CGS
The Elementary school children (ages 3-12 or pre-k through 6th grade) will spend two hours attending Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. More information can be found about this program on the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd page.
APPLIED LEARNING
The Upper school children (ages 12-18 or 7th through 12th grade) will spend two hours in an Applied Learning program. The children will be introduced to a variety of Trades, Lost Arts, Handicrafts and Homesteading subjects. The list below is a sample of the presentations your children may be given during this Applied Learning Program or monthly afternoon presentation open to the entire co-op. These children will also learn to make many things that are materials for the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and learn how to run an online store to sell these materials. Our hope is that this will bring in significant net income so that we can reduce the tuition in the years to come.
Handicrafts: Sewing, Embroidery, Sculpting, Painting, Map making, Drawing, Crocheting/Knitting, Lettering, Woodworking, Rosary making
Homesteading: Gardening/Landscaping, Fermenting, Raising Quail, Cheese Making/Butter churning, Permaculture, Worm composting
Lost Arts: Weaving, Candle-making, Wood turning, wood burning, Bookbinding
TRADES: Welding, Car maintenance/mechanics, Business, Medical Massage, Photography, Videography
ELEMENTARY SCIENCE LABS 2x’s a month 1:45-2:45 (rotating with chess)
The textbook they will use is:
Apologia Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy & Physiology
ELEMENTARY Chess Club 2x’s a month 1:45-2:45 (rotating with Science)
UPPER SCHOOL THEOLOGY BOOK STUDY 1:45-2:45
The Upper School children (7th-12th grade) will meet every other week after Mass and Lunch with Debbie Malain for their Theology book study.
The textbooks they will use are:
UPPER SCHOOL (7th-12th grade): Our Quest For Happiness Series
24-25 Book 2
25-26 Book 3
26-27 Book 4
27-28 Book 1
SCIENCE LABS:
The Upper School children (7th-12th grade) will meet every other week after Mass and Lunch with Dr. Claire Galin for their Science LABS
The Textbook they will use is:
The Nature of Science manual is an introductory science curriculum for secondary students receiving a classical, liberal arts education. The course is crafted to form in students a disposition of receptivity towards the natural world and a holistic vision of the study of nature. The course emphasizes deep, careful reflection on in-class observations, experiments, and the students’ ordinary experiences. In addition, it includes carefully selected original readings from the history of science which provide a theoretical foundation for thinking about the natural world and serve as models for scientific inquiry. To engage the question of the nature of science, students are exposed to the range of natural beings and concepts which are considered in science, and they are challenged to consider what it means to have scientific knowledge of natural beings. The curriculum has four parts: an introduction to nature and science, and subsequent introductions to biology, chemistry, and physics.