HCCA - New Families

 The Benefits of HCCA for Students and Families

  • Strong Parental Involvement - ensuring that the students continue to benefit from their parents’ influence in the formative years.
  • Character and Spiritual Development - Christian principals are interweaved into class time, weekly chapel and social service activities.
  • Individualization- one of the benefits of an elemenatry UMS school is that students are allowed to move up or down one grade level in a given subject based on their ability. 
  • Small Class Sizes - allowing for personal attention from the teacher.
  • Social Interaction - as students form wonderful friendships with their fellow classmates.
  • Flexible Lifestyle - home education affords incredible opportunities for spontaneity in family life.
  • Lesson Plans and Grading - the burden of writing lesson plans, grading assignments, and preparing report cards is completely removed from the parent, as these are part of the services that HCCA provides.
  • Friday Morning Club - optional enrichment classes held one Friday per month, students have the chance to participate in classes that allow them to expand their knowledge.  Classes offered will be based on student and family interests.

Academics

Subjects Offered:

  • Language Arts
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Heritage Studies 
  • Spelling
  • Character Studies
  • Elective

 Class Schedule:

  • Monday & Wednesday = Home days
  • Tuesday & Thursday = Classroom instruction
  • Fridays = FMC, field trips, social service activities, or another home day

Parent Responsibilities

1. Must be familiar and in agreement with HCCA's purposes and policies, and abide by HCCA's rules and regulations.

2. Must agree to release enough responsibility to HCCA concerning curriculum, course load,  classroom instruction, and pace.

3. Purchase required home curriculum material.

4. Must be committed to provide partnership instruction on the home days and not change the assignments.

5. Provide your child's snack and lunch on school days.

6. Commit to attend trainings and meetings.  

7. Commit to volunteer a minimum of four hours per semester.

8. To best protect our students and the school, HCCA requires a sexual offender background check for all adults that will be spending time at the school.  

**For a detailed list of parent responsibilities, please see page six of our Parent-Student Handbook.

Activities 

HCCA believes a heart for serving is essential in a Christian’s life development. It is our desire to provide opportunities for all students and their families to serve locally.  Social service activities will be scheduled throughout the year and may include:

  • Service men and women  
  • Durango Community Shelter
  • Sunshine Gardens 
  • TAMBO Program
  • Manna Soup Kitchen

Field trips add to the joy of learning.  HCCA provides a variety of field trips throughout the year.  Examples include:

  • Durango Nature Studies
  • Mesa Verde
  • Durango Discovery Museum
  • Bolack Farms
  • Anasazi Heritage Center
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