Academic Information

Schedule and Curriculum

The Lighthouse Children's Home operates the Lighthouse Christian Academy, which operates year round putting our resident girls in the classroom far more than traditional schooling and helping them to catch up and often move ahead to graduation. Our school uses both the A.C.E. (Accelerated Christian Education) curriculum, with whom we have achieved "Quality" status and accreditation, and the online Florida Virtual School (an accredited curriculum). We also uses individual tutoring.

Academic Standards and Goals

All girls that enter the Lighthouse are diagnostic tested to see what their functioning level is in core subjects and then placed in the appropriate level work with the object of getting them to their proper age-appropriate grade level. All work requires a minimum score of 80% to pass. Though we are a private school, we still use the State of Florida's graduation requirements as the model of what every girl who stays through graduation must complete.

We make no guarantees as to any girl’s success because she is the one that must do the work.

Achievement and College Testing

We do annual achievement testing (C.A.T.) and Juniors and Seniors are taken for their A.C.T. college entrance test.

Acceptance and Transfer of Credits

The Lighthouse Christian Academy accepts the transfer of most other school’s credits and the credits a girl earns here are also accepted by most public and private schools. We have had many students graduate from the Lighthouse and go on to college.

College Scholarships

The Lighthouse has helped many of our former girls to go on to college. We have scholarships available for those girls who maintain good behavior once they leave our program.