John M. McKay Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program — 164 Schools
- Family Life Academy, in Archer, uses ACE and Abeka Curriculum.
- Christian Life Academy, in Gainesville, uses ACE curriculum.
- Cornerstone Academy, in Gainesville, uses ABeka and teaches biblical creationism.
- Forest Grove Christian Academy, in Alachua, uses Bob Jones and Apologia.
- Passage Christian Academy, in Gainesville, uses ACE and ABeka .
- The Rock School, in Gainesville, uses A Beka, Bob Jones, and the creationist Summit Ministries.
- Cassels Christian Academy, in Starke, uses Abeka.
- Hope Christian Academy, in Starke, uses Abeka.
- Starke Christian School, in Starke, uses ABeka.
- Atlantic Inclusive Academy, in Cocoa, uses School of Tomorrow (another name for ACE curriculum).
- Brevard Academy, in Brevard, uses Alpha Omega.
- Brevard Christian School, in West Melbourne, uses ACE.
- Calvary Chapel Academy, in Ft. Lauderdale, says in their statement of faith, “we believe God inspired all the words of Scripture, as originally given” and “we believe in the creation, the test and fall of man, as recorded in Genesis.” This implies they teach creationism.
- Rainbow Christian Academy, in Goulds, uses ABeka.
- Coral Park Christian Learning Center, in Miami, uses ABeka.
- Gladeview Christian school says that it teaches, “the universe was created by God” while public schools teach, “the universe is a result of the “Big Bang.” It uses ABeka. It also says it exists “to evangelize non-Christian students.”
- Covenant Christian, in Palm Bay uses Abeka and Bob Jones.
- Christian Preparatory Learning Center, in Merritt Island, uses ACE and Alpha Omega.
- No Limits Academy uses, in Melbourne, Alpha Omega’s Ignitia curriculum.
- Rockledge Christian School, in Rockledge, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Temple Christian School, in Titusville, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Wade Christian Academy, in Melbourne, uses ABeka.
- The West Melbourne Christian Academy, in West Melbourne, uses ABeka.
- Anew Generation Christian Leadership Academy, in Oakland Park, uses ACE.
- Broward Christian School, in Plantation, uses ABeka.
- Calvary Christian Academy, in Ft. Lauderdale, says about their AP biology course, “this advanced placement college course prepares students to have faith in Jesus in an age of science by evaluating college-level biology, chemistry, and physics from a purely biblical perspective.”
- Cooper City Christian Academy, in Cooper City, uses ABeka.
- Coral Springs Christian Academy, in Coral Springs, says, science is “God’s universal laws and the study of creation.”
- Faith Christian school, in Margate, uses Landmark’s Freedom Baptist Curriculum.
- Foundations Christian Academy, in Davie, uses ABeka.
- Glades Christian Academy, in Coral Springs, explains, “since we believe that all truth is God’s truth and the world is a part of God’s creation; and that He is sovereign over all things, every academic subject must be taught from a Biblical perspective. Science is the study of God’s creation reflecting the laws and order He ordained to govern its existence. Mathematics reflects the orderly nature and structure of the creation. History is a study of the events God has ordained and orchestrated as part of His sovereign plan for His world.”
- Highlands Christian Academy, in Deerfield Beach, uses ABeka and says, “We believe in creation, not evolution.”
- Holy Temple Christian Academy, in Ft. Lauderdale, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Lighthouse Christian Academy, in Oakland Park uses ACE.
- Mount Bethel Christian Academy, in Ft. Lauderdale, uses ABeka and quotes ABeka saying, “the A Beka Book Science and Health Program presents the universe as the direct creation of God and refuses the man-made idea of evolution.”
- Parkridge Christian Academy, in Coral Springs, says in their curriculum philosophy “Science is taught as an exploration of God’s creative design throughout the universe that will give students an understanding of the God-ordained order and physical laws found in the natural world.”
- Point of Grace Christian Academy, in Hollywood, uses ACE.
- Potential Christian Academy, in Cooper City, says in its handbook, “we believe in the creation of man by the direct act of God. (Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 5:1-2).”
- The Master’s Academy, in Oviedo, says, “All scientific concepts are taught from a distinctively Christian perspective, based primarily on the Genesis account of creation.”
- Trinitas Academy, in Plantation, uses ABeka.
- True Bread Academy, in Pembroke Pines, uses ACE.
- The Upperroom Christian Academy, in Ft. Lauderdale, uses ABeka.
- Genesis Christian School, in Port Charlotte, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Port Charlotte Christian School, in Port Charlotte, uses AOP (Alpha Omega Publications) curriculum.
- Inverness Christian School, in Inverness, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- West Coast Christian School, in Crystal River, uses ACE, ABeka, and Alpha Omega.
- Christian Home Academy, in Orange Park, uses ACE.
- Crossroads School, in Jacksonville, uses Alpha Omega’s Switched on Schoolhouse.
- Faith Christian Academy, in Orange Park, uses ACE.
- High Point Christian Academy, in Orange Park, uses Bob Jones.
- Horeb Christian, in Hialeah, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Kings Christian School, in Miami, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Redland Christian Academy, in Homestead, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Solid Rock Christian Academy, in Miami, uses ACE and Alpha Omega.
- Trinity Christian Academy in Hialeah, uses ABeka, ACE, Bob Jones, and Alpha Omega.
- Atcom Christian School, in Jacksonville, uses Landmark’s Freedom Baptist Curriculum.
- Beaches Chapel School, in Neptune Beach, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- The Cedar Creek Christian School, in Jacksonville, seems to say it uses ABeka in its handbook.
- Cornerstone Christian Schools, in Jacksonville, says in their handbook, “A biblical worldview is a worldview that is based on the infallible Word of God. When you believe the Bible is entirely true, then you allow it to be the foundation of everything you say and do. That means, for instance, a person takes seriously the mandate of Romans 13 to honor the governing authorities by researching the candidates and issues, making voting a priority.” Part of testing if someone has a biblical worldview is asking them, “Is God the all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of the universe?”
- The First Baptist Academy of Jacksonville, in Jacksonville, says, “In Science, our teachers seek to help students learn how to use His wisdom and discernment to expose the false information that the world teaches, and reinforce the Truth of creation and the Creator found in God’s Word.”
- Harvest Christian Academy, in Jacksonville, uses ACE.
- Heart to Heart Christian Academy, in Jacksonville, uses ACE, ABeka, and Bob Jones.
- The Little Country School, in Jacksonville, uses ABeka.
- Monument Christian Academy, in Atlantic Beach, uses ACE.
- The Promise Land Academy, in Jacksonville, uses ABeka. Their church (whose webpage the school is hosted out of) also notes, “Homosexuality and Lesbianism are an abomination according to the Word of God.”
- The Beverly Institute, in Jacksonville, teaches, “Evidence of a Flood,” and “Evidence against Evolution,” and ”The Evolution of Man: A Mistaken Belief.”
- The Potter’s House Christian Academy, in Jacksonville, uses ABeka. About Physical Science, it says, “This course is designed to show God’s hand in every aspect of the physical nature of the world that God has given us. To show his hand from the laws of nature that govern us to the very foundational properties that make up all that exists. It will also reveal all that God has given us to disprove the scientific worlds attack on creation itself.”
- The Jubilee Christian Academy, in Pensacola, says in its handbook it says in science, they “teach that the biblical account of creation is the foundation of all scientific principles.
- Lighthouse Private Christian Academy, in Pensacola, uses Bob Jones.
- The S. L. Jones Christian Academy, in Pensacola, uses Bob Jones.
- The First Place Academy of the First Baptist Church, in Trenton, says, “We teach the literal, grammatical-historical interpretation of Scripture which affirms the belief that the opening chapters of Genesis present creation in six literal days (Genesis 1:31; Exodus 31:17).”
- Achiever’s Christian Academy, in Jennings, uses ACE.
- The Word in the Season Christian School, in Jasper, uses ACE.
- Spring Hill Christian Academy, in Spring Hill, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Citrus Park Christian School, in Tampa, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Faith Outreach Academy, in Tampa, uses ACE and ABeka.
- First Baptist Ruskin Christian School, in Ruskin, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Florida College Academy, in Tampa, uses ABeka and Apologia.
- Gateway Christian Academy, in Tampa, uses ACE and ABeka.
- Hillsborough Baptist School, in Seffner, uses ABeka.
- Legacy Christian Academy, in Seffner, uses ACE (PACE).
- Libertas Academy, in Tampa, uses Bob Jones, and says, “Science: We teach students that Biblical Creation is true. Students learn that God created the universe in perfect order, with fundamental laws, and absolute truths that make the scientific method possible.”
- The Tampa Bay Christian School, in Tampa, posts articles from the Creation Museum and the creationist Answers in Genesis on their home page.
- Town ‘N Country Christian Academy, in Tampa, uses ACE.
- Gateway Christian Military Academy, in Bonifay, uses ACE and Alpha Omega.
- Master’s Academy, in Viro Beach, uses FACE (Noah’s Plan) and also says, “A Christian teacher, therefore, teaches science as God’s creation, geography as God’s handiwork, history (His Story) as God’s providence with the nations of the world, mathematics as a glimpse of God’s orderliness and absolute truth.”
- Touched by Grace Academy, in Viro Beach, uses ACE.
- Adventure Christian Academy, in Tavares, uses ABeka.
- Believers Christian Academy, in Clermont, uses ACE.
- Liberty Christian Academy, in Tavares, uses ABeka.
- New Hope Christian Academy, in Minneola, uses ACE.
- Real Life Christian Academy, in Clermont, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Solid Rock Christian School, in Mount Dora, uses ACE and Alpha Omega.
- Fort Myers Christian School, in Ft. Myers, uses Bob Jones and ABeka.
- Nicaea Academy of Cape Coral, in Cape Coral, uses ABeka.
- Providence Christian School, in Cape Coral, uses CSI.
- Sonshine Christian Academy, in Ft. Myers, uses ACE and ABeka.
- Summit Christian School, in Ft. Myers, uses CSI, to help students “discover the infinite complexity and amazing orderliness of God’s world through an innovative study of life, earth, and physical sciences from a clear, Christian perspective.”
- North Florida Christian School, in Tallahassee, says, “Origins of life will deal with creationism, evolution, literal view, and alternate views of Creation. The student will have sufficient information to convincingly understand the reasons for creationism.”
- Creekside Christian School, in Otter Creek, uses ACE, ABeka, and Alpha Omega.
- Family Life Community School, in Bradenton, uses ABeka, Bob Jones, CSI, and Apologia.
- Dunnellon Christian Academy, in Dunnellon, says in its statement of faith, “the Bible is the authoritative, inerrant, sufficient Word of God. It permeates our academic teaching since all truth is seen ultimately as God’s truth. (II Timothy 3:16-17, II Peter 1:21) For example, history is viewed as “His story,” the workings of a sovereign, omnipotent God. Science is the study of His marvelous world, created by Him, and of man, who was created in His image.”
- Ocala Christian Academy, in Ocala, uses ABeka.
- Riverland Christian Academy, in Dunnellon, uses ACE.
- The Peace Christian Academy, in Stuart, says, “We believe that the physical universe, the realm of nature, is the visible creation of God.”
- Sonshine Christian Academy, in Callahan, uses ABeka.
- Rocky Bayou Christian School, of Niceville, says in its section on educational philosophy, “God mandates that children be discipled for Christ. They must be trained in the biblical world view which honors Jehovah, the sovereign Creator of the universe. It recognizes that man was created in the image of God” and says “Man is presumed to be an evolutionary being shaped by matter, energy, and chance… God commands His people not to teach their children the way of the heathen.”
- The River Academy, in Niceville, uses ABeka.
- Okeechobee Christian Academy, in Okeechobee, uses ABeka.
- Agape Christian, in Orlando uses Alpha Omega. They also misspelled curriculum on their website as “cirriculum.”
- Champion Preparatory Academy, in Apopka, uses Apologia.
- Downey Christian School, in Orlando, uses ABeka.
- Edgewood Children’s Ranch, in Orlando, uses ACE.
- The First Academy, in Orlando, says the “study of the physical world reveals God’s intricate design and the divine order of His creation” and that science “has at its foundation the recognition of God as sole creator of the universe and all that is within it.”
- Grace Christian Academy, in Orlando, uses Bob Jones and ABeka.
- Harvest Baptist Christian Academy uses ABeka.
- I.E.C. Christian Academy, in Orlando, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Lake Rose Christian Academy, in Orlando, uses ACE.
- Living Word Academy, in Orlando, uses ABeka.
- Peaceforce Christian Academy, in Orlando, uses ACE.
- Sunset Christian Preparatory, in Orlando, uses ABeka.
- The Conrad Academy, In Orlando, uses ABeka.
- Treasure of Knowledge Christian Academy, in Orlando, uses ACE.
- Tri-L Christian Academy, in Orlando, uses ABeka.
- United Faith Private School, in Winter Park, uses ACE (School of Tomorrow).
- Victory Christian Academy, in Orlando, uses ABeka.
- Way of Grace Ministries, in Orlando, uses ABeka.
- Pleasant Hill Academy, in Kissimmee, uses ACE, ABeka, and Bob Jones.
- Boca Raton Christian School, in Boca Raton, says their Biology course contains, “critical analysis of biological evidence for creation versus evolutionary processes, presented from the underlying perspective of Biblical creation, is an integral part of the course.”
- Greenacres Christian Academy, in Lake Worth, uses ACE.
- Jupiter Christian School, in Jupiter, says about biology, “All parts of this course emphasize the miraculous nature of the living world and God’s creative and sustaining force. There is an extensive unit on the creation-evolution question.”
- Suncoast Christian Academy, in Lake Worth, uses ABeka.
- Trinity Christian Academy, Lake Worth, has a Bio Origins class (also part of biology class), and says the class will give students “a better understanding of an atheist evolutionary world view. The students will understand complex arguments and problems with past and current evolutionary theories.”
- Esther’s School, in Pinellas Park, uses ACE.
- First Christian Academy, in New Port Richey, uses ABeka.
- Heritage Christian Academy, in Zephyrhillis, uses ABeka.
- Hope Ranch Learning Academy, in Hudson, uses ACE.
- Community Christian School of Five Oaks, in St. Petersburg, uses ACE.
- Cornerstone Christian School, in Dunedin, uses ABeka.
- Grad Academy, in Largo, uses PACES, which are part of the ACE curriculum.
- Oldsmar Christian School, in Oldsmar, in ABeka.
- Westside Christian School, in Largo, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Excel Christian Academy, in Lakeland, uses ACE.
- Lakeland Christian School, in Lakeland, says, “Creationism and evolution are contrasted with a decided bias for the former.”
- Landmark Christian School, in Haines City, uses ABeka.
- Oasis Christian Academy, in Winter Haven, uses ABeka and Bob Jones and “ACSI Intelligent Design”.
- Ridge Christian Academy, in Davenport, uses Bob Jones.
- Sonrise Christian School, in Lakeland, uses ABeka.
- Victory Christian Academy, in Lakeland, uses Bob Jones.
- Winter Haven Christian School, in Winter Haven, uses ABeka.
- Hillcrest Academy, in Palatka, uses ACE.
- Lighthouse Christian Academy, in Jay, uses ACE.
- Sarasota Christian School uses ACE.
- Venice Christian School uses Bob Jones.
- Altamonte Christian School, in Altamonte Springs, uses ABeka and Bob Jones.
- Beacon of Hope Christian School, in St. Augustine, uses ABeka.
- Sumter Christian School, in Sumterville, uses ABeka and Alpha Omega.
- Bethel Christian Academy, in New Smyrna Beach, uses ACE.
- The Lighthouse Christian Academy, in Deland, uses ABeka.
- Reign Homeschooling Academy, in Daytona Beach, uses Alpha Omega and ABeka.
- Trinity Christian Academy, in Deltona, uses Bob Jones.
- Warner Christian Academy, in South Daytona, uses Alpha Omega’s Ignitia.
- Word and Praise Christian Learning Center, in Daytona Beach, uses ABeka.
- Community Christian School, in Bradenton, uses Bob Jones and ABeka.
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In Florida…I am embarrassed to admit that I “had no idea”.