LightShine Homeschool Academy
Lightshine was created to provide homeschooling families the opportunity to extend their children’s learning experiences outside the home, meeting once a week at a monitored campus with faculty, leadership, and other families who love and serve the Lord. The elementary students participate in a variety of enrichment classes, while the Upper School students are offered the opportunity to work on their academic coursework. Lightshine offers opportunities for students to develop positive friendships and sharpen social skills in a group environment. At Lightshine, we work in partnership with parents, striving to assist them in the disciplining of their children through Christ-centered classes and activities.
Lightshine is also about building up parents and offering them a community that they can lean on for support and build new friendships, with other parents who are committed to the Christ-centered education and enrichment of their children.
Our Elementary age students in grades Kinder - 6th start their day with the pledge of allegiance and singing patriotic songs, prayer, and devotion. They then divide up and participate in enrichment classes such as art, drama, and PE, which are more difficult to provide at home. These classes provide meaningful opportunities for children to express themselves in a fun environment. They get to display these talents are our annual Christmas musical / Art Show and our spring productions. They also get to sharpen their skills and or learn new things in math games, Spanish, literature, and science by doing experiments in a group setting.
Our Upper School students, grades 7th - 12th, get the chance to take both core and elective classes. Since core classes become more challenging as grade levels rise, Lightshine can help with these classes by offering subjects taught by qualified instructors one day a week. Students will then take home assignments to work on for the remaining weekdays, under the guidance and supervision of their parents. In addition, class discussions in literature and in other classes add insight from fellow students who share a Godly worldview. Our science classes offer lab experiments, dissections, and applying the scientific method to allow for science mastery. Students are also offered fun elective classes such as drama, art, speech, home economics, computer science, and PE to name a few. These classes are offered on a rotating basis and change from year to year.
