Tuesday Schedule:

Time	Bluebirds	Wolfpack	Mustangs	Sanctuary
9:20am – 10:10am	1st – 2nd Primary Program	6th – 8th Logic Melissa T	8th – 9th Algebra 1 Sara B	3rd – 5th  Theology
10:15am – 11:05am	1st – 2nd Primary Program	3rd – 5th  Chemistry/Physics	10th – 11th Algebra 2 Sara B	6th – 8th Theology
11:10am – 12:00pm	1st – 2nd Primary Program	6th Math – Zeta Melissa T	6th – 8th Pre-Algebra	3rd – 5th  Math Skills – Fractions
12:00pm – 12:30pm	Lunch Break
12:35pm – 1:25pm	3rd – 12th Art Tristan S		6th – 8th Physical Science Sara B
1:30pm – 2:20pm		3rd – 12th Yearbook		3rd – 12th Beginner Dance Tristan S

Thursday Schedule:

Time	Bluebirds	Wolfpack	Mustangs	Sanctuary
9:20am – 10:10am	1st – 2nd Primary Program	3rd – 5th Writing Megan W	6th – 8th Writing Kari C	9th – 12th Theology Deana G
10:15am – 11:05am	1st – 2nd Primary Program	3rd – 5th History Kayleen H?	9th – 12th Writing Kari C	3rd – 8th Spanish 1 Deana G/Evven G
11:10am – 12:00pm	1st – 2nd Primary Program	3rd – 5th Grammar Megan W	9th – 12th Logic Kari C	6th – 8th History Deana G
12:00pm – 12:30pm	Lunch Break
12:45pm – 2:00pm				3rd – 12th P.E.* *held offsite

Course Catalog

2023-2024 Course Descriptions 

About Light House Reno Classes: 

Light House Reno partners with homeschool families to offer an in-person, Christian academic program designed to reinforce and enrich your family’s homeschooling approach. We offer a variety of classes in both core and enrichment subjects for 3rd through 12th grade students. (See below for our unique 1st & 2nd grade program). Experienced teachers provide lessons and activities in the subject matter for about 50 minutes, once a week, on either Tuesdays or Thursdays. Grades and transcripts are not provided. Parents continue to be the director of their child’s education, providing learning and practice at home. 

Classes for the 2023-2024 will also include extracurricular classes for 3rd – 12th grade students such as Spanish Level 1, P.E. classes like crossfit, basketball and beginner dance, Study Hall, Yearbook, Art, Debate Club and more! Descriptions for core classes are listed below!

Grade Levels: 1-2

Class: Primary Program

Curriculum: TBD

Description: Designed for 1st and 2nd grade level students, this half-day program reinforces your child’s academic foundation and prepares them to be better learners throughout their developmental years. This Christ-centered class builds their understanding in a variety of subjects,  including math, science, reading, writing, history, and geography. The class meets twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30am to 12:00pm. Parents have the option to enroll in one or both days. Math concepts will be pulled from Math-U-See Alpha & Beta level curriculum and used to reinforce understandings of adding, subtracting, place value, skip counting, time, etc. Science activities and experiments will allow your child to explore how the world works according to God’s design. Reading, writing, and basic grammar concepts will be reviewed through read alouds, independent reading, fluency games, and further emphasized during calendar time, bible time and history. For the 2023-2024 program, students will investigate American History and learn United States geography from Beautiful Feet Books. 

Not sure if this is the right class for your 6-7 year old? Students will thrive in this class if they have already mastered some preschool and kindergarten level skills. In math, they should have already been introduced to reading and writing numbers, addition, and skip counting. In reading and writing, students should be able to write letters with correct pencil grip, make letter sounds, and read three letter words independently. 

Grade Levels: 3-5

Class: Grammar 

Curriculum: English from Rod & Staff Publishers

Description: Understanding sentence type and structure is foundational to learning how to communicate effectively. This course covers the basics of English grammar, sentence mechanics and diagramming sentences. It covers 5 of the 8 parts of speech slowly to encourage mastery. These include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.  Dictionary work, capitalization, punctuation, proofreading and oral communication are also taught and practiced. This is a foundational class that can enhance learning in all areas. 

Class: Writing

Curriculum: IEW American History

Description: Does your student struggle to write essays or stories? Do you as the teacher struggle to teach them how to write? This writing class will use a curriculum created by the Institute for Excellence in Writing and provides helpful tools to make writing interesting and well structured. The students will have fun discovering people and places in U.S. history while learning to write in a formulaic yet fun way. We will also combine learning vocabulary to further enhance their writing. This theme-based writing curriculum allows students to delve into the excitement of explorers, battles, land expansion, famous ships, and founding fathers while learning to write with the Structure and Style® writing method. 

Class: American History

Curriculum: TBD

Description: Students will study American history from the beginnings of our country to modern events, becoming acquainted with the original Americans, traveling with pioneer families through the wild west, understanding events that led to the industrial revolution and more! This course studies history through the lens of the truth of God’s Word, focusing on God’s involvement in order to better understand their place in God’s story. 

Class: Hands-On Fractions with LEGO®

Curriculum: LEGO® Math

Description: For students who are learning basic fractions concepts, this class provides a hands-on approach using LEGO® bricks. The activities in this course help students learn how to recognize fractions, vocabulary and related to fractions, describing parts of a whole, and executing operations between fractions and mixed numbers. 

Class: Elementary Chemistry & Physics

Curriculum: Apologia Chemistry & Physics

Description: Students will explore the basic building blocks of creation, atoms and molecules, simple chemicals, the laws of motion, energy in its many forms, as well as concepts of electricity and magnetism. As your student works through this course, their scientific curiosity and confidence will explode as they engage with the vivid graphics, thought-provoking lessons, and hands-on experiments that will bring theory to life. Some of the activities include making a bouncy ball, building a solar oven, constructing a working periscope, fashioning a miniature motor, and creating a lava lamp!

Class: Theology/Apologetics 

Curriculum: TBD

Description: Apologetics is quite literally the “defense of the faith”. Students will learn both “what” we believe and, more importantly, “why” we believe what we do. From God as creator to Jesus as our Savior and all the many things in between, our Apologetics class will strengthen and prepare students to live out the command in 1 Peter 3:15: “Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.”

Grade Levels: 6-8

Class: Writing

Curriculum: IEW American History

Description: Does your student struggle to write essays or stories? Do they get writer’s block or keep writing for pages with no destination? Do you as the teacher struggle to teach them how to write? This writing class will use a curriculum created by the Institute for Excellence in Writing and provides helpful tools to make writing interesting and well structured. The students will have fun discovering people and places in U.S. history while learning to write in a formulaic yet fun way. We will also combine learning vocabulary to further enhance their writing. This theme-based writing curriculum allows students to delve into the excitement of explorers, battles, land expansion, famous ships, and founding fathers while learning to write with the Structure and Style® writing method. 

Class: American History

Curriculum: TBD

Description: Students will study American history from the beginnings of our country to modern events, becoming acquainted with the original Americans, traveling with pioneer families through the wild west, understanding events that led to the industrial revolution and more! This course studies history through the lens of the truth of God’s Word, focusing on God’s involvement in order to better understand their place in God’s story. 

Class: 6th Grade Math (Decimals & Percents)

Curriculum: Math-U-See Zeta

Description: Zeta is a math course for students who have mastered the concept of fractions and mixed numbers, including performing operations with fractions. In this course, students explore decimals and percents. They will learn the concept of place value to the right of the decimal point and complete core operations with decimals. The connection between fractions and decimals is also presented.

Class: Pre-Algebra

Curriculum: Math-U-See Pre-Algebra

Description: Pre-Algebra is the next course for students who have previously mastered concepts related to fractions, decimals, and percents. This curriculum begins exploring negative numbers, exponents, and variables. Pre-Algebra teaches basic rules of solving equations using the associative, commutative, and other properties. Simple operations with polynomials are demonstrated with place-value blocks for conceptual understanding before being taught conventionally. Some geometry topics are covered, such as surface area, volume, and the Pythagorean theorem.

Class: Physical Science

Curriculum: Apologia Physical Science

Description: Exploring Creation with Physical Science, 3rd Edition is designed to prepare your 8th or 9th grade student as they transition into high school Biology. This science course teaches atomic structure, the periodic table, chemical bonds, reactions, motion, forces, energy, waves, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, Earth’s structure, weathering, and atmosphere.

Class: Logic

Curriculum: Fallacy Detective

Description: In this course, students will learn essential critical thinking, logic and reasoning skills. The Fallacy Detective has been the best selling text for teaching logical fallacies and introduction to logic for over 15 years. A fallacy is an error in logic – a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking. Students will learn how to make valid arguments and follow logical reasoning. 

Class: Theology/Apologetics

Curriculum: TBD

Description: Apologetics is quite literally the “defense of the faith”. Students will learn both “what” we believe and, more importantly, “why” we believe what we do. From God as creator to Jesus as our Savior and all the many things in between, our Apologetics class will strengthen and prepare students to live out the command in 1 Peter 3:15: “Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.”

Grade Levels: 9-12

Class: Writing

Curriculum: Lost Tools of Writing 

Description:  Lost Tools of Writing is a writing curriculum that teaches the art of the persuasive essay. Students will also learn many stylistic techniques of an essay, such as; an exordium, thesis, refutation conclusion and amplification. This class will help the high school student to enhance their writing using many tools learned in this curriculum. They will learn how to present their arguments in a clear and winsome fashion.  

Class: Algebra 1

Curriculum:  Math-U-See Algebra 1

Description:  This High School level course is for students who have mastered a “Pre-Algebra” level course and are confident performing operations with fractions, decimals, and negative numbers. Algebra 1 challenges students to continue building in-depth knowledge in preparation for a more advanced study of math. Core algebraic topics and objectives include equations, inequalities, polynomials, and graphing. Students should become fluent in mathematical language, problem styles, and problem-solving and reasoning skills. 

Class: Algebra 2

Curriculum:  Math-U-See Algebra 2

Description:  Students who have completed an “Algebra 1” level course are ready for Algebra 2. Besides review and expansion of topics taught in Algebra 1, the course covers advanced factoring, imaginary and complex numbers, conjugate numbers, the binomial theorem, the quadratic formula, motion problems, and other kinds of application problems. Graphing includes extensive practice with conic sections and solving systems of equations visually and algebraically.

Class: Rhetoric/Logic

Curriculum:  Fallacy Detective and The Thinking Toolbox

Description:  High school students naturally love to argue! They like to find inconsistencies and illogical statements and bring them to light (many times when arguing with their parents!). This is actually a developmental skill that, when trained and harnessed, can be important in growing in discernment and wisdom. This interactive class will explore the art of critical thinking  in a fun and entertaining way. 

Class: Theology/Apologetics

Curriculum:  TBD

Description:  Apologetics is quite literally the “defense of the faith”. Students will learn both “what” we believe and, more importantly, “why” we believe what we do. From God as creator to Jesus as our Savior and all the many things in between, our Apologetics class will strengthen and prepare students to live out the command in 1 Peter 3:15: “Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.”

Lighthouse Reno 

Christian HomeSchool Classes

14 weeks per semester 

 

Full Day:

Tuesday and Thursday classes – 9:30am – 3:00pm

Prices are per child per semester.

1 class $175
2 classes $325
3 classes $475
4 classes $600
5 classes $725
6 or more $850