Curriculum

This page will give you an overview of Baymonte's curriculum.  The teaching staff selects the curriculum materials we use on an ongoing basis.  We follow the State of California Educational Framework for the primary content of the subjects we address.  Most of the textbooks we select are state approved texts.  Each classroom teacher integrates Christian values into his or her lessons.

The following are the textbooks we use in each subject as a basis for our curriculum:

Bible	Positive Action For Christ
Math	McGraw Hill/California Middle School Math
Science	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Glencoe
Grammar	Easy Grammar/Prentice Hall
Spelling	Prentice Hall
Social Studies	Scott Foresman/Houghton Miflin/Glencoe
Reading	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Scott Foresman/Prentice Hall/Selected novels

All elementary students receive P.E. instruction two times per week from our P.E. specialist.  On the other three

 days the classroom teacher instructs from the lesson plans our P.E. specialist has developed for the week. Baymonte participates in extracurricular sports with other Christian schools in the Bay Area Christian Schools Athletic League.

Each elementary class receives music instruction two times per week during which students receive vocal instruction and are taught to read music.  Fifth grade students may also elect to have instrumental instruction.  Middle School students may participate in Band as an elective.

Each classroom has one or more computers and each student has weekly time in the Library Media Center where they receive instruction in library usage and research skills.  They will also receive hands-on computer/technology instruction.  Middle School students also have access to the Media Center computer lab and may take various computer courses as electives.

All Middle School students receive Spanish instruction approximately two times per week (it alternates with Physical Education).  Middle School students have a wide variety of electives from which to choose.