CURRICULUM
Our approach is different.
We have designed our courses to feel accessible and easy to manage, while being mindful that life will not wait while you try to wrap your head around algebra or struggle to pin down syntax. Most importantly, we have designed the courses to be relevant to your daily worries — and yes, that includes the price tag.
C4L Academy’s high school diploma program is accredited by Cognia. More information about our accreditation can be found here.
Browse our courses below to see how C4L can help you to earn your high school diploma and unlock the future you deserve.
Our elective modules are all about relevant topics for adults. You will learn about how to become physically active and improve your health through appropriate nutrition. You will also learn about how to become a better parent. Perhaps for the first time, you may be learning about topics that are relevant for your current life situation.
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- healthy eating patterns
- changes in behavior to move towards healthier eating patterns
- your role in supporting healthy eating patterns
- responding to your child in an appropriate manner
- preventing risky behavior
- looking at stages of child development from birth through age 14
- health benefits of physical activity for children & adolescents
- health benefits of physical activity for adults
- how you go about safely increasing your physical activity
- Time management
- Organizing Your Environment and Your Materials
- Learning the Information
- General Test Taking Strategies
- Tips for Answering Multiple Choice Questions
- Tips for Answering True/False Questions
- Tips for Answering Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
Anyone who has ever sat down to write a resume or describe your current job knows how hard it is to find the right words to convey the most important information clearly.
However, language is not just about getting a good job. Language is how we communicate, how we express ourselves, how we interact on social media, and how we use language says a lot about who we are and the way we interact with the world around us.
Our Language Arts courses are designed with practicality in mind. We focus on helping you become a better reader and writer and deepen your understanding of the English language. Ultimately, equipping you with the tools you will need to be competitive in whatever you choose to do with your future.
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- punctuation
- capitalization nouns
- verbs
- adjectives
- adverbs
- pronouns
- prepositions
- conjunctions
- interjections
- fiction vs. nonfiction
- paragraph organization
- narrative point of view
- nonfiction text types
- infographics
- fact and opinion
- drawing conclusions
- the sentence
- the writing process
- words you use
- writing tips
- voice
- clearly stating ideas that you are trying to convey in your writing
- descriptive
- narrative
- expository, and persuasive
- writing about literature
- business documents
- the research process
Math can sometimes feel like a subject that has little connection to your daily life. After all, when is the last time you had to find an imaginary number?
Traditional math courses tend to focus heavily on abstract topics, which can make it easy for students to lose sight of its relevance. Rather than focusing on preparing you for college level math, C4L Academy focuses on learning skills necessary for success in the real world.
Our courses are built around day-to-day situations, such as renting and buying property, managing your finances, and problem solving. Our goal is for students to develop core math skills (and yes that includes algebra and geometry), but with the intent of being useful and relevant.
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- earning income
- saving, and investing
- borrowing money
- credit cards
- identify theft
- risk management and insurance
- renting vs. buying a home
- purchasing a car
- retirement planning
- place value
- fractions
- decimals
- operations with integers
- basic geometry
- probability
- percent
- introduction to evaluating mathematical expressions
- order of operations
- solving equations
- solving inequalities
- graphing in the coordinate plane
- systems of equations
- factoring
- polynomials
- the quadratic equation
- functions
- angles
- geometric shapes
- perimeter
- area
- quadrilaterals
- circles
- rectangular prisms
- surface area
- the Pythagorean theorem
- triangle congruence and similarity
It is easy to dismiss Social Science as a dry list of dates and events (largely because this is where traditional high school curriculum tends to focus) but dig a little deeper and you will see this subject is more akin to the science of why things are the way they are. Everything from what led us to where we are today, to the laws that govern what you can and cannot do, to why you pay so much for groceries, all fall under the umbrella of Social Science.
Our focus is to take topics such as economic principles and government decision-making and show you how they impact you as an American. Having working knowledge of the topics discussed in these courses can be incredibly empowering. Our goal is for students to come away feeling informed on matters that directly affect their lives – for better or worse.
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- America’s market economy
- macroeconomics
- issues of international trade and globalization
- the enlightenment
- industrialization
- imperialism
- World War I
- World War II
- Unsolved Problems in the 21st Century
- physical geography
- the Great Depression
- America after World War II
- Immigration
- Civil Rights
- the end of the 20th century
- the beginning of the 21st century
- understanding the Constitution
- the Bill of Rights
- the federal government
- the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
- national elections
- state government
- making policies
- media and the government
When young children begin Kindergarten, they are naturally curious about the world around them? “Why does it get dark at night?” “Why is the sky blue?” “Why do we have mountains?”
C4L Academy’s approach is to reawaken your natural curiosity and demystify science by making it relevant to your life.
COVID-19 has been around for over 2 years now. Knowledge of the human body, the cells that it is built from, and the genetics that guide who you are will help in understanding what scientists have done to develop a vaccine for the virus – and the challenges they face along the way.
If you live on the west coast, you have likely experienced an earthquake. Knowledge of the natural forces at work within our planet will help in understanding why earthquakes occur, and how someday we may be able to have a warning system to protect and prepare us.
Whether it is something as global as climate change or as intimate as an inherited disease, our Science courses are designed with one common goal: to improve your overall knowledge and quality of life.
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- the structure and function of life
- cells
- genetics
- evolution
- ecosystems
- plants
- animals
- invertebrates
- fish
- amphibians
- reptiles
- birds
- mammals
- animal behavior
- matter
- atoms
- the periodic table
- chemical reactions
- motion
- force
- work
- simple machines
- energy
- waves
- sound
- light
- electricity
- magnetism
- earth’s minerals
- rocks
- energy
- earthquakes
- volcanoes
- fresh water
- oceans
- weather
- climate
- stars
- galaxies
- the solar system
- skeletal
- muscular
- nervous
- endocrine
- cardiovascular
- immune
- respiratory
- digestive
- excretory
- reproductive
Take control of your future
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