Program
CATHOLIC CULTURE AT THE CORE
Daily Mass sets the tone for the Church at Study, as does Angelus at lunch and prayer before each class. The beauty of God is regularly made present in our Advent and Easter Concerts, as well as in our yearly Shakespeare productions. These events bring the families together in work and fun. We celebrate an All Hallows festival, St. Joseph’s Table and regular awareness of the feast of the day. Solidarity between all the students is our constant goal, always modeled in class and much aided by daily sports in the lunch hour, as well as in our new Runners’ Club and Rugby.
Cohorts remain together as a small community of eager learners progressing from Pre-Primary I to Upper School IV.
2022/2023: Classical & Biblical World
2023/2024: Early Church to High Middle Ages
2024/2025: Age of Division: Luther's Revolt to French Revolution
Each historical period is taught simultaneously to varying age levels/cohorts.
THE HEART & IMAGINATION
Pre-Primary through Lower School students intuitively grasp the moral order of life. They naturally see the world as a story of good overcoming evil. These are the years to feed their imaginations with the heroic endeavors of mankind while solidifying basic reading, language, science, and geography skills.
• Practicing science, geography, and math through games and activities
• Enjoying music and art
• Language lessons from well-told tales
• Saints and History
• History: Heroes and Saints
• Observational Science and Drawing
• Sacred Geography
• Easy Grammar and Cursive
• Singalong
• Memory and Writing by Imitation
• Historical Era Studies
• Life Science and Earth Science
• Latin, the language of the Church
• Bible stories: Old and New Testament
• Schola
MEMORY & LOGIC
Middle school students come to appreciate the complexity of the workings of Providence in human history and man's response to Grace.
• Historical Era Studies
• Literature of the Era
• Latin, Ecce Romani I
• Grammar & Composition
• Animal Taxonomy
• Schola
• Optional Courses – Mathematics
• Historical Era Studies
• Literature of the Era
• Latin, Ecce Romani II
• Formal Logic I
• Composition
• Physical Science
• Schola
• Optional Courses – Physical Science text review, Mathematics
JUDGMENT & CRITICISM
Upper School students learn that theology and philosophy help them comprehend any academic discipline by providing a proper understanding of nature and grace.
• Historical Era Studies
• Literature of the Era
• Latin, Ecce Romani and Translations of Vulgate
• Material Logic
• Composition
• Schola
• Optional – Biology, Mathematics
• Historical Era Studies
• Literature of the Era
• Latin, Translation of Early Church Writings
• Philosophy – Plato & St. Augustine
• Sacred Doctrine
• Schola
• Optional Courses – Biology II, Mathematics, Civics
• Historical Era Studies
• Literature of the Era
• Latin Translations or Greek I
• Medieval Philosophy: St Thomas Aquinas
• Sacred Scripture I
• Schola
• Optional – Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics
• Historical Era Studies
• Literature of the Era
• Latin Greats or Greek II
• Problems in Modern Philosophy
• Sacred Scripture II
• Schola
• Optional – Physics, Mathematics
St. Augustine’s was founded to unite the best of the modern home school with the tradition of a Catholic liberal arts education.
'You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.'
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