Research shows that the amount of progress toward college and career readiness that students have made by eighth grade is crucial to their future success. Our Grove City Christian School staff works diligently in collaboration to bring our students the most clearly aligned, Biblically sound curriculum based on the highest standards. As stated by ACT research, college and career readiness is not something that suddenly “happens” when a student graduates from high school but instead is the result of a process extending through all the years of a student’s education. It is a top priority at GCCS to ensure our middle school students build on their strong K-6 foundation to secure essential skills both spiritually and academically to be on target for a successful future.

Our educators take the responsibility of ensuring a guaranteed and viable curriculum for our students very seriously. How are we doing? 1. Teachers at GCCS collaborate to ensure the alignment of K-12 curriculum and standards based education for all subjects while ensuring a Biblical Worldview and Biblical integration in all subject areas. 2. The state of Ohio has adopted what are called the Common Core State Standards. GCCS has been studying and implementing those standards and working to exceed all State requirements. The CCSS were written for English/Language Arts and Mathematics. You can find out more about who developed these standards and how many states have adopted them by visiting this link: http://www.corestandards.org/

3. GCCS values the information valid testing data can provide. We administer the Explore (8th/9th), Plan (10th) and PSAT (11th), in preparation for students to take the ACT or SAT (11th/ 12th), as well as state required assessments. As we continue to align curriculum, we will monitor the valuable data and indicators these tests provide. To find out more about these tests visit act.org, collegeboard.com and Ohio Department of Education’s web page.

Grove City Christian Middle School Curriculum Update

Our goal at GCCS is to provide students with a clearly aligned, Biblical, and rigorous curriculum that will prepare them for college and career and to be solid citizens of the 21st century.  

Our mission is to cultivate quality Christian leaders in a distinctively Christian atmosphere while providing a solid spiritual and academic foundation.  

5. To become solid citizens of the 21st century students need access to a technology rich environment. GCCS is taking continuous steps to make sure our students have access to the latest technology. In striving to meet the needs of the “whole child”, GCCS recognizes and values all subject areas as significant in the development of Christian leaders, college and career ready students and solid citizens of the 21st century.

“Eighth-grade students’ academic achievement has a larger impact on their readiness for college by the

end of high school than anything that happens academically in today’s high schools.” ACT