Poetry Community Christian School

ENGLISH:  

FOUNDATION:  English I, English II

DCAP:  Dual Credit ENG 1301, 1302, British Literature, and American Literature

LAPS:  American Literature & Writing, British Literature & Writing (or optional: Dual Credit 1301, 1302 after TSI)

The PCCS HS English program also includes 3 years of composition/writing lab plus College Entrance Exam English Prep.

NOTE:  A number of PCCS high schoolers tested at or above the national mean (against other dual credit students and college freshman nationwide) on Writing Skills (including usage/mechanics, rhetorical skills of the ACT's- Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency Achievement Awards

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY:  

FOUNDATION, ALL TRACKS:  Cultural History & Geography, World History & Geography, U.S. History II, Economics and U.S. Government (including Mock Trial).

MATHEMATICS:  

FOUNDATION:  Quadratic and Linear Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Algebra

DCAP:  HS/Dual Credit Pre-Calculus, Dual Credit College Algebra, Dual Credit College Statistics, Dual Credit Calculus

LAPS:  Math Models I/II and/or College-Prep Mathematics (TSI Clep Course), College Algebra (Dual Credit and non-Dual Credit), Financial Mathematics.  Consistent with TEA options, alternative math credits are available in the Senior year for those students entering majors not requiring upper level math (e.g., Consumer Mathematics, Business Models).  Other required HS Math courses include College Entrance Exam Math Prep and Dave Ramsey Money Management for Teens.

SCIENCE WITH LAB:  

FOUNDATION:  Biology, Forensic Science

DCAP:  Chemistry/11th, Physics/12th 

LAPS:  IPC/11th, Alternate TEA-approved Science (e.g., Marine Biology, Entomology, Food Science)/12th

LANGUAGES & REASONING:

FOUNDATION:  Latin & Logic/9th, Membean Vocabulary for the College Bound/All

DCAP:  Spanish I, Spanish II

LAPS:  Tourist Spanish, Alternate Language (e.g., Continuing Spanish, ASL levels)

Optional Dual Credit:  Dual Credit College Spanish I/II

OTHER REQUIRED COURSES:  Health I/II, College & Career Planning, P.E. (4 courses), Fine Arts (4 courses), Speech (incl. competition), Technical Applications/Computer Sciences (4 courses), CONNECT (Bible & Service Learning, every semester or school-sponsored Mission Trip prep), 68-hour Internship, and electives of choice, including Dual Credit Psychology and Dual Credit Sociology.  

A Senior Capstone presented to the Board of Directors and Officers is required to graduate.

With tight budgets and multiple children, PCCS parents have appreciated the benefit of sending their graduates to college with more affordable College Dual Credits under our Concurrent Dual Credit Contract with accredited Trinity Valley Community College rather than paying the higher 4-year university course rates.  Yes! Students have been successful in transferring these credits to other colleges within and outside of Texas! College textbooks, approved by the community college district, are utilized, and our teachers are qualified as college adjunct faculty to teach these courses.

ENG 1301 Composition (3 credits

       ENG 1302 World Lit (3 credits)

 American Lit (3 credits)

British Lit (3 credits)

College Algebra (3 credits)

College PreCalculus (3 credits)

College Statistics (3 credits)

Social Science PSYCH (3 credits)

Social Science SOCI (3 credits)

Optional:  College Spanish I/II (8 credits)

PENDING:

PCCS graduates attend a wide variety of private and public colleges & universities.  In fact, Dallas Baptist University and Texas Women's University have each commended our graduates and actively solicit our graduates each year.

PCCS graduates have attended (have graduated from): 

Baylor University, John Brown University, Texas A&M-College Station, Texas A&M-Commerce, Dallas Baptist University, Mary Hardin Baylor University, Howard Payne University, University of Texas-Dallas, Harding University, University of North Texas, University of TX-Austin, Oklahoma State University, Texas Tech University, Eastfield College, Trinity Valley Community College, University of Houston, Fire School, Police Academy, Le Tourneau University, Armed Forces (Navy and Army), Southern Assembly of God University, Paul Mitchell Cosmetology School, El Centro College, Texas Women's University, Christ for the Nations Institute, Savannah College of Art & Design, Tyler Junior College, University of Texas-Tyler, St. Mary's University, Collin College, Texas State Technical College, Medical University of the Americas Medical School, Santa Fe University for Art & Design, University of New York, University of Pennsylvania, Belhaven University, Texas Wesleyan University, Vanderbilt Graduate School, Tarleton State University, Stephen F. Austin University