A K-8 Christian School
Young people face challenges, pressures and temptations unimaginable just a few years ago. In a world of turmoil and constant change, parents increasingly look to Adventist education to offer their children the tools they need to survive and succeed in this life—and for eternity.
Our Mission and Values
To provide opportunity for students to accept Christ as their Savior, to allow the Holy Spirit to transform their lives, and to fulfill the commission of preaching the gospel to all the world. To develop the “whole person” concept in each student, educate them to accept service as a way of life, to be sensitive to the needs of people at home and in society, and to become active members in the Church.
Seventh Day Adventists make use of a coordinated curriculum employing specific learning materials. MSACA's Kindergartners curriculum includes Stairway to Reading, Stepping Stones and Go Math.
The Adventist worldview accepts the Bible as the standard by which everything else is measured. Four key concepts emerge from a Biblical worldview that can be used as a lens for curriculum development, as well as informing the essential questions and big ideas of any content area:
Creation: What is God’s intention?
Fall: How has God’s purpose been distorted?
Redemption: How does God help us to respond?
Re-creation: How can we be restored in the image of God?
The following resources were referenced in developing Elementary Mathematics Standards for Seventh-day Adventist Schools: a sampling of state standards, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), NAD Curriculum Guide for Mathematics, Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM), and The Core of Adventist Education Curriculum.
Motor Skills: Demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.
Performance Application: Applies knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies and tactics related to movement and performance.
Physical Fitness: Demonstrates the knowledge and skills needed to achieve a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness.
Responsible Behavior: Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others as children of God.
Health Values: Recognizes the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction.
Students who are college and career ready in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language:
Demonstrate independence.
Build strong content knowledge.
Respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline.
Comprehend as well as critique.
Value evidence.
Use technology and digital media strategically and capably.
Come to understand other perspectives and cultures.
The science standards are performance-based outcomes (what students should be able to do) rather than content-based outcomes (what students should know). The content standards are implied within the context of the performance standards.
Media Arts: a unique medium of artistic expression that can amplify and integrate the four traditional art forms by incorporating the technological advances of the contemporary world with emerging skill sets available to students and teachers.
Visual Arts: a framework for helping students learn the characteristics of art by using a wide range of subject matter, symbols, meaningful images, and visual expressions to reflect their ideas, feelings, and emotions, and to evaluate the merits of their efforts.
Music: a blend of art and science that combines vocal or instrumental sounds to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of ideas and emotions.
Drama: a composition based on a situation or succession of events that portrays life or characters to tell a story that usually involves conflict or emotion.
MSACA is located in beautiful Murrieta, California. Murrieta is in the center of the Los Angeles-San Diego mega-region and has a Mediterranean climate. Along with beautiful weather, we are close to the amazing beaches of SoCal, deserts like Palm Springs and Joshua Tree, and the San Bernardino Mountains form a significant region of wilderness that are popular for hiking and skiing. This city is part of the top 5 safest cities in the US.
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