Core Curriculum
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Accelerated Christian Education's program is individualized and nongraded. It is
designed to allow students to work at their own level of achievement, which may vary
from subject to subject.
The core curriculum is an individualized, Biblically-based, character-building curriculum
package. It is the curriculum that the reading programs (Preschool with Ace and Christi
program and ABCs with Ace and Christi) prepare students to enter. It is integrated with
these "early years" programs to provide a quick start for beginning students.
However, it will do much more than that. Accelerated Christian Education's curriculum
enables students to progress through high school, adequately preparing them for college
or performance in the working world.
The term "core" is used to distinguish the foundational courses from the
enhancement courses in Accelerated Christian Education's expanded curriculum. The core
curriculum provides students with academics, skill building, reading practice,
character and wisdom training, and knowledge of God and His Word.
Core Curriculum Provides Students' Basic Educational Needs
The core curriculum includes the six basic academic disciplines that provide students'
essential educational needs: math, English, Literature and Creative Writing, social
studies, science, and Word Building (spelling). Each core curriculum subject contains
156 PACEs beginning with preschool and ending with Level 12. Exceptions are math (which
contains 144 PACEs), Word Building (which concludes with Level 9), and Literature and
Creative Writing (which begins with Level 2 and will conclude with Level 8.)
Each curriculum course consists of 12 PACEs per level. Normally students complete a
minimum of 70 PACEs each in one academic year; however, this varies according to the
students' abilities and the school's efficiency. Students normally keep academic balance
in the subjects in which they are working and complete about the same number of PACEs in
each subject--that is, after they have completed gap PACEs. Students who are more skilled
may progress at a faster rate or may accelerate in the areas of their academic
strengths. Slower students are encouraged to do their best, but are able to work on
their levels of proficiency and proceed as they are capable. Note: The core curriculum
is enhanced with DVDs, videos, and computer software.
Typical students work daily on one PACE at a time in each of the six subjects. The
PACEs may be on varying levels, according to the students' achievement in each subject
and according to their academic prescriptions based on their diagnostic test results.