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It is our hope and prayer that all HEED families enroll in the Christian Foundations Track.  This 3 year track will reinforce the foundations of your student's faith and prepare them to understand what they believe and why they believe it.  Additionally, these three courses will be the preparation for high school that we believe every student needs.  These course can be taken in any order or concurrently.  

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BIBLE:   (Faith Quest: Unleashing Epic Adventures in Faith Fundamentals) (Not Offered in 2025-2026)
Mrs. Giovana Cavarretta

Course fees $40

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Course Description:  
Prepare yourself for an exhilarating journey with Faith Quest where we will unleash epic adventures in faith fundamentals. 
 
This interactive Bible class for middle school students goes beyond the traditional sit-and-listen Bible study. Rather, students will delve into the foundations of their Christian faith, discover how it applies to their lives today, and develop habits and practices that will nurture their faith. All of this will be accomplished alongside their peers, fostering an environment where they can sharpen one another, just as iron sharpens iron. These 30 weeks will bring about life-changing experiences, reinforcing truths, and instilling habits that will compel our students to seek everything that God has in store for them, rather than seeking validation from our culture.

Join us as we embark on thrilling quests to unveil the Word of God, understand who He is, and discover our own identities and destinies.


Faith Quest will:
- Empower students with practical skills for a fulfilling daily quiet time with God.
- Engage students in dynamic group discussions, exhilarating challenges, and captivating games.
- Unleash creativity through interactive activities that make learning about the Bible enjoyable.
- Uncover hidden gems of wisdom and applying them to real-life situations.
- Team up peers to create an atmosphere of fun, friendship, and faith.
- Help students form deep bonds that will extend beyond the course, turning classmates into friends on their faith journeys together

Required Curriculum: Kingdom Quest Ages 11-13 by Tony Evans ISBN 978-1-58997-808-9
Developing a Quiet Time Youth level by Not Consumed Ministries
https://store.notconsumed.com/products/developing-a-quiet-time?_pos=1&_sid=1374664c5&_ss=r&variant=32755040485472
A journal (any notebook would do), Markers and/or coloring pencils, Bible (NIRV, NIV, ESV OR NASB

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Introduction to Worldview  (Grades 6-8) (Offered in 2025-2026)

:Course Fees $25

Instructor: Giovana Cavarretta

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Course Description:  In this exhilarating course (part of our Christian Foundations Track), students will embark on a thrilling adventure into the foundational biblical principles of the Christian worldview.  Get ready to unlock the mysteries of biblical principles that shape our understanding of God, the universe, humanity, truth and morality.  Join us on a journey in which hands-on investigations lead to a deeper comprehension of life’s profound questions as you compare biblical responses to life’s questions with those of other major worldviews.  

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Required Curriculum: 

1.  WALKING IN TRUTH-GRADE 6 STUDENT TEXTBOOK ISBN 13: 9781733025614  $25.95

https://store.summit.org/WIT-Grade-6-Student-Textbook

2. WALKING IN TRUTH-GRADE 6 STUDENT WORKBOOK ISBN 13: 9781733025607 $20.95

https://store.summit.org/Walking-in-Truth-Grade-6-Student-Workbook 

3. BIBLE  (NIV preferred)

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Critical Thinking Skills and Brain Games  (grades 7-8 ) (Offered 2025-2026)

Mrs. Shannon Sonsky

Course Fees: $50

Course Description: Our critical thinking class is not just a favorite among students, but also a powerful tool for enhancing their cognitive abilities.  This engaging class, filled with thinking games and mind-challenging activities, is designed to sharpen your child’s brain. The curriculum has proven to transform the way our students think, leading to improved test scores and increased inventiveness. Critical thinking, a set of skills that aid in decision-making, involves the evaluation of information to determine right or wrong. To think critically about an issue or a problem is to be open-minded and consider alternative solutions. Through riddles, puzzles, and hands-on group activities, students learn to think, analyze, create categories, identify relevant information, reason and construct arguments, test hypotheses, recognize fallacies, and analyze evidence, all while having fun. This hands-on learning experience will help your student build critical thinking skills in preparation for high school logic and/or geometry. Students taking the critical thinking class must be in pre-algebra math or higher to handle the math work in this class.

Parental Involvement: Homework will be a maximum of 60 minutes per week.
Homework will include weekly reading from two high-interest books, mental math
practice, and a weekly puzzle. Parents are required to check the student’s work
for completion and enter the student’s grade into Toolbox. Additionally, parents
are invited to assist in the class any week and to compete against the students at
our end-of-the-year Students vs. Parents Puzzle Day! 
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Required Curriculum: Although most of the curriculum is provided to the students by HEED, there are two required books you will need to purchase.  
The Basics of Critical Thinking Workbook – Lessons and Activities (Grades 4-9); Written by Michael Baker; ISBN 978-1601445070
The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning, Paperback; Written by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn; ISBN 978-0974531571

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Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in Pre-Algebra or higher.