Homesteading with Younger Students: Animals

This class is homesteading animal - focused. An in-depth look at skills in working with chickens, goats, donkeys, horses, and ducks. They will learn body structures, eating habits, husbandry (caring for and handling ) for each of these types of animals. Students will have hand-on opportunities to interact, care for, feed and clean up after each of these farm animals.

Taught by Kiesha Shoemaker

Class is $150 per semester

Offered MONDAYS at 9:00 - 10:00am

Elementary 4 Hours of Nature, Play and Cores.

Join us for all the outdoor fun of nature and farm-life, plus exploring reading time, math, science and history. We will add these important core subjects to a forest exploring, pond stomping, game playing good time, while building friendships. This class will be taught by skilled teachers who know how to teach to multiple levels at once. This class also includes 45 mins to one hour of arts, crafts and creations. Parents are not required in class but always welcome.

Class is $595 per semester

Offered MONDAYS 10:00am-2:15pm

Extracurricular Weekly Sign Ups

These classes have a separate schedule and are always providing something new for you and your family to explore. We encourage your ideas and suggestions! Come share your talents with us! Every Monday and Wednesday 2:30- 3:30 or 4:00.

5th /6th Grade Academy

WEDNESDAYS

Homesteading 9:00am-9:55am

Students will learn the anatomy of farm animals, their habits, habitat and eating style. Students will experience fall, winter, ands spring changes with each group of animals. Students will care for them, clean up, trim, collect and clean eggs, and do all the general farmer things for chickens, ducks, goats, donkey, and horses. $150/per semester

General Science 10:00-10:55

Students will learn little about our home, Earth, its environment, its plants trees, electricity and some atoms. $200/per semester

5th/6th Grade Math 11:00-11:55

Students will increase their adding, subtracting, multiplication, division skills. Students will learn what a decimal, fractions and percents are and learn to graph. Students will learn basic geometry terms and prepare for pre-algebra. $150/per semester

Literature Around the World (join with 7th & 8th) 12:00-12:55

From poetry to fairytales, short stories, and beyond, students will learn about literary pieces and traditions all across the globe.. $150/per semester

World History (Join with 7th & 8th) 1:00-2:15 (Lunch Break included)

Centering around the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, this class looks into the historical events and movements of civilizations around the globe. Students will learn about various cultures, art and music styles, and more. $150/per semester

Students enjoy four engaging hours of core academics and creative learning, including:

• Educational Play & Art

• Reading & Writing (Reports & Projects)

• Math

• Science

• History & Geography

This block is designed to blend hands-on learning, creativity, and strong academic foundations in a supportive, fun environment.

Homesteading

5/6th, Middle School and High School (Wednesday Only)

Students will learn the anatomy farm animals, their habits, habitat and eating style. Students will experience fall, winter, ands spring changes with each group of animals. Students will care for them, clean up, trim, collect and clean eggs, and do all the general farmer things for chickens, ducks, goats, donkey, and horses.

Taught by Kiesha Shoemaker

Class is $150/per semester

Wednesday Only 9:00-9:55 am

Gardening: Vegetables, Herbs and Flowers

Monday ONLY

 Class for ALL AGES! 

This winter and spring, students will step into a greenhouse where learning grows right along with their food. 

Our Home-to-Table Gardening Class is a hands-on experience where children learn to grow, observe, and prepare real food inside the warmth of the schoolhouse! 

Inside the greenhouse, students will:

• Learn how heat, light, and water plants to help them thrive during the colder months

• Practice regenerative growing by re-sprouting foods like celery, lettuce, and onions

• Explore root-view growing, where kids get to observe what’s happening beneath the soil as root crops develop

• Grow seasonal vegetables and herbs such as potatoes, carrots, lettuce, and fresh herbs

As crops mature, students will move from garden to kitchen, preparing simple, healthy foods using what they’ve grown. Children experience the full process of seed → harvest → meal → table.

Throughout the season, students will also take part in age-appropriate science experiments that explore how plants respond to their environment. They’ll make predictions, observe changes, track growth, and discover how nature responds in surprising ways through hands-on learning

Taught by Leah Shoemaker

Class is $150 per semester

Offered MONDAY at 9:00am-10:00am

Literature Around the World

Wednesday ONLY

From poetry to fairytales, short stories, and beyond, students will learn about literary pieces and traditions all across the globe. 5-8th Graders

Taught by Hannah Whitmire

Class is $150 per semester

Offered 12:00-12:55pm

World History

Wednesday ONLY

Centering around the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, this class looks into the historical events and movements of civilizations around the globe. Students will learn about various cultures, art and music styles, and more.aught by Hannah Whitmire

Class is $150 per semester

Offered 1:00-2:15pm

Taught by Hannah Whitmire

Class is $150 per semester

Offered 1:00-2:15pm

Pre-Algebra

Monday/Wednesday

 In this class we will prepare for Algebra 1, meaning we will focus on knowing all the foundational math skills necessary to be successful in the future. This class will be tailored to meet the students where they are and build on their knowledge. The students will need to have completed a 7th grade equivalent math program. We will be using Saxon's Algebra 1/2 as our text.

Taught by Sylvia Caruvana

Class is $250 per semester

Offered MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY at 11:00am-12:00pm

Algebra 1

Monday/Wednesday

In this class we will begin the fun and almost magical world of mixing the alphabet with numbers, work with high, but short numbers (also called exponents) and get comfortable with word problems and geometric shapes all with the goal of preparing for Algebra 2. The students will need to have completed an 8th grade equivalent math program. We will be using Saxon's Algebra 1 as our text

Taught by Sylvia Caruvana

Class is $250 per semester

Offered MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY at 10:00-11:00am

SIBLING DISCOUNT

If a family signs up for classes with 3 or 4 children, each registered child receives a 10% discount at the time of registration. If a third or fourth child is added at a later date, the discount does not apply.

If a family signs up for classes with 5 or more children, each child receives a 15% discount at the time of registration. If the 5th child is added after the original registration, the discount does not apply.

Life Science

Wednesday Only

This course will focus on a multi-disciplined approach to Biology and Anatomy learning. This is a flipped learning approach wherein class time will focus on project learning and conducting experiments. We will learn the scientific process, how to write lab reports, and explore the six kingdoms of life. This is a fun interactive class with at home videos and questions. Students should expect 1 hour of outside of class homework.

Taught by Kiesha Shoemaker

Class is $200 per semester

Offered WEDNESDAYS at 11:00-11:55am

Life Skills/Social Skills

Monday ONLY

This class goes back and forth between life and social skill. In Life Skills students will learn how to properly do household chores like loading a dishwasher, sorting laundry, plunging a toilet and mopping a floor, they also will learn how to measure to hang a picture, use a screwdriver, hammer and nail., and make a menu for meals. Students will budget and making a shopping list for 3 meals. Lastly, students will learn a few car basics. In the area of social skills, students will learn about wellness, mindfulness, respectful words, turn taking, and how to handle conflict.

Taught by Karri Pollak Ranger

Class is $150 per semester

Offered MONDAY at 1:25pm-2:25pm

American Sign Language Introduction 2

Wednesday

American Sign Language (ASL) is the 3rd most common language in the United States. This course introduces the basics of ASL. It is designed for students who have little or no previous knowledge of ASL. In this course, learning is visually based. ASL questions, commands, and other simple sentence structures are introduced to develop conversational skills and beyond in ASL. Students will learn basic vocabulary, grammar, history, fingerspelling, numbers, and Deaf terminology. Information about the Deaf Community and Deaf Culture is introduced. This course is suitable for middle-school-age students who are serious about learning a language, high school language credit, or general community learning. Practice outside of class and/or Deaf events is required!

Taught by Kiesha Shoemaker

Class is $150 per semester

Offered WEDNESDAY at 1:00pm-2:15 pm

ART: Technique and History

Monday ONLY

This class will study artist like Picasso, Van Gogh, Chihuly. This is a hands on class with various mediums and techniques. All supplies are included.

Taught by Laura Henderson O’Rourke

Class is $250.00 per semester

Offered MONDAY at 12:00-1:20

Middle School Math

Wednesday ONLY

This class will focus on working on the math fundamentals needed to confidently move into a pre-algebra problem. Hands-on activities help to solidify concepts, making them readable and understandable to students so these principles can be applied in higher levels of math. We will also learn logical thinking using games and activities. This allows students to better problem solve and rationally think through the problems. Concepts covered will be: •Decimals •Number Theory and Fractions •Collecting and Displaying Data •Plane Geometry •Ratio, Proportion & Percentages •Integers •Perimeter, Area & Volume •Functions & Coordinate Geometry.

Taught by Kiesha Shoemaker

Class is $200 per semester

Offered WEDNESDAY at 11:00am-11:55am