Who we are...
Christiana Homeschool Academy is a classical, Christ-centered classroom program for homeschoolers. It provides the “best of both worlds” of homeschooling and private school education.
Christiana Homeschool Academy began as a group of families who ran the program for the first time in 2001-2002 as a pilot program on a cooperative basis. We had great success! The students and the moms grew and learned more quickly than we had ever imagined possible! Happily, we decided to open the program to the public based on the facility we procured, as well as the tremendous fruits we experienced during that first year. The program has grown to house Preschool through 12th grade, with an average of 10-12 graduates each year. We have over 40 paid tutors and 150 students within the academy.
Christiana Homeschool Academy began as a group of families who ran the program for the first time in 2001-2002 as a pilot program on a cooperative basis. We had great success! The students and the moms grew and learned more quickly than we had ever imagined possible! Happily, we decided to open the program to the public based on the facility we procured, as well as the tremendous fruits we experienced during that first year. The program has grown to house Preschool through 12th grade, with an average of 10-12 graduates each year. We have over 40 paid tutors and 150 students within the academy.
What do we teach? |
Christ-centered in nature, we are Evangelical Catholics and Protestants, working together in an ecumenical atmosphere to produce Godly leaders for our society. Our common beliefs as Christians unite us at school, while our individual doctrines are studied at home. The program of education follows the Classical Methodology largely taken from ideas in The Well-Trained Mind, by Susan Wise Bauer and The Thomas Jefferson Education, by Oliver DeMille. Our curriculum is varied and pulls from what we believe to be the best on the market from both Christian and secular sources. We choose the Classical approach because it will best prepare our children to be articulate, well educated, and respected members of society who will truly make a positive impact on the world because of their faith and their training.
The Classical methodology is based on the Trivium, which is made up of three distinct developmental stages of education:
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“Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire.”
― W.B. Yeats