About Us

West Valley Christian School is proud to introduce a comprehensive new writing program for our middle school students.  SpringBoard, published by the creators of the CollegeBoard (Advanced Placements courses and exams), instructs students through project-based scaffolded writing assessments and workshops.  The excellent curriculum will prepare students for high school writing including AP Language and Literature courses.  Students who participate in these pre-AP programs from SpringBoard, statistically perform better in high school AP courses and college entrance exams.

Here's Why It Helps:

To support students in becoming effective writers, this curriculum offers guided experiences in specific rhetorical and grammar and usage skills.  The workshops offer direct writing instruction to support and extend mastery of the writing process.  Students, through practice, will gain independent writing mastery across such genres as:  argument writing , expository writing, narrative writing, literary and rhetorical analysis, research writing,  poetry and even script writing

Here's How It Works:

For each writing mode, there is a clear sequence of writing development, taking students through organizational structure, presentation of ideas, use of stylistic techniques, use of sentence structure for effect and incorporation of proper grammar and language usage.  Each writing workshop is accompanied by a Scoring Guide that outlines the performance expectations for each genre and provides accountability for the learning goals identified for each grade level.