Primary Grades (JK-2nd)
JUNIOR Kindergarten
(must be 4 by September 1 and fully potty trained)
character training, recitation, calendar, phonemic awareness, fine- and gross-motor skills, number and alphabet lessons, classic children’s read-aloud picture books, traditional music, poetry, and games
Kindergarten
First Start Reading, I Can Read It! Readers, Primary Phonics readers, Core Skills Phonics K and 1, Number lessons, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math K, Copybook I, memory work, science, social studies, classical music, art, and poetry appreciation, and classic children’s read-aloud picture books
First/SECOND Grade
Traditional Spelling I, StoryTime Treasures* and More StoryTime Treasures**, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math 1, New American Cursive 1, Copybook II, memory work, science, social studies, classical music, art, and poetry appreciation, and classic children’s read-aloud picture books
*Books to be read along with the StoryTime Treasures program include Little Bear, Frog and Toad are Friends, Caps for Sale, and Make Way for Ducklings.
**Books to be read along with More StoryTime Treasures include Billy and Blaze, Blaze and the Forest Fire, The Story About Ping, Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, Stone Soup, The Little House, Miss Rumphius.
Second/THIRD Grade
Introduction to Grammar School Latin, Traditional Spelling II, Second Grade Literature*, Core Skills Language Arts 2, English Grammar Practice, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math 2, New American Cursive 2, Copybook Cursive I, memory work, science, social studies, classical music, art and poetry appreciation, and classic children’s read-aloud picture books
*Animal Folk Tales of America, Prairie School, The Courage of Sarah Noble, Little House in the Big Woods, Beatrix Potter tales
Grammar Grades (3rd-7th)
THIRD/FOURTH Grade
Grammar School Latin (Year 1), All Things Fun & Fascinating, Core Skills Language Arts 3, Traditional Spelling III, English Grammar Recitation Workbook One (Year 1), Literature* & Poetry, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math 3, D’Aulaires’ Greek Myths (Year 1), States & Capitals, New American Cursive 3, Mammals
*Farmer Boy, A Bear Called Paddington, Charlotte’s Web, Mr. Popper’s Penguins
FOURTH/FIFTH GRADE
Grammar School Latin (Year 2), Writing & Rhetoric: Fable/Narrative I, Core Skills Language Arts 4, Spelling Workout E, English Grammar Recitation Workbook One (Year 2), Literature* & Poetry, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math 4, D’Aulaires’ Greek Myths (Year 2), States & Capitals (Year 2), Astronomy
*The Cricket in Times Square, My Side of the Mountain, The Blue Fairy Book, Homer Price
FIFTH/SIXTH GRADE
First Form Latin, Writing & Rhetoric: Narrative II/Chreia & Proverb, Core Skills Language Arts 5, English Grammar Recitation Workbook Two, Spelling Workout F, Literature** & Poetry, Singapore Math: Dimensions Math 5, Famous Men of Rome, Geography I with States & Capitals Review, Insects
** Heidi, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, Lassie Come-Home
SIXTH/seventh GRADE
Second Form Latin, Writing & Rhetoric: Refutation & Confirmation/Commonplace, Core Skills Language Arts 6, English Grammar Recitation Workbook Three, Spelling Workout G, Literature** & Poetry, Singapore Math: Primary Mathematics 6, Famous Men of the Middle Ages, Geography II, The Book of Birds
** The Door in the Wall, Adam of the Road, Robin Hood, King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Poetry for the Grammar Stage
Upper Grades (7th-12th)
Latin & English Grammar
First Form Latin (Grades 7-8) / English Grammar Recitation II
Second Form Latin (Grades 7-8) / English Grammar Recitation III
Third Form Latin (Grades 7-9) / English Grammar Recitation IV
Fourth Form Latin (Grades 7-10) / English Grammar Recitation V
Latin I or II (Grade 9+): Wheelock’s Latin, Workbook for Wheelock’s Latin, Wheelock’s Latin Reader / English Grammar for Students of Latin
Math
Saxon 7/6 (Grades 6-8)
Saxon 8/7 (Grades 7-8)
Saxon Algebra I (Grade 8+)
Saxon Algebra II (Grade 9+)
Geometry
Saxon Advanced Mathematics (Grade 10+)
Writing
Writing & Rhetoric Year 4 (Grades 7-8): Writing & Rhetoric: Encomium & Vituperation/Comparison
Writing & Rhetoric Year 5 (Grades 8-9): Writing & Rhetoric: Description & Impersonation, Thesis Part I
Writing & Rhetoric Year 6 (Grades 9-12): Writing & Rhetoric: Thesis Part 2,
Foundations for Composition (Grades 9+)
Literature
Middle School Literature I (Grades 7-8): Anne of Green Gables, The Trojan War, The Twenty-One Balloons, The Hobbit, Poetry for the Grammar Stage
High School Literature I (Grades 8+): Beowulf the Warrior; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; The Hound of the Baskervilles; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Book of the Middle Ages; and Poetry, Prose, and Drama: Old English and Medieval Periods
High School Literature II (Grades 9+): Romeo & Juliet, The Scarlet Letter, To Kill a Mockingbird, Julius Caesar, Poetry & Prose II: The Elizabethan to the Neoclassical Age
High School Literature III (Grade 10+): Pride & Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Poetry Book Three: The Romantic to the Victorian Age Set
High School Literature IV (Grade 11+): Anna Karenina, Jane Eyre, Macbeth, King Lear, Poetry Book Three: The Romantic to the Victorian Age Set
Classical Studies /
Famous Men of Greece (Grades 7-8): Famous Men of Greece, Horatius at the Bridge, The Greek Alphabet
Classical Studies I (Grades 8+): The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Book of the Ancient World, The Book of the Ancient Greeks
Classical Studies II (Grades 9+): The Aeneid, The Book of the Romans
Modern History
American Studies (Grades 7-8): Story of the Thirteen Colonies & The Great Republic, 200 Questions About American History
American History (Grades 9+): Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story
European History: Renaissance & Reformation (Grades 9+): Renaissance & Reformation Times
Science
Earth Science (Grades 7-8)
Physical Science (Grades 7-8)
Biology (Grades 9+)
Chemistry (Grades 9+)
Physics (Grades 9+)
Electives
Geography III (Grades 7+)
Logic: Traditional Logic I & Traditional Logic II (Grades 7+)
Drama/Theatre (Shakespeare)