Academics
Lower School (K-5)
The Lower School of Treasure Coast Classical Academy encompasses Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. The curriculum and school culture of the Lower School consists of the Core Knowledge Sequence, explicit phonics instruction, Singapore Mathematics, and our Core Virtues.
Classical education is not merely career preparation. It is an education for life. Through our Lower School curriculum, we prepare young people to be culturally literate, thoughtful, and engaged citizens. Our goal is for all of our scholars to grow into curious, creative, and virtuous young people.
The Core Knowledge Sequence in subjects such as History, Science, Literature, Art, and Music introduces our scholars to the world around them and its story. Children are curious about the natural world and the society in which they live. Children also have a natural love for stories, songs, and art. The Core Knowledge Sequence builds on these natural aptitudes and feeds this natural hunger by providing scholars with the information they need to be culturally literate. Children will understand the worlds of nature and culture and the story of the world.
Our explicit phonics program and Singapore mathematics provide a firm foundation in the languages of English and mathematics. Children begin by learning the foundations of the English language, advance to the writing of concise and grammatically correct sentences, and finally begin to write paragraphs and essays. Similarly, Singapore mathematics begins with a basic concrete number sense toward abstract numeracy while building an appreciation for orderliness.
The Treasure Coast Classical Academy Core Virtues—Courage, Honesty, Perseverance, Self-government, Service, Courtesy, and Responsibility—pervade the curriculum and school culture of the Lower School. Scholars learn to appreciate objective Goodness, Truth, and Beauty while acquiring the habits of studious, responsible, and thoughtful people.
Upper School (6th - 10th)
For middle school grades 6th through 8th, the normal courses are literature, grammar, composition, civics (seventh or eighth grades), history and geography, science, Singapore Mathematics (generally 6A-6B in sixth grade and pre-algebra in seventh grade). Algebra 1 will normally be taken in eighth grade. Music, art, and Latin will be included each year. The Core Knowledge Sequence will provide a grade-by-grade sequence of specific topics to be taught in Grades K-8. It will provide the basic curricular framework for history, geography, literature, visual arts, music, and science.
For High School TCCA is adding 9th grade for the 22/23 school year, adding the next grade each subsequent year. For high school grades 9th through 12th, TCCA will follow the BCSI course sequence. This includes four and a half years of history; four years of literature, math, and science; three years of foreign language; and a semester each of government in the 11th grade, economics in the 12th grade, and moral philosophy in the 11th grade. In history, scholars begin with Western Civilization I & II in ninth and 10th grade, learn United States History from 1600-to the present day in 11th grade, and finish with a year of Modern European History (1789-2000) in 12th grade. In literature, scholars read great works, usually in their entirety, with an emphasis on ancient literature in ninth grade, British literature in 10th grade, American literature in 11th grade, and modern literature in 12th grade. The required track for science is Biology and Chemistry, then options such as Physics, Earth Science, Astronomy, or a more advanced course in Biology or Chemistry in the other two years. In math, scholars will complete courses at least through Geometry and Algebra II, and be able to take additional courses such as Pre-Calculus, Calculus, and Statistics to complete the four-year math requirement. In foreign languages, scholars will be expected to take at least one year of Latin and two additional years of a foreign language—either Latin or Spanish. One credit of Health and Physical Education will be included.