What ages meet in your community?

Hands-on classes start at age 4 and continue through 12th grade.

What is your class schedule like?

All ages meet together at 8:30 to begin the day with Bible trivia, announcements, pledge, and prayer. Principle classes are held in the mornings for ages 4-6th grade with classes broken down by age brackets. Students study history, geography, science, literature, presentation skills, memory work, and art. A one hour lunch break and play time brings all grades and parents together. Third through sixth grades meet for two hours after lunch for engaging classes in English grammar, math games, and IEW writing courses. Junior high and high school classes meet for a full day with a one hour lunch break and cover subjects such as history, sciences (with labs), economics, computers, mock trial, art, debate, Spanish, literature/writing, nutrition, and more.

*Available classes offered for junior/high school will change depending on the year. Please inquire for specific courses.

How often do you meet?

Our community meets once a week on Wednesdays from 8:30-3:30.

Is a parent required to stay on campus with the child?

A parent is required to remain on campus at all times with their child(ren) unless the child is in 7th grade or above. Parents work alongside tutors when needed to help the classroom activities run smoothly, and most parents find the highlight of the day to be lunchtime with other parents.

Do you offer a nursery for kids under age 4?

Yes, we offer a staffed nursery on site for those needing childcare for younger siblings. (Available for an additional fee.)

What does the classroom work look like?

For the younger kids, throw out what a traditional classroom setting looks like! We rarely use any worksheets unless we’re practicing with geography maps. Otherwise, you’ll see history discussions with hands-on activities, engaging read-alouds, messy art projects, fascinating science experiments, and kinesthetic memory work.

For older students, you can expect a classroom size of 4 to 15 students with tutors leading rich discussions pertaining to the work completed leading up to community day. Science experiments, round table history discussions and games, project presentations, literary chats and papers, and conversational Spanish are all common classroom topics.

While some work is done in class, the majority is completed at home, so that the classtime can be spent engaging in the students’ completed work and teaching any material needed for the coming week.

Are there any subjects you don’t cover?

Math is individualized to each child at home at the parents’ discretion. It is not reviewed in class outside of Math games. If you need math curricula suggestions, we’d be happy to share what has worked for different learners in our group. Additionally, reading is not taught on campus.