• Hoping to Homeschool

    Date: 2010.02.19 | Category: Homeschooling, Punky | Tags:

    I have never wanted to homeschool my children.  I can remember a time when my husband thought it might be a good idea (he was homeschooled until he was about 10), but when we encountered some of the social concerns we have for Punky, we decided it would be best to place him in school, where he can have time to interact with children his own age.  On top of that, I tend to be the type of person who would obsess about lesson planning.  I used to be an English teacher, and my favorite part of the job was lesson planning (and I liked grading, too.  I know…Weird, right?).  But I am certain that I would spend hour upon hour planning lessons for the children, even with all the wonderful curricula that is available.  It is not something that I think I could handle.

    But . . .Latin dictionary

    My husband and I were talking one afternoon about how we would like our children to learn Latin (and Greek), so I googled “Latin lessons” and discovered a local Latin School based off of the prestigious Highlands Latin School, which has a 99th percentile rating for their K-8 students and a top 5% of the country for their SAT scores.

    The local Latin School is a cottage school for homeschoolers, where children will be taught two full days per week at the school and then parents will homeschool the other three days.  All curriculum is provided by the Latin School.  Parents guide their children through the curriculum as it is being taught in the classroom.  Tlatina christianahe children will begin to learn Latin in second grade.  “Learning Latin forms the mind to think logically, memorize, and pay careful attention to detail.  Latin is considered by classicists to be the foundation of all learning and a good way to learn English.“  The “school creates an environment conducive to academic excellence and the formation of Christian character.  [They] believe wisdom and virtue must walk hand in hand.”

    We had to opportunity to attend an Open House a few weeks ago, and we very pleased with what we saw there.

    I sent in Punky’s application and now we are just waiting to hear back if the Headmaster would like to interview him for the school.  We are praying that he will get into the school because we do not want to homeschool him without the Latin School.

    Please say a prayer that we will be called and our boy will receive an interview.