Academics

Lower School
Middle School
High School
College Guidance
Student Achievement

"A CHRIST-CENTERED ACADEMIC COMMUNITY"

"The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge; the ears of the wise seek it out"

Proverbs 18:15 (NIV)

Eastbrook Academy High School exists to support families from diverse backgrounds in the academic and spiritual development of their children for college preparation and life.

The Academy is founded to impart a rigorous classical education in a loving environment committed to Christian living.

LOWER SCHOOL

The first years of schooling are called the "grammar stage" - not because you spend four years doing English, but because these are the years in which the building blocks for all other learning are laid, just as grammar is the foundation for language.

In the elementary school years, what we commonly think of as grades one through four, the mind is ready to absorb information. Children at this age actually find memorization fun. So during this period, education involves not self-expression and self-discovery, but rather the learning of facts: rules of phonics and spelling, rules of grammar, poems, the vocabulary of foreign languages, the stories of history and literature, descriptions of plants and animals and the human body, the facts of mathematics - the list goes on. This information makes up the "grammar" or the basic building blocks, for the second stage of education.

Enrollment Options

Grade	Half / Full Day	Days	Time
K4	5 Full-Days	M - F	8:20 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.
	3 Half-Days	T, W, Th	8:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
	5 Half-Days	M - F	8:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
K5	5 Full-Days	M - F	8:20 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.
	5 Half-Days	M - F	8:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
1st - 4th	5 Full-Days	M - F	8:20 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.

Special Activity Classes

Art
Library
Music
Physical Education
Spanish

Grading

Grade	Score
E	93 - 100
V	85 - 92
G	77 - 84
N	76 - 0

Homework

Grade	Time (min)
Kindergarten	15 - 20
1st	20 - 25
2nd	25 - 35
3rd	35 - 45
4th	45 - 60

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

By fifth grade, a child's mind begins to think more analytically. Middle school students are less interested in finding out facts than in asking "Why?"

The second phase of the classical education, the "Logic Stage", is a time when the child begins to pay attention to cause and effect, to the relationships between different fields of knowledge and relate to the way facts fit together into a logical framework.

A student is ready for the Logic Stage when the capacity for abstract thought begins to mature. During these years, the student begins algebra and the study of logic, and begins to apply logic to all academic subjects. The logic of writing, for example, includes paragraph construction and learning to support a thesis; the logic of reading involves the criticism and analysis of texts, not simply absorption of facts; the logic of history demands that the student find out why the War of 1812 was fought, rather than simply reading its story; the logic of science requires that the child learn the scientific method.

Schedule

Grade	Week (days)	Days	Time
5 - 8	Full Day	M - F	8:20 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.

Core Classes

Class	Grade
English	5 - 8
History	5 - 8
Math	5 - 8
Science	5 - 8

Languages

Language	Grade
Spanish	5 - 8
Latin	6 - 8

Special Activity Classes

Class	Grade
Art Appreciation	5 - 8
Music Appreciation	5 - 8
Computers	5 - 6
Band	5 - 8
Orchestra	5 - 8
Choir	5 - 8
Physical Education	5 - 8

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HIGH SCHOOL

Eastbrook Academy High School is committed to providing a classical education where students form logical and fact-based arguments to defend their own opinions.

In addition to developing rhetorical skills, our goal is to spark both thought and the enjoyment of lifelong learning in all subjects including Literature, Math, Science, History, Languages (Spanish and Mandarin) and Fine Arts. Classes are taught from a biblical world-view by teachers who model inquisitive learning. This traditional approach is designed to maximize the student's opportunities for admission to competitive colleges and universities.

24 credits are necessary for graduation: 19 core academic credits plus five additional credits. Many students will earn 28 credits. Each year, a student is required to take six subjects and has the option of taking a seventh. The following distribution is required:

English	4 Credits
Mathematics	4 Credits
Science	4 Credits
History	4 Credits
Language	3 Credits
Bible	2 Credits
Physical Education	1.5 Credits
Fine Arts	1 Credits
Health	.5 Credits
Electives	up to 4 Credits

Most core courses are taught as Advanced Placement or in preparation for Advanced Placement testing. Eastbrook Academy High School has a 100% graduation rate. Because the Academy is a small school with a rigorous classical curriculum, class rank is not computed. 100% of our students apply for and receive college admission. 100% of our students take either the ACT or the SAT tests.

Advanced Placement (AP) Testing and Results

In the spring of 2010, students at Eastbrook Academy High School took forty-eight Advanced Placement (“AP”) exams. Twenty-eight of these exams—in ten different subject areas—earned passing scores. Our students took twice as many AP exams per student as did students at any of the best public high schools in Wisconsin, which would place us in the top 1% of the nation (according to the metric used by Newsweek to rank high schools). Were we a public school, we would be ranked #38 out of more than 25,000 schools. Also impressive, nine of our passing scores were earned by underclassmen (in Biology, Macroeconomics and European History). Very few high schools will allow underclassmen into AP courses, as they do not consider them capable of handling college-level work.

2010 student body size: 34
Number of AP exams taken: 48
Number of AP exams passed (score of 3 or higher out of 5): 28
Distribution of passing scores: seven 5’s, nine 4’s and twelve 3’s

Passing scores earned by underclassmen: two 5’s, three 4’s, four 3’s

Subjects in which passing AP scores were earned:

English Literature and Composition
Spanish Language
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Biology
Chemistry
Physics C: Mechanics
European History
Macroeconomics
United States Government and Politic

Standardized Test Scores

In June of 2010, Eastbrook Academy High School had its first graduating class. Now that we have matriculated a group of students, we have test data that we are able and excited to share.

Class of 2010

ACT average: 29.3 (quite possibly the best average in Wisconsin)
College acceptance: 100%

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Iowa Basic Skills Test Results

Our school continues to perform well when compared to others in the nation.

Following are the core school norms:

GRADE	2011 SCORE*	2010 SCORE*	2009 SCORE*	2008 SCORE*
K5	96%	88%	99%	95%
1st	97%	99%	99%	98%
2nd	99%	97%	99%	98%
3rd	95%	94%	97%	90%
4th	98%	95%	95%	93%
5th	97%	89%	96%	95%
6th	92%	92%	90%	98%
7th	96%	89%	98%	86%
8th	89%	97%	83%	96%
Overall School Average	96%	93%	95%	94%

*Percentile Rank of Average Standard Score: National School Norms

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Contest Results

Results represent speech contest results unless otherwise noted.

December, 2010

Dorian J. - 1st place

Madison E. - 1st place

Shannon J. - honorable mention

Ngozi M. - 1st place

Rachel D. - 3rd place

Shaunna B. - 3rd place

Art Contest - Meghan B. -3rd place (high school level)

December, 2009

Dorian J. - 2nd place

Ngozi M. - 2nd place

Carolyn C. - 2nd place

Gabriel D. - 3rd place

Shaunna B. - 2nd place

December, 2008

Shannon J. – 1st place

David H. – 1st place

Writing Contest – A’Jena W. – 1st place

Art Contest – Alexander K. – 2nd place

December, 2007

Carolyn C. – 1st place

Alexandria E. – 4th place

Timothy L. – 2nd place

Art Contest – Joshua Z. & Alexander K.

December, 2006

Shannon J. – 1st place

Ngozi M. – 2nd place

Martha L. – 2nd place

Judith I. – 2nd place

December, 2005

Hannah H. – 1st place

Timothy L. – 2nd place

Judith I. – 3rd place

Art Contest – Jessica I. – 3rd place

December, 2004

Miles S. – 1st place

Robert R. – 2nd place

December, 2003

Colin Knight – 2nd place

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Science Fair Results

On March 18, twenty-seven students participated in Eastbrook Academy's annual school science fair. The science fair is required for all 7th graders and optional for 5th and 6th graders. Students spent two months planning their projects and running their experiments. On April 15, nine of the twenty-seven students participated in the ACSI Regional Science Fair and what an exciting morning! Our students received, seven superior blue ribbons and two excellent red ribbons. Tim*, a current 7th grade student, received a perfect score and the 'Best of Show' award.