Embedded Files
NOTE: Many of our subjects follow the yearly rotations set by Ambleside Online, a free curriculum emphasizing living books and a wide feast of subjects. Follow the linked subject below to see this year's selections.
Each year, the leadership team of SCHOLA Fellowship meets to lay out a comprehensive plan of study for our time together. We meet twenty-four (24) weeks per year in two twelve (12) week semesters. Core subjects include Scripture memorization, hymns, folk songs, artist study, composer study, nature study, presentations, and Shakespeare (Form II+) with additional subjects rotating yearly based on the needs and interests of our families.
Forms, or class groups, are divisions of the students by age. Form 1a: 1st grade, Form 1b: 2nd-3rd grade, Form 2a: 4th grade, Form 2b: 5th-6th grade, Form 3: 7th-9th grade, Form 4: 10th-12th grade
Together Subjects are studied together by all the forms at the same time.
Common Subjects are studied studied separately in the individual forms to allow material to be tailored to the students capabilities and maturity.
Form-Specific Subjects are subjects studied only by that form.
These subjects are learned together with the whole SCHOLA community. They occur at the beginning of our day with all of the students.
Fall '25: FV Set 5, Weeks 32-47
Spring '26: FV Set 6, Weeks TBD
Click here for the Fighter Verse schedule. Fighter Verses offers a number of resources to aid in memorization. The verses listed below are all the weeks of the academic year. We will learn 12 verses together per semester. You are welcome to learn the remaining verses for weeks we are not meeting.
Hymns rotate monthly per the Ambleside Online yearly Hymn schedule. We use these versions of the songs and provide a print copy of the lyrics at the beginning of each month as she releases the songs.
Folk songs rotate monthly per the Ambleside Online yearly Folk Song schedule. We use these versions of the songs and provide a print copy of the lyrics at the beginning of each month as she releases the songs.
These subjects are learned in individual form classes, but are common to multiple forms.
This allows us to teach the subject in a way that is appropriate and engaging for the age and abilities of the students
2025-26: Jean Honore Fragonard, Albert Bierstadt
(Camille Pissarro may be studied at home)
The 2025-26 art print links will go live when released by A Humble Place A Humble Place. Prints are provided by the co-op for each student and their parent, so it is not necessary for you to order your own.
Note: Artist study is scheduled per the Ambleside Online yearly Artist rotation.
2025-26: Mozart, Mendelssohn
(Delius may be studied at home)
Note: Composers are scheduled per the Ambleside Online yearly Composer rotation.
Nature study subjects are scheduled per the AmblesideOnline yearly Nature Study rotation.
Fall '24: Cultivated Crops of the Americas
Spring '25: Insects of New Mexico
2025-26 subjects TBD
After a short, interesting introduction, students will observe a specimen of creation and given time to personally interact with it. Observations will be recorded in a nature journal. We loosely follow the Ambleside Online rotation of nature study adjusted for our location/time of year.
Resources used by the Instructor for 2024-25:
Students learn drawing and watercolor techniques to enhance their nature study efforts. This year's lessons will concentrate on the skill of drawing.
Resources used by the instructor may include:
Brushwork by Marion Hudson
Drawing, Design, and Craft-Work by Frederick J. Glass
The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir Laws
The Drawing Textbook by Bruce McIntyre
Using a syllabus of public speaking skills and content suggestions, students will carefully prepare and deliver a short presentation to their Form peers on a weekly basis.
2025-26 Handicrafts:
Fall: Cross-Stich
Spring: Leather Craftwork
Resources used by the instructor:
Alveary's Handicraft Lesson Plans for 2025-26
Physical Geograph (Forms 1A & 1B)
Students will learn about physical geography through hands on activities and projects..
Resources used by the instructor may include:
The Alveary's Geography lesson plans for grades 2 & 3
Playground Games & Dances
Our younger students need to move their bodies and get their wiggles out. What better way than through simple playground games and dances!
Resources used by the instructor may include:
The Alveary's Playground Games & Dances
Plays are schedule per the AmblesideOnline Shakespeare yearly rotation. We complete two plays per year - one per twelve-week semester.
Fall '25: Taming of the Shrew
Spring '26: Richard II
The instructor presents the basic storyline of each play at the beginning of the term using a short narrative version, then students read through the play together over the course of the semester. Dramatic readings encouraged (and enjoyed by all), but not required.
Lives are scheduled per the AmblesideOnline Plutarch yearly rotation.
2025-26 - Selections TBD
Click to purchase The Plutarch Project Volume 10: Phocion, Camillus, and Dion by Anne White for the 2024-25 school year.
Vocabulary games, grammar recitations, and a simple story book in Latin.
Resources used by instructor include:
Whiteboards & Markers
We read and discuss literature (separated into 3 groups by age/maturity/reading skill) with *light* instruction using precepts from the House of Humane Letters classes on "How to Read Fairy Tales" and "How to Read Literature".
2025-26 Literature Selections TBD
Page updated
Report abuse