10 Tips: A helpful CC article!

Getting It All Done: Ten Tips from a Classical Conversations Veteran

Posted by Ruth Holleran on Tuesday, 21 October, 2014 in Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!,Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)

I think I know you. Like me, you are convinced the Christian classical idea is good for your family, but in practice it means long days, hard work, and utter madness on the day before community. If you have children in more than one program you find yourself stretched and you are torn between responsibility for teaching each child, keeping a clean house, providing hospitality, and keeping appointments. I have been living this life for over five years and I have been actively trying to balance my high expectations with the truth that gravity exerts a constant force to pull them down. As one who has benefitted from Classical Conversations in spite of my flawed execution, I would like to offer my sisters and brothers what I have learned.

The Five Common Topics

The 5 Common Topics are used in the Challenge programs in every seminar (subject). They are a list of questions that tutors, parents, and students all use to learn and discover new things. Or new ways of looking at old things. You might think you know a Bible verse or story that you've read a thousand times.

National Honor Society: Greek style!

There is a way for homeschooled students to join the National Honor Society. It's called Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School Honor Society. The Greek letters look like this:

HΣA

The Charlotte chapter was established in 2004 and they meet monthly near the campus of UNCC.

20 Tips for Students

So now that your student is entering the Challenge years...how are they going to finish all the work required of them? Here are 20 helpful tips and reminders for everybody to review before the year begins :)

1. Always eat breakfast.
2. Keep your books, pencils, flashcards, supplies all together so you don't waste time looking for things you need once you get started.
3. Avoid the black holes! facebook, pinterest, instagram, twitter, email, video games, internet surfing need to wait until your work for the day is finished.

Challenge Paradigm

Classical Education
Teachers: No more than two tutors model teaching/learning for all six subjects.

Training: Tutors are trained in the classical model of teaching on a yearly basis.

The Challenge Difference

The Challenge program is for students 12 and older. For thirty weeks they study six challenging subjects (or content areas) at home while practicing dialectic and rhetoric skills in the context of universal themes and ideas within a community setting.

What is Challenge A?

Our Challenge program, designed for students twelve years and older, provides the perfect setting for students to expand their command of the classical tools of learning—dialectic and rhetorical skills in particular.

Why Classical Conversations? Part One

When we first thought about joining a CC community, I had a friend who was already in it for a few years and she had a interesting take on one of the benefits: "It provides just enough structure for our family to make homeschooling work!" I was intrigued at that point and over the years have found her comment to be true.

my new favorite website

Now that my daughter is so very close to beginning her freshman year of high school, we have been looking at what we need to do as homeschoolers in regards to...the SAT. Yep, you heard that right. So my new favorite website is the collegeboard and we have already registered her account (free to do) and begun working on practice test questions.

integration

One of the biggest differences between CC and other educational models is integration. We integrate all 6 seminars together throughout the day. Now you know why we have only one tutor covering everything. Here's how it works.

2017 - 2018 calendar

CC Charlotte - Mallard Creek

2017-2018 Calendar

August 8           Orientation

ownership

Welcome to Challenge A!
Classical Conversations has narrowed down the theme of each Challenge level. They are as follows: