Free Virtue Program

The Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia have created a free Virtues program.
The Virtues in Practice program is for children in grades Pre-k to 8th grade. Children will learn about one virtue a month. The program covers 27 virtues over the course of three years.

The program includes...
Parent Guide
Student Workbooks
Virtue of the Month
Saint of the Month
3 year Cycle


For information, please check out their website.
Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia


It looks like a great program!

Open House Reminder

We will be hosting an open house for interested families.

July 27, 2013

10:30 am -12:30 pm

Samuels Public Library

Front Royal, VA 

Hope to see you there!

Informational Meeting

We will be holding an informational meeting for interested families.

July 27, 2013
10:30-12:30
Samuels Public Library
Front Royal Library


We will have displays showcasing the work of last year's students, books we will be using next year and general information about the co-op.

Hope to see you there!

A Few Small Changes

Greetings in Christ! I hope you are enjoying your summer vacation with your families. I wanted to inform you of some developments with the co-op for this coming year. We hope you will be pleased with the plans we have made.

 

 

First off, we have a facility!

Valley Bible Church in Stephens City has graciously offered to host our co-op this year. The rental price is a huge increase compared to last year. The pastor at Valley Bible Church has offered to rent the facility for $100 a day. This would be a yearly fee of $1,800. Surprisingly, the fee is very low compared to other quotes we received. Last year, we were extremely blessed with the low fee for VA Hills. We hope to balance this higher fee by cutting back costs in other areas.

 

 

           Curriculum Changes

We talked to multiple families, asking for feedback and opinions about what they would like to see at co-op. We have listened, and these changes are the result:

 

-We will NOT be using The Rolling Acres: Schola Rosa On-line Suite

After much discussion, thought, and prayer; we have decided not to use the Schola Rosa online suite for our co-op this year. We have not made this decision lightly, but it seems that most families would not be using it at home and did not want to spend the money on it. After learning about the higher rental facility fee, it also seemed like the most suitable way to cut costs.

 

-Bigger focus on Religion, specifically the Tridentine Mass

 

 

We will continue to use the Liturgical calendar from 1962. Religion will focus on the Liturgical Year, the Mass, and the Sacraments.  

 

-English will not be taught as a separate subject.

 

We found that most families followed a different program at home and also that the levels were so varied, making it more difficult to teach. There will still be writing assignments for the older children in history and religion.

 

-All other subjects will be based off of Classically Catholic Memory, with an emphasis on hands-on activities and projects.

 

We want to keep the co-op fairly reasonable in cost. We plan to do that by putting together our own lesson plans, eliminating a required book list (except for CCM and the Little Latin Readers). This year we will focus on the following subjects:

*Religion

*History (CCM)

*Science (CCM and projects)

*Art (projects based on history and Religion)

*Music (Gregorian Chant to go along with the time period)

*Latin (CCM and the Little Latin Readers from CHC)

 

We will be adding tabs to the blog for each subject with lesson ideas for you to use at home. Or you can still choose to purchase the Schola Rosa on-line suite for your own personal use at home.

 

 

            New Grouping of Grades and Teachers

             We are dividing the classes up differently this year. We will have Nursery, Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st-2^nd grade, 3^rd-4^th grade, 5^th-6^th grade, and 7^th-9^th grade. We feel this will help evenly disperse the classes a little better.

 

 

            Teachers will sign up to teach a specific subject, rather than a grade level. We will need teachers for Nursery, Preschool, Music, Latin, Religion, Art, Science, and History. There will be 2-3 teachers for preschool and 2 teachers for the rest of the subjects. Some positions have been filled already. We currently need a teacher for history and science. You can check out the blog for a full list of jobs.

 

 

             We are limiting the co-op to 20 families. If you are interested in registering, you can email us at sanctafamiliahomeschool@gmail.com.  

 

Board of Directors

 

            We have changed the Curriculum Committee to a Board of Directors. The members of the board this year are Christina Durgin, Monique Gilkison, Megan McCarthy, Jamie Spiering, and Jodi Shaffer.

 

A New Name!

 

            Finally, we have decided to change the name of the co-op. We feel we need to do this, so that we are not confused with the Schola Rosa online suite.

 

 

Our new name is Sancta Familia Homeschool Cooperative. Our Patroness is Mary, Queen of the Apostles.

We are looking forward to the upcoming year.

We have a location!

We are excited to announce that we have a facility for next year.

Valley Bible Church in Stephens City, VA is graciously hosting us for the upcoming year.

Thank you for all your prayers while we were trying to secure a facility.

Stayed tune for further updates!

Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

July 1st
First Class Feast
Red

This Precious Blood was shed in the Circumcision, the Agony, the Scourging, the Crowning with thorns, and supremely in the Crucifixion of our Savior. It is offered daily in the Sacrifice of the Altar. 

 Adoration of the Mystic Lamb taken from the Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan van Eyck

Redemisti nos, Domine in sanguine tuo, ex omni tribu, et lingua, et populo, et natione, et fecisti nos Deo nostro regnum.

Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and hast made us to our God a kingdom. 

Epistle: Heb. 9:11-15
Gospel: Jn. 19:30-35 
 (Information taken from the 1962 Roman Catholic Daily Missal)

Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ 

Hymn: Pange Lingua

Lyrics and History

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