Core Curriculum

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LFC English Language Arts Program - Master the tools of Communication & Foster Critical Thinking

Our English Language Arts Curriculum is designed to build critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, and analytical skills and promote literacy skills required for college preparedness, future careers, and life.

Kindergarten through First Grade:

Emphasis is placed on phonics and building the foundation for success in reading.

High School Credit:

English 1 is available to qualifying 8th-grade students.

Literacy components consist of Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Skills.

Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening focuses on:

Vocabulary
Informational text
Literary text & poetry
Written expression
Written knowledge and use of language conventions
Presentations
Student Voices
Socratic seminars

LFC Social Studies Program - Promoting Citizenship & Global Leaders

Our social studies curriculum is designed to foster culturally astute and globally productive scholars. Students explore the history of our world through research-based studies, which include analyzing primary source documents, participating in peer-led discussions, and reflecting on historical knowledge through written expression. Our historians take a journey through the history of the World, the formation of the American democratic government, and the political changes that shaped the history of our dynamic state, Louisiana.

5th through 8th grades

Participation in the LFC Social Studies Fair is required.

Each history course engages our scholars with geography, civic and economic parables that enrich the students’ historical cognition to bridge the commemorated past with current and relevant knowledge.

This knowledge of these domains is transform our students into future constituents that are empowered economically, politically, and socially.

World History
U.S. History
Louisiana History

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LFC Science & Engineering Program - We are a STEM-based school

The central objective of our science curriculum is to promote a natural curiosity and interest in science inquiry and engineering practices through meaningful science instruction, with a balance of science content, science concepts, and scientific practices. The early exposure to science inquiry empowers students to read and observe more purposefully and evaluate arguments based on the evidence, thus becoming highly skilled analytical thinkers in all aspects of their lives.

7th and 8th Grade

Participation in the LFC Science Fair is required

Students are taught to write research using APA format and how to develop a claim and support it with evidence.

Engineering practices at the core of all science domains (Earth/Space, Physical, Life/Biology, and Environmental:

What is the phenomenon
Develop a hypothesis
Explorative labs
Scientific Method
Terms/Vocabulary
Open constructive responses (CRR)
Research writing

LFC Mathematics Program -Building the foundation of Logic & Order

The ultimate goal of our mathematics curriculum is to stimulate interest in learning mathematics and develop positive attitudes toward mathematics that will transfer into successful learning experiences for today and the future. Mathematical Literacy focuses on acquiring mathematics knowledge, conceptual understanding, logic, reasoning, fluency, mathematical skills, and processes. Students continue to develop their mathematical knowledge base through art, music, science, English Language Arts, and social studies as they become proficient mathematical students

High School Credit:

Algebra 1 is available to qualifying 8th-grade students.

We teach Math strategies are used to build conceptual knowledge of math content, not just the algorithms or operations. Students are taught to talk through the mathematical reasoning processes. Students have to show their work and be able to justify their choices.

Problem-solving is integrated throughout all math domains (number operations, algebraic reasoning, measurement, geometry, data and statistics:

Vocabulary
Fluency in basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
Open constructive responses (CR)

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