Mt. Sophia Ideas

Our British Lit class strikes again- this time at Math:
Math- by Stephen McKearin
Algebra I and Algebra II
Are much more than one plus two.
Squares and triangles are what comes next.
Oh, Geometry. Now that’s the best!

Calculators! Calculators! Yes, you need ‘em-
Especially when you use the Pythagorean theorem.
In Calculus, you’ll have a blast!
Whatever happened to Elementary Math?

The British Literature class was having an adventure in poetry for the last few weeks. I enjoyed the poems they wrote so much that I wanted to share some.
I will post a handful that tell about homeschooling at MSA or are psalm-ish (there were lots of other terrific ones but were so personal that it [...]

There’s a lot of chatter right now about new US Department Education Rules About Student Aid.
Here is what the actual report says:
High School Diploma: The proliferation of high school diploma mills has called the validity of some secondary school credentials into question. The regulation requires institutions to develop and follow procedures to evaluate the validity [...]

Do you have written goals for each child and for your homeschool?  If you do, congratulations.  Few people have written goals.  If you don’t, here is a way to write some.  Of course, just as there is no one right way to homeschool, there is not one right way to write your goals.
Here are some [...]

Back in the dark ages when I started homeschooling, our options were limited.  There were only a few curriculum publishers who catered to homeschool students.  There were few extracurricular activities geared to homeschoolers, especially to middle and high school students.  The internet was not available to answer questions and help you [...]

Ok, these have no eternal value, but it shows the delightful moments social media can give us. Here are Facebook statuses from two of MSA’s former students:
Well in chapel today the announcement guy was doing the announcements and he was talking about some trip and he said that “space is limited” [...]