Our 7th-12th graders have 2-3 elective periods on Thursdays. BHCA offers a growing list of opportunities where students can explore new interests, build friendships, and develop leadership skills. The elective offerings change each year.
Apologetics
Cultural Issues Volume 1: Creation/Evolution and the Bible, Book 1
Developed to provide the answers to so many objections of the faith. Students will learn to apply the biblical worldview to subjects such as evolution, carbon dating, Noah's ark and the Flood, and over 50 more.
Bible Art Journaling
Bible Art Journaling is a creative, Christ-centered elective that combines Scripture study, artistic expression, and spiritual growth. Students will reflect on Biblical passages through various art techniques and journaling projects while developing a deeper understanding of God’s Word.
Elements of Faith
Your students will learn the elements of the periodic table from a biblical worldview, study the great minds behind the discoveries, and find God, the Creator, behind the science.
Logic
This Introduction to Logic course will both challenge and inspire students to defend their faith against atheists and skeptics alike. This biblical worldview course teaches methods that are reliable and effective in defending the truth of the Bible.
Sign Language
American Sign Language will introduce your child to communication with sign language. Your child will learn the basic structure of American Sign Language and practice conversing in sign language around basic topics. This course will also discuss the Deaf community, the community’s unique challenges, and effective ways for sharing the Gospel with community members.
Sounds of Culture
Sounds of Culture is a structured music appreciation elective for grades 7–12 that helps students understand how music reflects the history, traditions, and beliefs of cultures around the world.
Rather than focusing on performance or music theory, this course engages students through guided listening, written responses, research, and cultural study. As they explore how music connects to history, geography, and daily life, students evaluate what they learn in light of Scripture.
Spanish
Your student will learn to speak, understand, read, and write basic Spanish in common situations. Your student will begin to learn the grammatical foundations of the Spanish language through incremental practice and consistent review. In addition, short conversational opportunities and readings give students opportunity to steadily grow their oral and reading fluency, while Scripture passages challenge them to contemplate Biblical truths through the lens of a foreign language.
STEM
Our STEM class challenges students to think critically, solve real-world problems, and explore how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics work together through a Biblical worldview. Students engage in a variety of hands-on projects and collaborative learning experiences, which may include engineering challenges, robotics, automotive learning, coding, design projects, and creative problem-solving activities.
Past offerings have included Art Studio, Automotive Learning Lab, Baking, Chess, Creative Writing, Crochet, Drum Academy, E-Sports, Entrepreneurship, Lego Engineering, Lego Spike Prime, Newspaper, PE, Sign Language, Spanish, STEM Explorers, Theater/Drama, and Yearbook.