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Basic Skills

ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM
for Successful Academic Achievement Grades 1-8

Both Elementary and Middle School Programs utilize a customized program, innovative curriculum, small class size, and a low student-to-teacher ratio to enable students to experience academic success.

The fundamental areas of learning include:
• Individualized Saxon Math Program
• Language Arts (literature and writing)
• Science
• Social Studies
• Sign Language
• Conversational Spanish
• Art
• Drama
• Physical Education

Instruction in math and language arts will take place each morning. The afternoon activities of science, social studies, sign language, etc. will take place one to two days a week.

Both Programs are enhanced by:
• Developing Christian character
• Teaching specialists for specific subjects
• Community service projects
• Customized curriculum

Classes will meet Monday-Thursday 9:00-3:00.
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Cost:
$100 registration fee (non-refundable, new students only)
$250 book and material fee (due upon enrollment or reenrollment. This reserves your place in the program)
$400 monthly tuition for a 4 day a week plan
$200 monthly tuition for a 2 day a week plan
$250 monthly tuition for second child (4 day a week plan)

About the Instructors:
Curt Bumcrot is co-founder and director of Basic Skills Assessment and Educational Services. He has earned degrees in Biblical Studies from Grace Institute in Long Beach, California, a B.A. in English from California State University at Dominguiz Hills, and a M.R.E. (Master in Religious Education) from Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary. He has been active both as a teacher and administrator in Christian Schools.

Jenny Bumcrot is co-founder of Basic Skills Assessment and Educational Services. She attended Cerritos College and has worked in special education programs in public schools both in California and Oregon. She has home schooled her three children, is a certified test examiner and has worked as a tutor at Basic Skills.

Jo Edwards holds both BA and MS Ed. degrees in special education and is a licensed teacher. In addition to home schooling her children through high school, she has taught in public school and eleven years at a small Christian school. Her specialty is teaching in a multi-age classroom that includes students with special needs.

Natalie Trust received her B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies from Warner Pacific College. She enjoyed a variety of internships during her college career, including Girl Scouts Beyond Bars, The Early Learning Center, and The Dougy Center. She has taught various levels of English, Literature, and Drama courses over the past five years. She is passionate about instilling a love for learning in her students and encourages them to continually challenge themselves.

Ann Light received a BA in Romance Languages (Spanish, Italian, and French) from the University of Oregon in 1980. She spent 3 months in Costa Rica as an exchange student and 6 months at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico in college. As a veteran homeschool mom, teaching her 4 children at home the past 21 years, she has taught Spanish to her own children as well as other homeschooled students using a curriculum she personally developed. The curriculum not only teaches Spanish basics but also focuses on the real
reason to learn another language; being able to share the good news of the gospel to a lost world around us.

 

Basic Skills Assessment & Educational Services  
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