In addition to a bibliocentric focus, Principle Approach education also encourages a high degree of student participation and involvement in the learning process. Rather than teachers providing information and students memorizing and reciting it back by rote, Principle Approach education engages students in the learning process, stimulating their minds, and equipping them to think, reason, and draw conclusions independently. One of the tools we use to encourage this type of student participation in the learning process is called “the notebook method.” Through “the notebook method,” students are tasked with creating a daily record of their subjects, encouraging them to research, reason, relate, and record as they learn—a process that creates student ownership in the learning process.
A final key component of Principle Approach education is that it takes into account the individuality of each child, “acknowledging that each student [is unique and] has a correspondingly unique set of strengths and weaknesses, skills and challenges—a learning style.”1 CCS emphasizes the learning success of every student by respecting and responding to our students as individuals. Our loving affirmation of human individuality is balanced with reason and discipline in the classroom.
Curriculum Much of the CCS curriculum is based upon a highly regarded Principle Approach curriculum program developed by the Foundation for American Christian Education and called “The Noah Plan.” To read more about “The Noah Plan” curriculum, click here.
Chapel
CCS students have weekly chapel services each Friday morning.
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1 Excerpt from FACE - The Foundation for American Christian Education (http://www.face.net/227495.ihtml#question8)
