Academics at MCS
TK/Kindergarten
We utilize the Chancy and Bruce Developmental Assessment to help partner with parents regarding their child’s readiness for Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten.
Many local preschools also utilize this screening as part of their late winter program. If your preschool offers the assessment, you are welcome to have your child screened at their preschool. When you complete the forms at the preschool, please indicate you would like a copy of the results sent to Mariners Christian School.
Elementary
MCS Elementary School emphasizes providing students with a firm foundation to support a lifetime of academic success. From Transitional Kindergarten to 5th Grade, students experience both spiritual development and academic rigor.
The core academics for Elementary students include Bible, English Language Arts, History, Math, and Science. Students are exposed to a broad range of diverse content enrichment areas including Physical Education, MakerSpace, Technology, Spanish, Music, and the Arts.
Middle School
Mariners Christian School’s Middle School is an extraordinary program that maintains exemplary academics in a Christ-honoring environment. Focused on the whole-child, a broad range of educational experiences are offered which appeal to varied interests, talents, and passions including electives, enrichments, athletics, service and ministry opportunities, clubs, leadership development, and course offerings.
Combined with rigorous academics and expansive program offerings, the spiritual growth of all students is prioritized developing authentic faith and a deepening love for Christ. At the culmination of the middle school years, students are prepared for future success, equipped with a biblical worldview, thriving in their gifts and talents, and trained as difference makers for His Kingdom.
Arts
Mariners Academy for the Arts (MAA) has been a distinguishing feature of MCS for over two decades. MAA exists to nurture and expand student artistic gifts and passions for the purpose of communicating the Gospel through creative expression. Focused on building a firm foundation through Christ-centered, artistic education, MAA encourages students to explore their God-given talents by providing a standards based, structured environment to safely explore aspects of the arts within a biblical worldview and to the glory of God.
Athletics
The Athletics program is a comprehensive after-school program offered 6-8th grade. As a member of the Christian Athletic League of Orange County (CALOC) and Coastal Athletic League (CAL), Mariners Christian School offers competitive, boys and girls, team sports including Flag Football, Golf, Volleyball, Basketball and Soccer.. MCS is also a partner in the Fountain Valley School District Sports Tournaments (volleyball, basketball, and soccer) and Newport Mesa Unified School District Pilot Cup Soccer Tournament (grades 3-6).
Maker Education
Our Maker Education program is the bedrock of our Culture of Innovation. Our goal is for students to eventually be able to identify needs of others and to use their skills and interests that have been honed in the Makerspace in order to meet that need. As a school, we encourage our students to be Difference Makers in all of their communities. Through the combination of focusing on the needs of others, learning specific skills, and identifying their passions, our students of all ages know that they truly can make a difference.