Class Offerings

2025-26 School Year

School Year Schedule

For the 2025-26 school year, classes begin the week of August 18th, 2025 and will end the week of May 4th, 2026 for 34 complete weeks of instruction (including breaks for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Break).

All classes take place in our home in Sherman, Texas.

Pricing

Registration fee is $25 per family.

Tuition:

For two-hour classes: $400 per student, per semester.

For one-hour classes: $200 per student, per semester.

We offer additional-child and multiple-class discounts. Email us for details.

Parents are expected to purchase textbooks, which vary in price based on subject, but typically do not exceed $35 per book. Email us for details.

We accept payments up front or on a monthly basis via Venmo, check, or cash.

Current Class Openings

The 2025-26 school year is filling up quickly! See what classes have openings below and claim your spot.

IEW/ELA Class Offerings with Kari

Monday
2-4pm: IEW 6-8th grade (Year 2 Level B): 6 openings
4-6pm IEW 9-12th grade (Year 2 Level C): 6 openings
Tuesday
9-11am: IEW 6-8th grade (Year 1 Level B): 6 openings
11am-1pm: IEW 9-12th grade (Year 1 Level C): 6 openings
Wednesday
9am-12pm (varies): Let’s Knot! Macrame Projects 6th-12th grade: 6 openings
1-4pm (varies): Let’s Knot! Macrame Projects 6th-12th grade: 6 openings
Thursday
9-10am: Fix It! Grammar 6th-8th: 6 openings
10-10:30am: IEW’s Cursive Knowledge 6th-12th: Email if interested
11am-12pm: Fix It! Grammar 9th-12th: 6 openings
1-3pm: This time slot is open for any of Kari’s IEW/ELA courses. Registration to be determined by interest.

Social Studies and Special Class Offerings with Gary

Monday
2-4pm: Government 9-12th grade: 6 openings
Economics will be offered in this time slot in the Spring 2026 semester
4-6pm: All About Nature! 6-12th grade: 6 openings
Tuesday
9-11am: Texas History 6-8th grade: 6 openings
Thursday
9-11am: This time slot is open for U.S. History, World History, or any specialized history course listed below. Registration to be determined by interest. Please email us if you are interested in any of Gary’s core or specialized course offerings!
1-3pm: This time slot is open for U.S. History, World History, or any specialized history course listed below. Registration to be determined by interest. Please email us if you are interested in any of Gary’s core or specialized course offerings!

Kari is offering various English Language Arts subjects including composition (Institute for Excellence in Writing), grammar, and handwriting.

Email Kari to ask about supplementing these course offerings with literature at home in order to earn one high school English credit.

English Language Arts

IEW: Structure and Style

Two-hour class
For the 2024-25 school year, Kari will teach IEW’s Structure and Style for Students (SSS). Classes will be offered at two levels: 6th-8th grade and 9th-12th grade.
Fix It! Grammar

One-hour class
Fix It! Grammar is the perfect companion to IEW’s Structure and Style for Students (SSS), but can also be taken as a stand-alone class. Kari will be offering two Fix It! Grammar levels: 6th-8th grade and 9th-12th grade.
Cursive Knowledge: A Handwriting Course for All Ages

One-hour class
With students using screens more and more even for school assignments, the skill of handwriting is beginning to diminish.
Science affirms the importance of handwriting in cementing ideas in our memory and improving academic skills and grades. “A recent study in Frontiers in Psychology monitored brain activity in students taking notes and found that those writing by hand had higher levels of electrical activity across a wide range of interconnected brain regions responsible for movement, vision, sensory processing and memory,” reports Scientific American.
Kari will be using IEW’s Cursive Knowledge to teach cursive handwriting. This class is open to students 6th grade through 12th grade, whether they are learning cursive for the first time or simply needing to improve neatness in penmanship.
Let's Knot! Macrame Projects

The skill of macrame is versatile and fun, lending itself to almost any creation you can imagine. On the first and third Wednesday of each month, we’ll craft a new macrame project together, from key chains to bookshelves to wall-hangings and more. Class price and length will vary based on each project. Register a month in advance on a project-by-project basis. Open to students 6th-12th grade.

Gary is offering various core classes designed to comport with Texas High School Social Studies credits required of all graduates. Classes are open to students in grades 6-12.

Note: All history courses are infused with a strong geography component and stress local and regional histories where appropriate.

Social Studies Core

American Government

17 weeks, 1/2 credit, two-hour class
A one-half year (1 semester) required course which explores the foundations of the U.S. governmental system. Students can expect a thorough treatment of the founding documents, and the theory of checks and balances of divided branches of government as put forth in the U.S. Constitution. Course work will also provide introductions to the functions of state and local governments. All subject matter will be presented against the background of our nation’s history and current political situation.
Economics

17 weeks, 1/2 credit, two-hour class
A one-half year (1 semester) required course which integrates solid biblical teachings on finances with an in-depth discussion of basic economics, and the benefits of the free enterprise system.
World History

34 weeks, 1 credit, two-hour class
A full year (2 semester) required history survey course providing a full overview of God’s dealings with mankind from creation to the modern age. All major civilizations will be touched on, with special emphasis given to biblical history, the Middle East, and Western Civilization.
American History

34 weeks, 1 credit, two-hour class
A full year (2 semester) required history survey course which explores God’s providential plan for America, from Christopher Columbus to the present time. Special emphasis will be given to the nation’s founding documents, the westward movement, the Civil War, the world wars, and the current standing of the U.S. in world events.

All About Nature!

Learn to identify trees – make a leaf collection. Learn to identify insects – make an insect collection. Learn to identify snakes – make a . . . no, I don’t think so! But you get the picture. All of nature will be our classroom, from the backyard to the lake shore, from city streets to backwoods trails, from the atmosphere to the starry heavens. God has given us His wonderful creation to explore. So, bring an explorer’s heart! Everything is fair game, pardon the pun, and we will do our best to try and make a dent in all there is to learn. All that we do discover we will record and journal in real naturalist fashion. Open to students in grades 6-12.

*Note to parents: It goes without saying, that, much of the time, class activities will take us out of doors. Neighborhood walks and local field trips will be common. These will be conducted to fit within the time constraints of the class. Trips further afield will be advertised well in advance to allow adequate planning for student involvement.

Specialized classes listed below are designed to be used for elective credit class choices. In a public school setting, they would be used to satisfy the Social Studies requirements for the Arts and Humanities and the Multidisciplinary Studies endorsement tracks.

Note: Unless otherwise stated, specialized class offerings for the 2024-25 school year will be determined based on interest. Please email Gary with your top two choices for the specialized class options below.

Specialized Classes

Texas History

This class will be a full credit (34-week) course. This is a two-hour class.

Legacy: The Civil War and Reconstruction

34 weeks, 1 credit, two-hour class