10th Grade Guidance & Planning

Tenth grade is an important year for students to build upon the academic foundation established during their freshman year while becoming more intentional about their future.

Students should continue strengthening their academic performance, developing effective study and time-management habits, participating in meaningful activities and service, and exploring how their interests, abilities, and God-given gifts may connect with opportunities after graduation.

Before Tenth Grade Begins, Students Should:

• Review their ninth-grade academic performance and cumulative GPA.
• Review progress toward OCA graduation requirements.
• Review their four-year academic plan and tenth-grade course schedule.
• Identify academic strengths and areas where improvement may be needed.
• Continue reading regularly and strengthen writing and communication skills.
• Continue participating in extracurricular activities, athletics, service, church involvement, or other meaningful opportunities.
• Update their record of academic achievements, activities, athletics, leadership, service, honors, and other significant experiences.
• Begin exploring careers and post-secondary opportunities connected to their interests, strengths, and abilities.
• Establish personal, academic, and spiritual goals for the upcoming school year.

By the End of the First Semester of Tenth Grade, Students Should:

• Review their current GPA and understand how academic performance continues to affect their cumulative high school record.
• Evaluate progress toward graduation requirements and their four-year academic plan.
• Participate in appropriate standardized testing and test-preparation opportunities offered or recommended by OCA.
• Continue developing strong reading, writing, research, study, and time-management skills.
• Update their record of activities, athletics, leadership, service, awards, and accomplishments.
• Identify several career fields or areas of interest they would like to explore further.
• Begin researching the education, training, skills, and qualifications associated with potential careers.
• Become increasingly familiar with post-secondary options, including colleges and universities, technical and trade programs, military service, ministry opportunities, and the workforce.
• Continue participating in meaningful service and involvement within their school, church, family, and community.

By the End of Tenth Grade, Students Should:

• Successfully complete their second year of high school and understand their progress toward graduation.
• Review their cumulative GPA and establish academic goals for eleventh grade.
• Review and update their four-year academic plan in preparation for the junior year.
• Continue developing their personal record of academic achievements, activities, athletics, leadership, service, honors, and accomplishments.
• Identify post-secondary pathways that may align with their interests, abilities, and future goals.
• Begin researching specific colleges, universities, technical or trade programs, military opportunities, ministry preparation, or career pathways when appropriate.
• Become familiar with general admission, training, or entrance requirements associated with pathways they are considering.
• Participate in college, career, or post-secondary exploration opportunities when available.
• Begin developing an understanding of the financial considerations associated with education and training after high school, including scholarships and financial aid.
• Continue developing effective communication, organization, decision-making, and personal-responsibility skills.
• Continue demonstrating meaningful Christian service and involvement in their school, church, family, and community.
• Establish personal, academic, spiritual, and future-planning goals for eleventh grade.

Throughout tenth grade, students are encouraged to recognize that planning for the future is a process. OCA seeks to help students prayerfully explore their interests and abilities, understand the opportunities available to them, and make increasingly informed decisions as they prepare to pursue God's purpose for their lives.
 

• Apply deductive and inductive reasoning to mathematical problems.
• Understand and appropriately use foundational geometric definitions, postulates, and theorems.
• Construct and evaluate geometric proofs.
• Identify and analyze relationships among points, lines, planes, and angles.
• Classify and investigate triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, and other geometric figures.
• Determine and apply congruence and similarity relationships.
• Apply properties of parallel and perpendicular lines.
• Use coordinate geometry to analyze geometric relationships.
• Apply transformations, including translations, reflections, rotations, and dilations.
• Analyze properties and relationships involving circles.
• Apply the Pythagorean Theorem and related concepts.
• Use appropriate formulas to calculate perimeter, circumference, area, surface area, and volume.
• Apply trigonometric ratios to solve appropriate right-triangle problems.
• Create and interpret geometric constructions and diagrams.
• Apply algebraic skills within geometric problems.
• Solve multi-step geometric and real-world problems.
• Explain and justify mathematical reasoning using appropriate terminology and evidence.
• Demonstrate the mathematical foundation necessary for continued high school mathematics.
   

• Explain why humans build cities and civilizations and trace the rise and fall of civilizations through the course of history
• Trace the roots of Christianity in Judaism, outline the growth of Christianity, and assess its impact on the cultures of the world
• Assess the role of other religions in human cultures, especially Islam, and evaluate each religion studied
• Analyze and evaluate how different cultures have viewed the importance of individualism, justice, and citizenship
• Analyze the development of trade and explain its impact on human culture and economic growth
• Evaluate various economic systems
• Discuss the roles Christians may play in a global society

World History

• Identify major civilizations, historical periods, people, events, and movements in world history.
• Explain factors that contributed to the development, growth, interaction, and decline of civilizations.
• Analyze how geography and natural resources influenced civilizations and historical events.
• Examine the development of significant political and governmental systems.
• Analyze the development of trade and its influence on societies, cultures, and economies.
• Compare significant economic systems and their historical development.
• Explain significant religious and philosophical ideas that have influenced civilizations.
• Trace significant historical developments associated with Judaism and Christianity.
• Examine the historical development and influence of other major world religions.
• Analyze how ideas concerning government, justice, citizenship, freedom, and individual responsibility developed across different societies.
• Examine the causes and consequences of significant conflicts, movements, and historical changes.
• Analyze primary and secondary historical sources.
• Distinguish among historical fact, interpretation, perspective, and opinion.
• Use historical evidence to develop and support conclusions.
• Compare differing historical perspectives objectively and respectfully.
• Recognize the contributions of culturally diverse peoples and societies throughout world history.
• Evaluate historical ideas, movements, and events through a Biblical worldview.
• Explain how significant historical developments continue to influence the contemporary world.
• Consider how Christians can demonstrate wisdom, compassion, service, and Biblical faithfulness within a global society.