Academics

BCS Junior High provides 7th and 8th grade students with a comprehensive academic program designed to enlarge students' knowledge across a wide range of academic subjects. "Core" courses include Bible, Math, English, Science, and History. Our "exploratory" courses provide students with opportunities to explore subjects ranging from Video Production, Drama, Foods, Woodshop, Choir, Band, Drawing & Cartooning, and Yearbook. All courses are taught from a Biblical perspective, as we believe God's creation is our ultimate curriculum.

Below are departmental overviews:

Bible -

We believe that Christ is supreme over all creation (see Colossians 1:15-20), scripture is central to all of life and learning (see Romans 12:1-2 and 2 Timothy 3:15-17), and that real knowledge is evidenced by doing (see James 2:17, Philippians 2:1-11, and Ephesians 2:8-10). We believe this to be true not only in bible class but across the curriculum, so although we believe every class is a bible class and every teacher is a bible teacher, we have specific, intentional courses in both junior and senior high that provide scriptural content and application. Just as in elementary school we teach handwriting and reading with the expectation that students will use these skills throughout the rest of their schooling, so too with bible we set aside time in specific courses to teach bible content. Our goal is that students will infuse the knowledge and skills they acquire in these bible courses into the entire curriculum, as well as the rest of life.

English -

Humanity’s Great Conversation started before Moses and continues in this morning’s New York Times. Our goal is to teach our students that they have a Christian responsibility to write, read, and communicate with discernment, clarity, and purpose, so they can engage productively in this conversation.

Fine Arts -

The goal of the Fine Arts Department is to teach students to express glory and praise to God, their Creator, through the creative use of art and music and to use their gifts as a service to those around them.

Math -

In the study of JH mathematics, students will discover the amazing world God created. God’s goodness will be revealed in the patterns found everywhere in creation. The focus of middle school mathematics is skill development and problem solving. To see what's happening in JH math, click on the links below, logging in as a guest:

7^th Grade Math 

8^th Grade Math

7^th Honors

8^th Honors

Physical Education -

The purpose of the Physical Education Department is to instruct students in the concepts of physical fitness, fundamental movement skills, and basic strategies of team sports.  Particular emphasis is placed on endurance, strength, flexibility, balance, and agility.  The department attempts to foster proper stewardship of leisure time by introducing students to a variety of lifetime individual, dual and recreational competitive team sports.  The department seeks to honor God by expecting students to display proper conduct and sportsmanship as they practice Christian living through physical education activities.

Science -

The BCS Science Department strives to encourage all of our students to think critically, ethically, and patiently. We intentionally structure our courses to build competence in reasoning, oral and written communication, reading comprehension, and experimental lab skills. Course offerings include a balance of life, physical, and earth sciences to provide a solid foundation for college and career pursuits and to enable students to be able to critically consider their world. By experiencing a range of learning models over their junior high and high school years, students are equipped to continue learning both as members of teams and individually. God has created us and the world around us; science is a critical method of exploring and appreciating that Creation. May it lead to our glorifying the Creator.

Social Studies -

The purpose of the Social Studis Department is to prepare students for a better understanding of the Lord’s sovereignty and the working out of his redemptive plan for man and all of creation through the events that have taken place throughout recorded history.