A Home Education

The intentions of educating our children at home include fostering a love of learning, forming the ability to work independently and at their own pace, integrating our Catholic faith in all subjects, in a Christ-centered environment, and nurturing the whole child.

In our homeschool, we are creating an environment that is focused on living an "authentic human life" as ordained by God. Our homeschool will be a domestic church, where faith, life and learning meet. This school of love is the foundation of their formation as children of God, in but not of this world, with Heaven as the long term goal. As their teachers, we form the personhood as we exemplify virtue, morals, ethics and Christian citizenship. The school of life is the most effective teacher. Our children learn life skills such as home economics, community life, applying faith, the ability to meet expectations, and how to find and utilize resources. The long term goal is that each student will become well-rounded adults who want to live in service to God.

The state required education is a byproduct of, or relationship built through, this lifestyle and process of learning but not the main goal. We will fulfill state mandated reporting and education for language arts, history, science, mathematics and electives. This will be reached through using the philosophies of the Charlotte Mason method and Catholicism. This includes the use of living books, traditions, activities and materials that utilize the child's natural learning style at their own pace. It does not always align with typical grade levels based on age. We will comply with annual standardized testing requirements, and graduating with our state's credit and subject guidelines. However, as this information is private, it will only be used as a guide to learning the student's strengths and weaknesses. The materials and activities may then be adjusted to encourage the students in their strengths, and often (but not necessarily) improve their weaknesses. A diploma will be issued by our homeschool when we feel our child has met the goals of our state and our homeschool.

This culture of home education (aka homeschooling) respects the whole student and the goals of the primary educators, their parents. We are most concerned about who they will become as people, family members and citizens, and a developed love of learning.

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