations, religions, languages, maps, and current events.
  • Builds a laboratory-based foundation in matter, energy, chemistry, and physics, alongside health, nutrition, fitness, safety, and first aid.
  • Studies the kings of Israel and applies biblical leadership lessons to personal character.
10th GradeExpanding analysis across the world
  • Studies world literature and its historical and cultural settings while developing literary analysis, discernment, grammar, and composition.
  • Advances through Algebra 2, including functions, matrices, equations, statistics, and applied problem-solving.
  • Surveys world history and cultures from ancient civilizations to modern times while connecting geography and current events.
  • Conducts field and laboratory work in biology, including botany, zoology, human anatomy, cells, and genetics.
  • Studies major Bible doctrines and learns to explain and apply core Christian beliefs.
11th GradeReasoning, research, and practical responsibility
  • Examines major works and authors in American literature while refining analysis, research, grammar, and formal composition.
  • Uses deductive reasoning in plane geometry through proofs, constructions, formulas, and systematic problem-solving.
  • Studies U.S. history, foundational documents, influential people, government concepts, and current issues.
  • Completes laboratory chemistry, including atomic structure, reactions, nuclear and organic chemistry, and practical applications.
  • Studies the life and teachings of Christ, then applies biblical principles to relationships, health, work, money, time, and citizenship.
12th GradePreparing for college, career, and faithful adulthood
  • Studies English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the modern age while completing advanced analysis, vocabulary, and composition.
  • Applies trigonometry, analytical geometry, functions, graphs, and introductory calculus concepts in Precalculus.
  • Studies the Constitution and all levels of American government, then applies economics, personal finance, work, and free-enterprise principles.
  • Uses mathematics, laboratory investigation, and practical examples to study mechanics, matter, energy, electricity, waves, and modern physics.
  • Examines Genesis, apologetics, Christian foundations, church history, and Revelation while articulating a personal biblical worldview.

Curriculum highlights are representative and may be adjusted by grade, teacher, and school-year scheduling. Families are welcome to request more detail or observe learning in action during a campus tour.

A complete education

Developing the whole student

Academic growth is strengthened by chapel and Bible instruction, practical life skills, competitive athletics, creative expression, and opportunities to serve.

Chapel & BibleLanguage ArtsMathematicsScienceHistory & GeographySpanishHealth & FitnessTechnologyArts & MusicPractical Life SkillsCompetitive AthleticsLeadership & Service

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