The books and resources to obtain and how to use
them are detailed for the family, grade by grade.
Materials recommended are suitable to the home
school; both the student and the teaching parent
will find them easy to use. Many texts have unit
quizzes, and answer keys, too. Where texts do not
include their own pace and plan of study, we have
added weekly or quarterly course plans. Our parent
guides, course outlines and newsletters also suggest
a variety of alternative means for gaining and
demonstrating mastery of academic skills and subject
material.
After evaluating the student's
assessment your curriculum advisor puts together a personalized
curriculum guide for the student that includes course notes, lesson
plans, and book ordering information for each course that is
recommended for the student's skill level.
Below you will find sample pages from
a handful of our courses. The Academy has developed hundreds
of courses that can be classified into four categories:
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Grammar School - courses
designed for students in grades Pre-1st through 8th.
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General Education - courses
intended for non-academic, remedial, or concrete learners.
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College Preparatory -
courses designed to equip the student to step into the college
classroom.
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Liberal Arts - courses that
introduce the students to the classics and focus on analytical
thinking, reading, and writing.
Click on the links below to view
sample pages from the following course plans. You will need to
have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view the
sample pages. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free
download from the
Adobe
website.
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Religion |
Religion 1
(Standard: Grade 1)
36 Week Course Plan: Faith & Life 1 : Our Heavenly
Father
Introductory Catholic Apologetics
(Standard:
Grade 12/General Education)
18 Week Course Plan: A Philadelphia Catholic in King
James's Court; Where We Got the Bible...Our Debt to the
Catholic Church
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English / Language Arts |
Formal Composition I
(Standard: Grade 9/College Prep.)
18 Week Course Plan: Formal Composition I using
Format Writing
Grammar & Composition V
(Standard: Grade 5)
36 Week Course Plan: Voyages in English 5/Paragraph
Strategy III
Phonetic Spelling
(Standard: Grades 3-8)
W.I.S.E. Guide for Spelling with St. Thomas
Aquinas Academy Steps
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Languages |
Latin Intro.
(Standard: Grade 6)
Prima Latina Teacher Manual, Prima Latina Student
Text, Pronunciation CD
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Algebra |
Algebra I
(Standard: Grade 9/College Prep.)
Jacobs' Elementary Algebra
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Social Studies / World History |
Greek History
(Standard: Grade 9/Catholic Liberal Arts)
36 Week Course Plan: Christ the King: Lord or
History; Old World and America; Greenleaf Guide to
Famous Men of Greece; Herodotus’ The Histories;
Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War; Xenophon’s
The Persian Expedition (Anabasis); Plutarch’s Rise and
Fall of Athens (Parallel Lives); Alexander the Great
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Science |
Introductory Physics
(Standard: Grade 5)
36 Week Course Plan: Usborne Book of Science with
lab.
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