Our Offerings

Our 2025-2026 class offerings will be limited and/or require adjustments as we begin our co-op journey. The following is our ideal scope and sequence.

With the exception of Pre-Primary, all students participate in Latin (or Phonics/Handwriting),
Literature, and Classical Studies courses.

Faith

We will begin each co-op day as a community, opening with prayer, a scripture reading, and a brief biography of a saint or feast day. Sometimes the older children will lead this gathering, allowing them to experience the joy of sharing the faith.

During class blocks, children will be immersed in materials that point them, both explicitly and implicitly, to the order, beauty, and integration of all reality, as well as the universal struggles of fallen human nature.

After classes and lunch, we will close each co-op day with prayer.

We also encourage our families to include catechesis, scripture, and saints/liturgical living in their daily lives, in both academic and non-academic ways.

Pre-Primary

For ages 2+ (chronological age or skill level)

Co-op day will include read-alouds, songs, games, and activities from Day 1 of the related Memoria Press weekly lesson plan.

The purpose of Level A is to “cultivate wonder and an appreciation for language….We intend with these readiness activities only to give children an introduction to listening, literature, and learning. Music, language, movement, and wonder remain the developmental heart of the preschool program.”

Level B continues the wonder-based, literature-rich goals of Level A while deepening the child’s skills in sound differentiation, fine motor development, and essential manners. As in Level A, this is accomplished through meaningful activities, gentle instruction, and beautiful materials.

“Level C helps strengthen [the] child’s readiness skills with…traditional games and songs, stories, recitations, oral language exercises, number concepts, fine-motor activities, biblical literacy, and poetry.”

Phonics & Handwriting

For ages 5+ (chronological age or skill level)

Co-op day will include review of learned concepts, introduction and practice of new concepts, reading practice, letter formation, copybook and/or cursive.

Students begin their reading journey with an integrated, phonics-based approach that includes ear training, handwriting, and auditory spelling. This level covers all consonants, short vowels, long vowels with silent e, consonant blends, and h-teams.

Students expand their phonics knowledge and begin reading classic children’s literature such as Robert McCloskey’s Make Way for Ducklings and Virginia Burton’s The Little House. They also begin their study of cursive which enables them to more easily use student guides in later levels. This level reinforces the concepts of Level I, while adding long vowel teams, consonant blends, consonant digraphs (teams), and r-controlled vowels.

Students complete their phonics instruction and begin their first full-fledged student guides, integrating vocabulary, comprehension, composition, and memory work. They also refine their use of cursive to include smaller size, consistent slant, and the ability to read cursive writing. This level includes the introduction of regular and irregular plurals, base words, prefixes, suffixes, homonyms and basic syllabication rules.

Latin

For ages 7+ (chronological age or skill level)
Students must be solid in English phonics before beginning Latin

Co-op day will include recitation of previously learned material, teaching of new material for the week, and in-class practice of the new material to ensure understanding.

For students who have finished Phonics III, as well as for new students who would benefit from a gentle introduction to Latin. Includes an introduction to parts of speech, Latin vocabulary, basic verb forms, and a selection of prayers in Latin, including the Pater Noster and Benedictus.

For students who have finished Phonics III and are ready for more challenge than Intro A but not quite ready to begin a deep dive into the Latin Grammar.

Please note: students must be at least 10 years old before beginning our Latin Grammar sequence. In Latin Grammar I, students will learn:

  • Five noun declensions
  • 1st & 2nd declension adjectives
  • 1st & 2nd conjugation in 6 tenses (active voice)
  • Sum in 6 tenses
  • Syntax: nominative and accusative cases, complementary infinitive, subject-verb agreement, noun-adjective agreement, predicate nouns & adjectives
  • Vocabulary and Latin sayings

 

In Latin Grammar II, students build on the knowledge mastered in the previous year and will learn:

  • 2nd declension -er, -ir nouns and adjectives
  • 3rd declension i-stem nouns
  • 3rd declension adjectives of two terminations
  • 1st & 2nd person pronouns and possessive pronoun adjectives
  • Prepositions with ablative and accusative
  • Adverbs and questions
  • 3rd, 3rd -io, and 4th conjugations in 6 tenses (active voice)
  • Present system passive of 1st – 4th conjugations and -io verbs
  • Syntax: genitive of possession, dative of indirect object, ablatives of means and agent
  • Vocabulary and Latin sayings

In Latin Grammar III, students build on the knowledge mastered in previous years and will learn:

  • Perfect system passive of 1st – 4th conjugations and -io verbs
  • 4th declension neuter nouns
  • 3rd declension adjectives of one and three terminations
  • Imperative mood, vocative case
  • Nine irregular adjectives
  • Pronouns: 3rd person, demonstrative, indefinite, intensive, reflexive
  • Subjunctive mood: active and passive voice of all conjugations
  • Syntax: apposition, substantives, objective and partitive genitive, purpose clauses, exhortations, deliberative questions
  • Regular and irregular comparison of adjectives and adverbs
  • Vocabulary and Latin sayings

*Some topics may be transferred to Latin Grammar IV at the discretion of the Director.
In Latin Grammar IV, students build on the knowledge mastered in previous years and will learn:

  • Participles, infinitives, gerunds, and gerundives
  • Deponent verbs
  • Plural nouns
  • Locative case
  • Pronouns: relative and interrogative
  • Syntax: double accusative, relative clauses, sequence of tenses, indirect questions, impersonal verbs, indirect statements, passive periphrastic
  • Irregular verbs
  • Vocabulary and Latin sayings

Literature

For fluent readers, ages 8+ 

Each level covers two years of study, offered in alternating years.

Co-op day will include Socratic discussion and enrichment activities based on the previous week’s readings, preparation for the upcoming week’s chapters (including concepts and vocabulary that will aid in reading), paragraph or essay preparation/instruction if needed, and in-class reading as appropriate/time permits

For students who are now reading fluently but still building stamina, intonation, etc. Also for students who are reading well but are at an early level in composing complete sentences, determining vocabulary meaning from context, finding answers in a text, and discussing themes.

Literature I-A
Farmer Boy, Charlotte’s Web, The Moffats, Intro to Composition, Poetry for the Grammar Stage
Literature I-B
Homer Price, Dangerous Journey, The Blue Fairy Book, Winnie-the-Pooh, Poetry for the Grammar Stage
In Literature II, students build on the foundations of Level I as they wrestle with more complex themes, deeper questions, and the process of synthesizing pieces of information into a single idea.
Literature II-A
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Heidi, Lassie Come Home, Poetry for the Grammar Stage
Literature II-B
The Door in the Wall, Adam of the Road, Robin Hood, Poetry for the Grammar Stage
Please note: students must be age 12+ to begin Level III. Exceptions may be made in consult with parents. In Literature III, students deepen their knowledge of character analysis, literary devices, narrative forms, and synthesis of ideas, including within longer and more challenging works such as Tolkien and Shakespeare. Our study of poetry also deepens, drawing on previously learned skills to enhance understanding of core themes and poetic devices.
Literature III-A
King Arthur, The Hobbit, Anne of Green Gables, American Poetry & Short Stories
Literature III-B
Treasure Island, Wind in the Willows, Julius Caesar, American Poetry & Short Stories
Please note: students must be age 14+ to begin Level IV. Exceptions may be made in consult with parents.
In Literature IV, students begin a mostly sequential journey from the Medieval to Early Modern periods. Shakespeare is studied each year, with the chosen selection being thematically connected to other works being considered during that year. Our deeper study of poetry also continues, following poetry, prose, and dramatic works from the Old English period through the Victorian.

Literature IV-A
Beowulf, Sir Gawain & The Green Knight, Henry V, British Tradition I: Old English & Medieval Poetry, Prose & Drama
Literature IV-B
The Scarlet Letter, Pride & Prejudice, Midsummer Night’s Dream, British Tradition II: Elizabethan to Neoclassical
Please note: students must be age 16+ to begin Level IV. Exceptions may be made in consult with parents.
In Literature V, students wrestle with some of the greatest works — and most universal themes — ever written. Through these final studies, their hearts and souls are prepared for the complexities of adult life, whether found in friendships, relationships, vocations, or citizenship.

Literature V-A
Jane Eyre, A Tale of Two Cities, Macbeth, British Tradition III: Romantic to Victorian
Literature V-B
Anna Karenina, two final Shakespeare plays (titles to be determined)

Classical Studies

For fluent readers, ages 8+

Each level covers two years of study, offered in alternating years.

Co-op day will include Socratic discussion and enrichment activities based on the previous week’s readings, preparation for the upcoming week’s chapters (including concepts and vocabulary that will aid in reading), paragraph or essay preparation/instruction if needed, and in-class reading as appropriate/time permits

Enrichment prepares students for later history and cultural studies by developing a sense of wonder and a love of beauty through classic read-alouds, poetry, art and music appreciation, read-aloud based history and natural science topics, and hands-on activities.

Please note: students must be age 8+ to begin Level I. Exceptions may be made in consult with parents.
Classical Studies I introduces students to the characters and events, both mythological and historical, that have shaped western literature and culture for over two-thousand years. This is the beginning of our students’ journey to the great cultural and theological synthesis found in the works of Shakespeare and Dante.

Classical I-A
D’Aulaire’s Greek Myths

Classical I-B
Famous Men of Rome

Classical Studies II completes the student’s introduction to the great characters and events of classical and medieval times, preparing them for a deep dive into the cultural, religious, political, and social histories that have formed our modern world.

Classical II-A
Famous Men of the Middle Ages

Classical II-B
Famous Men of Greece

Classical Studies III begins a deep dive into the cultural, religious, social, and political histories that laid the groundwork for the medieval world, and without which we cannot truly understand the developments that led to the modern age.

Classical III-A
Book of the Ancient Greeks, Homer’s Iliad, The Odyssey

Classical III-B
Book of the Ancient Romans, Virgil’s Aeneid

Classical Studies IV invites students to draw on previously-learned historical and cultural knowledge as they are immersed in some of the greatest dramas ever written, including that of Dante, of whom Nobel Prize winner T.S. Eliot wrote: “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.”

Classical IV-A
The Oresteian Trilogy of Aescyhlus, The Three Theban Plays of Sophocles, Medea & Other Plays of Euripedes
Classical IV-B
Dante’s Divine Comedy

An unabridged capstone study of Dante’s complete Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradisio