Prepared for What Comes Next. Grounded in What Matters Most.
TKA Upper School combines challenging academics, meaningful relationships, and a Christ-centered worldview to prepare students for college, career, leadership, and a life of faithful purpose.
Known.
Loved.
Equipped.
High school is more than preparation for a diploma. It is a formative season when students begin to understand who they are, what they believe, what they can do, and how their gifts can serve others. At TKA, students do that work in a community where they are personally known, deeply valued, and intentionally challenged.
Known
By teachers who invest personally.
Small classes allow teachers to know students as individuals, recognize their potential, and challenge them to grow academically and personally.
Loved
In a community centered on Christ.
Students grow alongside teachers, mentors, coaches, classmates, and leaders who care about who they are becoming, not simply what they are achieving.
Equipped
For college, career, and calling.
Rigorous academics, leadership opportunities, spiritual formation, and practical preparation help students confidently take their next step.
Challenge That Meets Students Where They Are.
Academic rigor should do more than make coursework difficult. It should help students become stronger thinkers, communicators, problem-solvers, and learners. TKA offers multiple levels of coursework so students can pursue the level of challenge that fits their preparation and goals.
College Prep
A strong academic foundation designed to prepare students for successful college-level work through critical thinking, communication, problem-solving, and essential subject knowledge.
Honors
Advanced coursework featuring greater depth, increased expectations, and additional academic rigor for students ready to push further.
Advanced Placement
College-level courses taught at TKA that culminate in an AP examination and provide students an opportunity to earn college credit.
Dual Enrollment
College courses offered through Johnson University, Walters State, and Pellissippi State, allowing students to earn both high school and college credit.
Four Years. Growing Independence.
Students gradually take greater ownership of their learning, leadership, decisions, and future as they progress through Upper School.
Freshman Year
Develop strong academic habits, establish foundational skills, build relationships, and begin exploring personal strengths and interests.
Sophomore Year
Take greater ownership of learning while identifying interests, gifts, leadership opportunities, and areas for deeper study.
Junior Year
Pursue advanced coursework, meaningful leadership, service, and focused preparation for college, career, and life beyond TKA.
Senior Year
Complete the TKA journey with increasing independence, leadership, future planning, and a clearer understanding of purpose and calling.
Faith Is Not an Add-On.
At TKA, students are not asked to separate faith from academics, relationships, leadership, or decisions about the future. Biblical truth shapes the way students engage ideas, understand the world, serve others, and consider their own place in God's story.
Biblical Worldview
Faith and learning are integrated across academic disciplines.
Chapel & Community
Weekly opportunities create space for worship, Scripture, reflection, and shared formation.
Faith in Practice
Service, leadership, relationships, and everyday decisions become opportunities to put faith into action.
“We are preparing students not simply to know more, but to live wisely.”
The TKA DifferenceMore Than College Ready.
Our goal is not simply admission to the next school. We want graduates prepared to think well, lead with character, pursue meaningful work, and faithfully use their gifts wherever God leads.
College
Academic rigor, advanced coursework, dual enrollment, testing preparation, advising, and college planning help students prepare for higher education.
Career
Communication, collaboration, creativity, technology, problem-solving, leadership, and practical experiences help students build transferable skills.
Calling
Students are encouraged to recognize their gifts, understand their responsibilities, and consider how their lives can faithfully serve God and others.
A Clear Path to Graduation.
A balanced program of study provides students with a strong foundation across core academic disciplines while leaving room for advanced courses and electives.
English Credits
Math Credits
Bible Credits
Science Credits
Social Studies Credits
World Language Credits
Additional requirements include Computer Science, Wellness, Personal Finance, Physical Education, and electives. The Academic Profile provides the complete list of courses and current graduation requirements.
Full Requirements →Opportunities to Go Further.
Students can pursue distinctions that recognize advanced academic achievement, service, preparation, and sustained excellence throughout Upper School.
College Prep Diploma
TKA's standard diploma provides a rigorous academic foundation designed to prepare graduates for college and life beyond high school.
Honors Diploma
Recognizes students who meet elevated standards for academic achievement, advanced coursework, service, and college readiness.
Special Distinction Diploma
TKA's highest diploma distinction recognizes students who meet the academy's most demanding benchmarks for scholarship, advanced coursework, service, and testing.
Find Your Place. Use Your Gifts.
Some of the most important growth in high school happens outside a traditional classroom. TKA students have opportunities to belong, compete, create, lead, serve, and pursue their interests.
House System
Build community across grade levels through leadership, service, mentoring, school spirit, and friendly competition.
Student Leadership
Develop your voice and learn to lead through student government, houses, clubs, service, and other campus opportunities.
Athletics
Compete with discipline and character while developing teamwork, resilience, leadership, and school pride.
Fine Arts
Develop creative gifts through visual art, band, choir, theater, performance, and other opportunities.
Beta & NHS
Pursue scholarship, character, leadership, and service through recognized academic honor organizations.
Clubs & Activities
Explore interests, discover new strengths, and build relationships through student clubs and shared experiences.
Teachers Who Know Their Students.
At TKA, teaching is relational. Upper School faculty challenge students academically while mentoring them personally, helping students develop confidence, resilience, curiosity, discernment, and wisdom.
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Prepared for Life.
Graduation is a milestone, not the finish line. TKA graduates leave with academic preparation, meaningful relationships, a foundation of faith, and the confidence to take their next step with purpose.
High School Should Prepare Students for More Than Graduation.
Come experience an Upper School where students are known, loved, challenged, and equipped for what comes next.
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