Curriculum

Curriculum

Curriculum at Wesley International School follows an American system with focuses on Asia and countries of origin of WIS students. School starts at 7:30 AM and finishes at 2:30 PM for all students except kindergarten. Junior and senior high school students have 7 periods of study per day, 5 days a week.

Wesley uses a variety of publishers for textbooks including ACSI; Prentice Hall; Holt, Rinehart & Winston; McDougal-Littell; McGraw Hill; University of Chicago Mathematics; and others.

All grades include the core subjects of Bible, Math, English/Literature, Science, and Social Studies. Additionally, electives and non-core subjects include P.E., Art, Music, Languages (Indonesian, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean), ESL tutoring, Journalism, Computer, Video, Photo, Service Project Class, Senior Project, Cooking, Auto Mechanics and others depending on available teaching staff.

JUNIOR HIGH and SENIOR HIGH:

Grade 7:          English
                       Math: Algebra and Geometry
                       Social Studies: World Geography
                       Science: Life Sciences
                       Indonesian Language
                       Bible: Life of Christ & the Gospels

Grade 8:          English
                       Math: Algebra I
                       Social Studies: World History I
                       Computer Science
                       Indonesian Language
                       Bible: OT Survey

Grade 9:          English
                       Math: Geometry
                       Social Studies: World History II
                       Science: Biology
                       Bible: Characteristics of God/ NT Survey
                       Foreign Language elective
                       Elective

Grade 10:        English
                       Math: Algebra II
                       Social Studies: Psychology
                       Bible: Bible Study Skills, Church History
                       Foreign Language Elective
                       Elective
                       Elective

Grade 11:        English: Great Literature – Great Books
                       Math: Trigonometry & Statistics
                       Social Studies: Economics
                       Science: Physics or Chemistry
                       Bible: World Religions/ Comparative Religion
                       Elective
                       Elective

Grade 12:        English: American Literature
                       Math: Pre-Calculus
                       Social Studies: American History
                       Science: Physics or Chemistry
                       Bible: Philosophy & Worldviews
                       Elective: Senior Project first semester
                       Elective

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL also includes all the core subjects of Bible, English Language Arts, Science, Math, and Social Studies, as well as non-core subjects of P.E., Art, Music, and more.

A sample of elementary curriculum subject matter is as follows:

	SCIENCE	SOCIAL STUDIES
K	Bears, Bees; Floating/Sinking, Water, Basic Hygiene	Let's be friends	Maps
1	Senses, Sea Life, Rocks/Earth, Plants	Farm, Transportation, Home Countries	Maps
2	Mammals, Arctic/Antarctic, Magnets, Nutrition/Exercise/Health	Communities, Groups, Producers/Consumers, World Citizenship, Ancestry/Family History	Maps
3	Reptiles, Rain Forest (Incl. Amphibians), Sink & Float, Human Body (Skeletal-Muscle System)	Asia/ South America, India, China, Russia, Brazil, Mexico	Maps
4	Food Chemistry/Digestion, Electricity, Insects, (School Ecology), Sound	Explorers/Exploration (USA), Indonesia 1, Africa, Europe, Global Village	Maps
5	Pollution, Body Systems (Circulatory/Respiratory), Simple Machines, Flight & Rocketry	USA History, Indonesia 2, Home Countries, Australia & Pacific	Maps
6	Deserts, Solar System, Birds, Natural Disasters/Weather, Human Reproduction/Sexuality & Body Changes	Ancient World: Egypt, Greece, Rome, Israel	Maps