Lighthouse Christian Academy

Lighthouse Christian Academy (LCA) strives to stimulate the gifts and talents of students to make the best possible use of their spiritual, intellectual, physical, and social talents.  Children are taught in a safe, secure, loving and educational environment where creative learning through both playtime and work-time is emphasized.  The full-day kindergarten program at LCA is an academic one, accented with lively interaction for optimal learning.  Personal attention is given to student’s personal learning styles and needs. Bussing is provided for students from Lacey Township to Little Egg Harbor Township

(including Tuckerton, West Creek, and Staffordville) as well as Long Beach Island.

Kindergarteners enjoy a balanced program of age appropriate developmental milestones and academics.  Students are given a solid foundation of basic skills as they prepare for their academic years ahead. All subject areas meet or exceed NJ core curriculum content standards.  After school care until 5:30 pm is also available.

Curriculum Highlights:

Bible          

Stories                                            

Scripture Memorization       

Reading  (Abeka Program )

Work with phonic sounds as building blocks to reading.

 Follow a reading program from the elementary to the advanced level.

Handwriting/Creative Writing                       

Formation of letters and numbers                    

Good Writing Positioning                                 

Compose Small Guided Stories 

 Math

Counting by 1, 2, 5, 10

Telling Time

Money Concepts 

Addition and Subtraction

Science                                                                                                                                                                 

Exploration of different countries and cultures

 Basic Geography                                                            

Social Studies 

Weather    

Our Earth    

Plants and Trees/How seeds grow                                                                           

All Kindergarteners also participate in these special programs:

Weekly Chapel                   Art

Spanish                                Music

Physical Education            Library

*All School Performances

*Poster Contests

*Field Trips

*National Standardized Testing

*Kindergarten Graduation Program