Veritas Press and Omnibus have been mentioned in this thread. If you would like to know more about the vision of Omnibus or Veritas Press Scholars Academy, I would suggest contacting Bruce Etter (Headmaster) at bruce@veritaspress.com. There has been much false information given, and I think it is best to go to the source.

If you would like to know more about the vision of Omnibus or Veritas Press Scholaras Academy, you can contact Bruce Etter at bruce@veritaspress.com. There has been a lot of false information thrown around lately. I think he could clear some things up for you.

Just FYI: Veritas Press is officially accredited as of a few weeks ago, and it does not matter which state you are in.

I am little late at weighing in on this. I have been busy and not spending as much time on forums. I hope it is okay. I aksed my husband for his response since he is very involved in writing, teaching, and overseeing things at Veritas Press Scholars Academy. Here is his response: I have had the privilege of writing chapters in every Omnibus text book and I am the Headmaster of Veritas Press Scholars Academy. The Omnibus curriculum is not a subversive attempt to inculcate your children with “Federal Vision†theology and we are trying to do no such thing in our online classes. The theology portions of Omnibus simply do not rise to that level of specificity. We are writing (and teaching) from a Reformed, evangelical perspective. We believe in creation, the inspiration of the Scriptures, the Virgin birth, the deity of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, salvation by grace through faith and the Second Coming. These are the fundamentals we embrace and teach. When we come across issues that are controversial we defer to the parent and the pastor. I often tell my students that there are three keys to studying the fine points of theology, “Humility, humility, and humility.†If anyone has any questions about the curriculum or how we approach any issue in the online school, please feel free to email me. Bruce@Veritaspress.com. Thank you.

This is the first we have ever done this. So, my husband and I are writing the plans. Unfortunately, I do not see us being done with the whole year before the summer. However, if you PM me, I would be happy to give you some ideas.

It is actually not a summer class yet. It will be offered for next school year for students ages 11-14. Since we have never taught it, we are holding off on offering it over the summer until we can see if that is doable. I think it has been announced in the same announcements as the summer classes. Therefore, there has been a little confusion.

I like to print the history off at the office supply store. The history plans are full of so much information. With the subjects that are just scheduled without a lot of info, I just look at them onthe computer as i plan my week out.

Veritas Press does a Greek class.

The Veritas classes are live with student participation on microphones.

There are several ways to use Veritas Press materials. 1. You can puchase the materials, make your own lesson plans, tweak it in whatever way you want, and teach it yourself. 2. The Scholars lesson plans have the whole year planned out for you. These are a huge time saverand offer many ideas and thoughts which are not in the Teacher's Manual. 3. Sign-up for the live online classes, if your child in is 4th grade. They meet twice a week. The teachers teach the class, play review games, discuss the literature books, and give assignments. They give 4 projects throughout the year for the students to complete and turn in for a grade. The also have weekly assignments. They complete them and then they go over them in class. They do not typically have to turn in the weekly assignments. 4. For History, there are the self-paced classes. The student does them at their own pace. You have the option of doing the historical literature. Depending on whether you do the lit or not, there is very little if any work outside of their time on the computer. The worksheets and tests are given through multiple choice questions and activities on the computer. My son takes a couple of the live classes. He has loved the interaction he gets with the other homeschooling students. We have appreciated the feedback from the teachers. When I talked about dropping a class to fit something else into our schedule, he said he would rather drop the other thing. :001_smile: My daughter will start taking a few live classes next year. I plan to use some of the self-paced classes to supplement a couple of years in History. There was a year or two with an adoption that we were pretty weak, so I want to get the self-paced classes to review with them.

Thought there may be some who would be interested in this giveaway.

My daughter was one of the test students for the self-paced classes. It is my understanding that the lessons are locked and the students cannot go any further until they have gotten a percentage of the questions correct. I do understand the concern with children who quickly learn how to get the right answres to get through, but have not really retained anything. Those children keep us on our toes.:) It is very entertaining and fun. Like you said, that is not always a bad thing. As to if it is a classical approach or not, I think there are many ideas and thoughts to what a classical approach is. The Grammar years are for just that, Grammar. The general feedback has been that this course has been really great for memorizing the facts. If a child does this everyday of the week, then they are being drilled on the facts everyday.

While it is recommended that Omnibus be done in order, it is not a must. Many people in the the VP online program take it out of order for several different reasons. The classes are 1 1/2 hours twice a week. When the students were polled about reading time outside of class, the said they spent about 2 hours a day for primary and secondary combined. Remember that this counts as 3 subjects. I think it does sound overwhelming if you think of it as 1 subject. I know I am late coming on to this thread. I am sorry if you have already had these questions answered.

I am always hesitant to answer these, as I teach one of the classes. But, I have a 5th grader taking 4 classes this year and my 3rd grader will start next year. My son has enjoyed them and my daughter cannot wait. It took us a bit to get a routine down. Now that we have it, we love it. In the grammar years, you have to find a balance between not taking it with your kids and not sticking them in front of the computer to do it on their own. As a teacher, I can tell which students are doing it with no oversight. They tend to struggle a little. The routine we have found works nicely. I do not sit with him while he takes them, but I peek my head in the room often to hear what is going on and make sure he is participating and paying attention. The teachers give their homework for the week at the beginning of the week. I copy and paste that all on to one document and print it off to use as a check list through the week. We have enjoyed: 1. That he has someone else giving him deadlines and there are real consequences for not meeting them. 2. The interaction with other students. Most people have to see it to believe it, but there are real friendships built through this environment. We have spent weekends and vacations with many of the families. 3. The insight he gets from teachers who have spent more than one year preparing and studying the topic. I know I can teach them all of these things, and do a decent job. But, I do see that they can go deeper than I have time to do. This is simply due to every year being my first year of teaching something to them. I hope this helps.