Our curriculum draws from the best of the classical Christian tradition while remaining flexible enough to meet each family where they are. Here is the philosophy behind what we teach.
Classical education organizes learning around three developmental stages first described by Dorothy Sayers in her 1947 essay The Lost Tools of Learning: the grammar stage (roughly K–5), where children absorb facts joyfully; the logic stage (roughly 6–8), where they learn to think critically about what they have absorbed; and the rhetoric stage (roughly 9–12), where they learn to express their thinking persuasively and beautifully.
We adapt this model to the realities of a two-day-per-week enrichment program and the rhythms of homeschooling families. Our curriculum is not as exhaustive as a five-day classical school, nor is it as bare as a single-subject co-op. It is calibrated to do the things we can do better in community — group discussion, lab work, hands-on art, formal recitation — and to leave the things best done at home (one-on-one reading practice, math drills, family devotions) where they belong.
Above all, our curriculum is Christ-centered. We do not bolt a chapel onto an otherwise secular framework. We teach mathematics as the language of the orderly Creator. We teach literature as the human story shaped by image-bearing souls. We teach science as the careful study of the world God spoke into being. The faith is not a subject — it is the lens.
We do not write our own textbooks. We select from publishers whose work has been refined over decades and whose worldview aligns with our statement of faith. Here are the primary sources we use.
Logic of English for phonics, Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) for composition, Memoria Press for literature, and Easy Grammar for grammar instruction.
Singapore Math for K–5, Saxon Math for 6–8, and Foerster's Algebra and Pre-Calculus for high school. Optional Khan Academy supplementation for at-home review.
The Story of the World for Foundations and Explorers, Notgrass History for Voyagers and Scholars, and primary source readings throughout.
Apologia Science for K–8, BJU Press Biology, Chemistry, and Physics for high school, with hands-on labs developed in-house.
The Westminster Shorter Catechism, Truth78 curriculum, Tabletalk magazine for older students, and selected works by R.C. Sproul, John Piper, and Nancy Guthrie.
Latin for Children from Classical Academic Press, The Art of Argument for informal logic, and Traditional Logic from Memoria Press for formal logic.
8:30 — Arrival & morning circle. Families gather in the courtyard, students greet their teachers, and the day begins with a brief assembly and prayer.
9:00 — First learning block. Core academic instruction in the student's stage cohort: language arts, mathematics, or science depending on the rotation.
10:30 — Recess & snack. Twenty minutes of free play on our fenced campus playground.
10:50 — Second learning block. The next core subject, with a hands-on activity, discussion, or short lecture format appropriate to the stage.
12:15 — Lunch & chapel. Brought from home; eaten with friends. Chapel rotates between worship, scripture memory recitation, and short messages from our pastor-in-residence.
1:00 — Enrichment elective. Students attend one of two chosen electives — art, music, drama, robotics, language, or PE.
2:30 — Dismissal. Families regather, weekly assignments are sent home, and the campus quiets.
Morning devotional time. Most of our families begin the day around a Bible reading, a hymn, and prayer. The pace is yours to set.
Independent practice in math and language arts. Following the weekly assignment sheet sent home from campus, students complete the practice problems, writing assignments, and reading that reinforce what was introduced in class.
Read-alouds. The classical tradition of reading aloud to children long past the age they can read for themselves is one of the great gifts of homeschooling. We provide a yearly read-aloud list by stage.
Family-led projects. Science experiments, history timelines, geography studies, baking, gardening, music practice, and the thousand small explorations that make a homeschool day different from a classroom day.
Field trips, field days, and family rhythms. Co-ops, museum visits, library days, and the unhurried beauty of learning that flows out of normal family life.
Time outside. We strongly encourage at least an hour outdoors each day. Florida sunshine is part of the curriculum.
"The aim of education is to teach us how to think, not what to think."The principle behind our classical approach
