The goal of Veritas Classical Homes Studies is to offer home schooling families a unique compliment to their home study programs with an emphasis on a classical Christian model of education. Veritas Classical Homes Studies function in the role of tutor, assisting parents in their educational roles. Each student attends Veritas one day per week during the school year according to the child's age group. Please RSVP for up coming information meetings below or schedule a one-on-one meeting.

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Veritas Classical Homes Studies

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WHY HOMESCHOOL?

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Phone 310.993.3862
A SACRED TRUST
AND RESPONSIBILITY
FROM THE LORD
• Prov. 22:6~ “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it.”
• Psalm 127: Children=“Assigned gift” of God (v.3)
• Deut. 11:19~ “And you shall teach them diligently to your children,
speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way,
when you lie down, and when you rise up.”
• Deut. 4:9~“Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest
you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your
heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your
grandchildren.”
EVERYONE home schooled originally
(Israelites did not send their children to the Canaanite Schools!)

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WHAT IS A WORLDVIEW?
Basic belief system
(impacts how we live our lives
and engage the world)
Answers major questions in life such as:
– Does God exist and is He Good?
– What can be known for sure?
– Who am I; why am I here; where am I going?
– What do I value; what is important to me?
– Is there purpose and direction to life?
– What wrong with the world?
– How does it get fixed?

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Values
Respect for life Wealth
Truth “Fruit of the Spirit”
Happiness Health Loyalty
Worldview
A set of beliefs or ideas / a system of thought
Ethics Biology Psychology
PhilosophyTheology
Politics Economics History
Law
Sociology
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
Proverbs 23:7
Behavior
www.summit.org, Summit Ministries
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"Education is thus a most powerful ally of
humanism, and every American school is
a school of humanism. What can a
theistic Sunday school's meeting for an
hour once a week and teaching only a
fraction of the children do to stem the tide
of the five-day program of humanistic
teaching?"
"Humanism: A New Religion,"
by Charles F. Potter 1930
Why Homeschool?
-Secular Humanism in Public Education

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“…faith in the prayer-hearing God is an
unproved and an outmoded faith. There is
no God and there is no soul. Hence there is
no need for the props of traditional religion.
With dogma and creed excluded, then
immutable truth is also dead and buried.
There is no room for fixed, natural law, or
moral absolutes.”
“Teacher Magazine”
by John Dewey
Architect of
Modern Education
Why Homeschool?
-Lack of God in Modern Education

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"The battle for humankind's future must be waged
and won in the public school classroom by teachers
who correctly perceive their role as the
proselytizers of a new faith: A religion of humanity
-- utilizing a classroom instead of a pulpit to carry
humanist values into wherever they teach. The
classroom must and will become an arena of
conflict between the old and the new -- the rotting
corpse of Christianity, together with its adjacent
evils and misery, and the new faith of humanism."
Humanist Magazine, “A New Religion for A New Age,”
by John Dunphy (Jan/Feb, 1983)
Why Homeschool?
-Lack of God in Modern Education

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Original Motto
“Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae”
Truth for Christ and the Church
Current Motto
“Veritas”
Truth
Harvard University
Why Homeschool?
-Foundation of Education drifted

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WHY
VERITAS CLASSICAL
HOME STUDIES?

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OUR MISSION
Veritas Classical Home Studies assist
homeschooling parents by partnering with
them to . . .
1. Communicate the Truth (John 18:37)
2. Train the Mind (Romans 12:2), and
3. Cultivate the Heart (Matt 6:21)
. . . in a Christ-honoring atmosphere.

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Partner with Parents to . . .
I. Communicate the Truth
– We believe truth is absolute
– Postmodern culture> truth is relative or there is
no truth
– We believe that all truth is God’s truth, and
should point all to glorify God
– Veritas =L. “Truth”
MISSION: Communicate the Truth

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MISSION: Train the Mind
The Trivium
The three aspects of the Trivium correspond with
the three stages of a child’s development.
The Latin word Trivium means "where three roads
meet." All education, up until the 20th century, was
structured around these three roads of learning.
The ancients called them:
Teaching the Trivium, Harvey & Laurie Bluedorn, (web:http://www.triviumpursuit.com/articles/three_pillars.php)
Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric
The Bible calls them simply:
Knowledge, Understanding, and Wisdom
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. —
Proverbs 2:6

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Partner with Parents to . . .
II. Train the Mind
Grammar (Knowledge) Stage (Grades K-4)
Logic (Understanding) Stage (Grades 5-8)
Rhetoric (Wisdom) Stage (Grades 9-12)
Development of core knowledge
• Bible, Character Development, Literature, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary, History,
Geography, and Fine Arts incorporating Charlotte Mason Methodology
• Students study 2 artist and 2 composers each year for Cultural Literacy
Understanding of core knowledge/logic and proper argumentation.
• 5th and 6th – Study Greek and Latin roots, Geography, etc.
• 7th and 8th – History>Biographical Study, Formal Logic,. etc.
Cultivating the art of expression and the science of
communication (4 year rotation)
1. Logic 2. Critical thinking 3. Speech 4. Debate
MISSION: Train the Mind
The Trivium

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MISSION: Cultivate the Heart
Partner with Parents to . . .
III. Cultivate the Heart
Teachers impact the hearts of student
– by developing godly relationships
– modeling Christ
– applying biblical principles to all of life, so they
can impart truth to the students in an
understandable manner
– integrate faith and learning in all of the
different subjects

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Veritas Classical Home Studies provides:
• biblically integrated core curriculum
• regular assignments to outline the student's weekly work at
home
• accountability for completed assignments
• teaching of advanced subjects with enrichment activities
not frequently included in homeschool studies
• evaluation of the student's progress by experienced educators
• weekly classroom peer interaction in an academic
environment
OUR APPROACH

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