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High School - Program Overview

KCCH partners with parents to provide their high schoolers with an EPIC high school experience. Serving students 9th through 12th grade through a classically inspired, multi-age model, our high school program centers around four core goals:

  • Equip them to think critically and compassionately through the lens of a biblical worldview.

  • Prepare them for future flourishing in all areas of life whether college or career bound.

  • Inspire them to love God and people passionately and sacrificially.

  • Challenge them to express their God-given gifts and voice for God’s glory and others’ good in every sphere of influence. 

High schoolers meet in person every Monday for class instruction and peer collaboration. All courses come with at-home assignments to be completed throughout the week independently under the supervision of their parents. Our coursework, while contributing toward requirements for graduating credit and pursuit of higher education, emphasizes five key areas throughout various subjects:

  • Literature and composition

  • Critical thinking and public speaking

  • Biblical literacy and worldview

  • Time management and life skills

  • Character development and spiritual formation 

These five key areas help students develop the skills and character necessary to flourish as constructive citizens and effective ambassadors for Christ in a broken world. 

Class days begin with a two-hour morning session covering Humanities, which includes Rhetoric and History, and Language Arts, which includes Literature and Composition. The afternoon session consists of three class periods covering Bible/Discipleship, Fine and Practical Arts, Electives, and Foreign Language. Students have the option to participate in the entire High School day, or a half-day.  Morning Block is the first half of the day, and the three afternoon sessions is the second half of the day.

Our coursework is designed around a four-year rotation for a robust and well-rounded secondary education, with Year 1 launching in the 2025-2026 school year. All high school students participate in the same year of coursework at the same time, with varying levels of difficulty depending on their age and readiness. Each year of coursework centers on a historical theme with multiple subjects overlapping that theme, teaching students to see, make, and understand connections across various disciplines. 

High schoolers will have other opportunities to discover and use their gifts while honing leadership skills through optional activities such as:

  • Yearbook Club 

  • Student Council

  • Student-to-Student Mentoring

  • Leading Worship & Devotions

 

Seminars

All high school students will be required to participate in four online seminars during the fall semester to review the basic mechanics of writing and public speaking. These seminars will cover things such as:

  • Basic framework for writing a paper

  • Basic framework for writing a speech

  • Expectations for speeches and papers

  • Effective study and notetaking habits

At the high school level, our focus in the coursework is practicum over mechanics, giving students the chance to practice and refine their writing and speaking skills. These seminars will help provide students with the tools they need to write and speak effectively throughout the year. For some students, these seminars will be largely review. Other students may need additional instruction at home if they have not had strong formal writing or speaking instruction previously. 

 

Mentorship

As high schoolers are preparing to spread their wings and pursue the next season of their life, we want them to do so with the influence of godly mentors. Parents are the primary disciplers and mentors of their children, but teenagers naturally begin to look to other voices. By experiencing the gift of godly mentorship in their high school years, students will be more likely to seek out such mentorship in college and beyond.

Each high schooler will be expected to find a non-parental, same-gender mentor who will provide them with accountability in their schoolwork, help them evaluate future and career options, and grow in their faith. Parents will work with their teens to find a mentor they both feel comfortable with. This could be a family member, family friend, pastor, etc. KCCH will provide guidance on what the mentor expectations are. 

 

Study Hall

We are offering a limited Study Hall during afternoon sessions. Students in Study Hall will be expected to work quietly and independently on schoolwork under the supervision of Study Hall Monitors. We aim to place a parent in the Session B study hall that is proficient in Math to provide support for students.  The other two study hall sessions will be purely independent work. No student will be permitted to register for more than one session of Study Hall.