Curriculum and Standards

Urban Promise Academy aligns academic standards with state and national benchmarks while incorporating faith-based values and real-world learning experiences. Our achievement expectations include:

Reading and Language Arts

– Emphasis on literacy, comprehension, and effective communication. Students will meet or exceed state ELA standards through phonics instruction (early grades), close reading, writing workshops, and discussion-based learning.

Mathematics

– Mastery of fundamental mathematical concepts, problem-solving, and real-world applications. Instruction follows Abeka Math, ensuring a strong foundation in computation, logic, and real-world application.

Science

– Inquiry-based learning aligned with Abeka Science, which integrates hands-on experiments with a biblical worldview.

Social Studies

– A faith-informed approach to history and geography using Abeka Social Studies, helping students understand the past while applying biblical principles to civic engagement.

Biblical Studies and Character Education

– A curriculum that integrates Christian ethics, biblical literacy, and moral reasoning into daily learning.

Leadership Development

– The Leader in Me program provides students with leadership principles based on Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, fostering personal growth, responsibility, and collaboration.

Leader in Me

Beyond academic achievement, Urban Promise Academy places a strong emphasis on leadership, character formation, and social-emotional learning, which is why Leader in Me serves as an essential component of the school’s instructional approach. Rooted in Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, this program fosters responsibility, goal-setting, collaboration, and servant leadership, directly supporting Ohio’s Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards and preparing students to be self-directed learners and ethical leaders.

Abeka

Abeka’s curriculum is rigorous, sequential, and standards-aligned, ensuring that students receive foundational mastery in core subjects such as reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. Its structured approach to phonics-based literacy instruction is strongly supported by the Science of Reading, reinforcing essential skills in decoding, fluency, comprehension, and writing—all of which are integral to Ohio’s English Language Arts (ELA) standards. Additionally, Abeka’s mathematics program emphasizes critical thinking, logical reasoning, and real-world problem-solving.

My Father's World

At Urban Promise Academy, we believe that a strong foundation in faith, academics, and character development begins in the early years of a child’s education. That’s why we use My Father’s World Curriculum in our early childhood program—a carefully designed approach that integrates biblical principles, hands-on learning, and developmental best practices to nurture young learners.