Homeschool Connections: wonderful summer-school option!

Whether you've got middle-schoolers or high schoolers trying to earn more credits, Homeschool Connections has some great summer-school/online classes scheduled.  AND if you register on or before April 1st, you'll save up to $40!  Cool, huh?

• Preparing for Pre-Algebra
• Preparing for Algebra
• Latin I
• Latin II
• History: Vatican II
• History: The Great Depression
• Life Skills: Personal Finances 

All you need is high speed internet (not dial up) and a headset (easily available and inexpensive). The classes are live and interactive. It's all user friendly and fun too. The greatest advantage of these courses is that you and your child have access to some of the best teachers in the country.

HC also offers recorded courses which include past summer boot camps. This way you have many options if you like to keep learning year round, even if on a much lighter schedule.

Recorded summer courses include:

• Literature: MacBeth (Catholic Shakespeare series)
• Literature: Beowulf and Christ 
• Catholic Apologetics with Gary Michuta
• SAT / ACT Preparation and Practice
• Foundations of Christian Historiography 
• Latin I
• Latin II
• Life Skills: Job Search Skills

 Go check it out at Homeschool Connections; I think you'll be impressed by the offerings they have!  

Homeschool Connections: a chance to check out a Latin class ...

and see if it will work for you and yours ... Well, here's your chance to find out ...

Click here: Latin 1, Class 12

A recording of the class will begin shortly. This is just a peek. In a live class, there is also the ability to chat with the instructor and fellow students. For subscribers of recorded classes, they also get all of the reading materials, tests, and more!

Subscribe today and you'll receive access to over 250 hours of classes plus all of the supporting materials (quizzes, answer keys, free texts, etc.). As an added bonus, you can access Aquinas Connections (adult) classes.  Subscribe for only $1 for the first 7 days and then $30 per month. You subscribe for as long or as little as you need with no long term commitment.

This is a wonderful opportunity for families looking for a firm understanding on subjects from Latin to Apologetics to Philosophy and so much more. Classes are taught by faithful Catholic professors and working professionals.

To subscribe, please click here to go to Homeschool Connections.

Homeschool Connections: go check it out .... such a deal they have for you!

If you look to the left of this post on my blog page (please click thru if you read this thru the rss or other reader service), you'll see a graphic on the sidebar for Homeschool Connections, a marvelous online resource for education -- middle schoolers, high schoolers and adults all benefit from the various offerings that HC has available. 

Here's an email I just got from Walter Crawford (he and Maureen Wittmann are the brains behind this education endeavor):

Homeschool Connections offers a discount for early enrollment in our live, interactive classes for middle and high school. For the Spring 2011 semester this discount ends November 1, 2010. Enrollment in our Subscription Service can take place anytime. Please scroll down for a full list of courses.To register for any of our live classes please go to our site and click on the course you wish to enroll. Early enrollment discount runs from $10 to $20 per course.  Please don't hesitate to contact either Walter or Maureen if you have any questions, comments or advice.

These courses are a wonderful opportunity for school credit or just for use as continuing ed for us older students! 

Here's a list of the courses currently available:
Live Courses: Fall 2010

(There are still a couple of fall courses open for registration. Please visit the course page for more information or to register by clicking thru the sidebar link.)
Literature: Sophocles and Tragedy starts Tuesday, Nov. 9
Theology: Moral Theology starts Tuesday, Nov. 30

Live Courses: Spring 2011
These courses are currently open for enrollment and eligible for the Early Enrollment Discount. Please click the sidebar link for more information or to register.(Registration stays open until the class reaches maximum capacity.)

Theology: Social Ethics with Monica Ashour, MS, MHum
Middle and High School Latin I & II with Alecia Rolling, MA
Middle and High School German I with Alecia Rolling, MA
Literature: The Scarlet Letter (American Classics Series) with Henry Russell, Ph.D.
Middle School History: The Romans; A Day in the Life with Kenneth Rolling, MA
Middle School Literature: Myth in Drama with Kenneth Rolling, MA
Science: Immunity in Sickness and in Health with Kris Correira, PA
Theology: Introduction to the Bible; New Testament with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
History: Catholic Middle Ages with Phillip Campbell
History: Church History; The Early Church Fathers with Monica Ashour, MTS, MHum
Government: Government, Democracy, and Citizenship with Ed Rivet, MPA
Theology: Sacred Scripture II with Monica Ashour, MTS, MHum
Literature: The Great American Novel; Moby Dick (American Classics Series) with Henry Russell, Ph.D.
Philosophy: What Do Philosophers Do and How Do They Do It? with Jean Rioux, Ph.D.
Literature: The Space Trilogy of C. S. Lewis with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
Theology: Ecclesiology with Monica Ashour. MTS, MHum
Theology: Sacramental Theology with Monica Ashour, MTS, MHum

Subscription Service: Recorded Courses
These are the currently available recorded courses. As the live classes finish, they too will be available as part of the Subscription Service. Please visit HC's website to subscribe by clicking the link in the sidebar.

Aquinas Connections: The Gospel of Luke with Fr. Mitch Pacwa
Math: Algebra I
Apologetics Boot Camp with Gary Michuta
Economics: Principles of Economics and Catholic Perspectives with David Harris, Ph.D.
Government: American Government, Democracy, and Citizenship with Ed Rivet, MPA
History: Roots of the Revolt (1417 to 1560) with Phillip Campbell
History: The Age of Religious Wars (1560 to 1648) with Phillip Campbell
History: Foundations of Historiography with Phillip Campbell
History/Theology: Church History I (Trinitarian) with Monica Ashour, MTS, MHum
Latin I & II Boot Camps with Alecia Rolling, MA
Life Skills: SAT/ACT Prep I & II with Kenneth Rolling, MA
Life Skills: Job Search Skills for Teens with Derek Prentice
Literature: Beowulf with Henry Russell, Ph.D.
Literature: Canterbury Tales: Trust God and Tradition with Henry Russell, Ph.D.
Literature: The Catholic Shakespeare with Henry Russell, Ph.D.
Literature: Chesterton; Man of Letters with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
Literature: Homer's Odyssey; Soul of Pre-Socratic Wisdom with Henry Russell, Ph.D.
Literature: King Arthur and Christ; Heroism and Holiness with Henry Russell, Ph.D.
Literature: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; ; Chivalry, Courtesy, and Chastity with Henry Russell, Ph.D.
Literature: Tolkien and Fairy Stories with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
Literature: Virgil's Aeneid; The Founding of Nations in the Will of God with Henry Russell, Ph.D.
Philosophy: Fallacies and Paradoxes with Jean Rioux, Ph.D.
Philosophy/Logic: Introduction to Formal Logic with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
Science: Blood: In Sickness and In Health with Kris Correira, PA
Science: Immunity; In Sickness and in Health with Kris Correira, PA
Theology: Christian Anthropology with Monica Ashour, MTS
Theology: Catholic Spiritual Writers with Rober Gotcher, Ph.D.
Theology: Christian Anthropology I with Monica Ashour, MTS, MHum
Theology: Ecclesiology I with Monica Ashour, MTS, MHum
Theology: The Mass Explained with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.
Theology: Moral Theology with Monica Ashour, MTS
Theology: Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body I with Monica Ashour, MTS, MHum
Theology: Social Ethics I with Monica Ashour, MTS, MHum
Writing: College Preparatory Writing with Robert Gotcher, Ph.D.

Can you think of anything more you could need?  This is an amazing resource ... something you can tap into anytime. 

Go ahead, check it out!  (Oh, and if you subscribe or enroll thru the sidebar link, I get a small commission -- but I'd recommend these folks even if you don't go thru my link!)

Help for Homeschoolers (and others, too!)

I just got a note from Maureen over at Homeschool Connections:

• Mary Ellen Barrett is presenting a free webinar tomorrow night (Wed, 8/29) on homeschooling with toddlers.  The title of the webinar sounds really fun:  Toddler School; How To Prevent Disruption And Destruction And Keep The Wee Ones Engaged.  It's almost full, but if you're interested, here's where you'd sign up. 
• Ana Braga-Henebry is doing two webinars -- one in October on writing Catholic plays and another in November on organization in the homeschool
• Nancy Carpentier Brown is doing a webinar in January on Frances Chesterton
• ** Alicia vanHecke is doing one in February on preparing our children to engage the culture

For further information about these free parenting webinars (or to find out about class offerings and other online resources) check out Homeschool Connections.

** edited 09/28 ... to reflect the correct subject of Alicia vanHecke's webinar!

High School level German course .... online!

Well, Maureen and Walter have been busy lining up some amazing online classes and seminars for highschoolers!  Here's one that sounds really cool ....
Online Course on German 1: Part 1 (September thru Decemeber, 13 one-hour classes) with Part 2 scheduled for Spring 2011.  There's more info that Walter posted on the HC blog ...

For this and other great courses at Homeschool Connections, click the link below:

School in your pj's -- Homeschool Connection Adult Course!

Aquinas Connections, run by friend and fellow-homeschooler, Maureen Witmann and Walter Crawford, announces a brand-new course for adults:

Jesus' Journey to Jerusalem in St. Luke's Gospel

This class, seven one-hour sessions, will be taught by Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ.  Fr. Pacwa is a frequent guest on EWTN and a well-respected theologian and well-loved priest who runs an apostolate called Ignatius Productions.  Here's a full description:

In Luke 9:51 Jesus sets his face toward Jerusalem, and mention of his destination is repeated in 13:22, 17:11, and 18:34, with allusions to the journey in 9:57, 10:38, 11:53, 14:25. This journey links the beginning of Christ’s public ministry with its purpose in his death and resurrection. During this Year of Cycle C Readings, the Church presents readings from this unit of the Gospel, from the Thirteenth through the Thirtieth Sundays in Ordinary Time. It is easy to hear each episode during the Sunday readings, but that would miss seeing the unity of these episodes and their function within the message of the whole Gospel. This course will limit itself to examining the Journey to Jerusalem. While the individual units of the Gospel will be examined in as much detail as is possible, the focus will be on making the links between each unit and the theme of the Journey, as well as the connections with other parts of the Gospel of St. Luke.

Aquinas Connections is a new program from Homeschool Connections -- AC is specifically for adults who want to continuing their education in Catholicism .... apologetics, theology, Christology, etc. For more info about Aquinas Connections or any of the other amazing courses offered by Homeschool Connections, click on the link below:

A great chance to learn in your pj's!