The Junior High School at Highlands Christian Academy (HCA) is a place where sixth through eighth grade students grow academically, spiritually, and emotionally. While the junior high years are very exciting for many teens, it can also be a challenging time for some students and parents. Students are leaving the structure and security of the elementary grades and entering a time of greater freedom and responsibility. Some junior high students begin challenging the world around them and test their familiar boundaries. Others seek their identity and place in the world. That’s why HCA has purposed to give students a broad-spectrum education that includes educating the mind, challenging the body, and strengthening the spirit.

The early teen years are a formative time for relationships. At HCA, we believe God has created us to live in community and to function as salt and light in our world. That’s why the Junior High School at HCA provides a safe environment for age-appropriate interaction with peers, staff, and the community at large. We encourage relationships that are characterized by respect, compassion, truthfulness, forgiveness, and purity.

It’s also a time when many students decide to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. We are blessed to have Christian teachers at HCA who are not only trained in their subject area but who are also excellent role models. We know that young eyes and ears are watching and learning from their teachers’ actions—as much as they do from their textbooks.

Teachers at HCA realize what a tough job it is to be a parent today. Most of our teachers are parents, aunts, uncles, or grandparents themselves.

That’s why they maintain a team-effort mentality with parents, embracing the privilege and responsibility of coming alongside parents in the biblical training of their children.

The curriculum here at HCA can be challenging for some students. However, we offer a variety of help for students, whether it is help classes for extra assistance in a particular class, Junior High After School Study Hall that helps students get organized and do homework, or the Junior High STAR Program that is helps prepare students for high school honors courses.

If you are interested in learning more about the Junior High school at HCA, we encourage you to call Scott Lassen at 954-421-1747 ext. 1000, to schedule an appointment.