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Special Offerings

In addition to our regular classes we offer the following programs/classes:

See below for descriptions of these offerings:

Summer/ Fall ACT Test Prep

Hill Creek will offer a test prep class for students desiring to take the ACT test. The class is designed to cover the four sections of the test:

  • English, including grammar, punctuation, usage, etc.
  • Reading Comprehension, including reading in context and reading for speed and accuracy
  • Mathematics, including algebra, geometry & trigonometry, percents, ratios, and word problems;
  • Science Reasoning, including interpreting data presented in charts, graphs, and tables.
  • The class also emphasizes timing and test taking skills as they apply to the ACT.

The class will meet in five 1.5 hour sessions. Some test prep will be assigned after each class to be completed for the next class. Schedule to be determined based upon those enrolled.

The fee for the entire class is $175.00 per student. To enroll, request a registration form and return to Patty Huey or Amorah Nelson by 6/30/11.

Summer/Fall Essential Study Skills

The difference between success and failure in high school is not how much a student studies, but in the effectiveness of the student’s study skills.  In this class, students will learn valuable strategies for success in school. This elective class is for students who need to develop the study skills required to successfully complete their high school or college education. Whether students want a study skills brush-up for high school or two or four-year college, essential study skills is the key. This class helps students learn how to prepare for the following:

  • develop textbook reading strategies
  • use effective note-taking techniques
  • strengthen test-taking skills
  • carry their skills forward into Hill Creek classes and beyond

The class will meet in ten 1 hour sessions each semester. Light assignments will be given to ensure transfer of information to the classroom. The fee is $175.00 per student. Schedule to be determined based upon those enrolled. Please see Patty Huey for more details.

The Inklings Writer’s Group

The Inklings writers’ group, named after C.S. Lewis’s writers’ group, is a student-directed group for people who love to write and desire some accountability in order to achieve goals. Come to this group with your poetry, short stories, novel ideas, or any other writing and you will get good reviews and constructive criticism. The input from your group members, an invaluable encouragement, promotes great writing and might even assist you in getting your manuscript published!

Contact Patty Huey huey1@earthlink.net or Jack Stevens gunpatriot@comcast.net for more information

All Ages

No Credit Fee: Free

Credit Fee: $60.00 for 1.0 elective

Schedule to be determined based on student schedules

Students may earn elective credit depending on the amount of writing completed.

Patty Huey will determine elective credit status.

GED (General Educational Development)

Obtaining a high school diploma is not for everyone, and we at Hill Creek understand that. This 75-hour course is designed to review the areas of reading, writing, and math and test-taking techniques to prepare students to pass the GED test. All students will be assessed in reading, math, and language before placement in this course. Enrollment is limited to provide immediate and individualized attention to students. Pre-requisite: Placement Test. Prior to the first scheduled class, students will be given a GED Placement Test during which they are evaluated in reading and language. There is no fee for the GED Placement Test.

Tuition: $295 & Book Fee: $25)

Patty Huey, Coordinator

California Achievement Test

All Levels of the standardized California Achievement Test are offered in the spring. Check the school calendar at www.hillcreekchristian.org for the 2012 dates. Tests are hand scored on the last day of the test.

Free to enrolled families

Fee: $50.00 for un-enrolled families

Special Needs

NILD Program

A Hill Creek Christian Program to Ensure Success for All Learners implementing the National Institute for Learning Development (NILD) Approach

We understand. . .

  • Not all students learn in the same ways.
  • Children are unique, so approaches to teaching and learning should be, too.
  • Learning challenges can be overcome, and IQ scores can be raised.

For some children, such as those with learning disabilities, and/or those who may be 1-3 grades behind their peers academically, the academic foundation could be weak. But when the right tools are used in a learner-appropriate setting—tools that tackle learning issues at the source—the foundation and building blocks for learning move into place creating a firm foundation.

Most teaching uses only sight and sound, but the NILD multi-sensory approach uses these senses plus touch (tactile) and movement (kinetic) to enhance memory and learning.

An NILD Educational Therapist uses interactive, multi-faceted techniques to help struggling students think and learn effectively.

The Socratic teaching model is based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking. This non-rote learning shapes and focuses reasoning, illuminates ideas, and creates independent thinkers.

Hill Creek’s Pathways to Success program provides help and hope to the many students who struggle within the traditional classroom model. However, all students can benefit from the NILD methods used.

NILD Therapist: Patty Huey

Please contact Patty for tuition costs and full details.

Hill Creek “Pathways to Success” Program

Do you have a child with a specific learning disability? Is your child academically frustrated with tendencies to give up? Is he or she becoming more unmotivated? Through Hill Creek’s Pathways to Success program, students and parents will be given new hope. The Pathways program takes a new approach toward educating your special needs students. Our philosophy is to celebrate the unique God-given gifts within each child by putting the emphasis on abilities and not disabilities. We believe that our program, which partners with home schooling, will give your student the confidence he or she needs to be successful. Our goal is to achieve your child’s fullest potential emotionally, spiritually, and academically through inclusion in a small classroom environment. We believe that students with learning differences can enjoy learning, experience academic success and gain the skills necessary to graduate from high school and go on to college or the workforce.

If you are interested in placing your child on a pathway to success, please don’t hesitate to call us for more information.

Contact Person: Patty Huey

Non-Test Assessments

Non test assessments are offered to families who prefer not to take the California Achievement test. This test, administered individually to students, covers reading, writing, grammar, mathematics and spelling. Grade levels for each subject are provided as well as curriculum suggestions.

Fee: $125.00

Patty Huey, Coordinator

Individual Education Plan (IEP)

We believe that God has fearfully and wonderfully made each of us as unique individuals. Our mission is to compassionately identify the needs of students and partner with parents to offer and implement solutions so each student can grow to his or her highest potential, to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, until He returns. To that end, we offer special accommodations through an Individual Education Plan to qualifying students.

I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. -- Psalm 139:14a

Contact Patty Huey for details

Private Classes

Private classes/tutoring services are offered upon request. Please see individual teacher for more details and to arrange day and time. Private classes/tutoring services are $1400 for the year. On-line classes are $400 for the year.

Becky Hedman

  • Elementary and J.H. Math
  • Algebra I and II
  • Geometry
  • Pre-Calculus

Beth Linder

  • English
  • Science
  • History
  • Learning Differences

Patty Huey

  • Foundations in Math
  • English
  • History
  • Learning Differences
  • Advising for College Scholarships/
  • Life after H.S graduation

Amorah Nelson

  • Algebra I (on-line course)
  • Geometry (on-line course)
  • Algebra II (on-line course)

Anne Olwin

  • Art
  • History
  • English
  • Math


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