Latin class - WHA or Schole Academy

[3girls4me]

Hi ladies,

I'm looking at putting my 5th grader in a Latin class (using Latin for Children A) with either Wilson Hill Academy or Schole Academy.  Anyone have kiddos that have taken that class at either of these places that can speak to them?

Thanks!

[lbell]

My kids have taken classes at both, but not specifically Latin.  Both are great schools with fabulous teachers.  I started my son at Schole Academy in 4th grade because their classes are shorter in length.  In 5th grade my son did Writing & Rhetoric 2, Well-ordered Language 1, and Spanish for Children A: Part 1 at Schole Academy.  This year he is taking Writing & Rhetoric 3 and Spanish for Children A: Part 2 at Schole Academy and Language Arts 2 at WHA.  My daughter is a junior in high school and takes all her classes at WHA.  It's easier to take them all from one school when you take 5 or more classes!

[SoCal_Bear]

We did it last year. My review of it is here. I posted it to the master list of online classes thread.

We are nearing the end of my son's Latin for Children A class at Schole Academy. He has been engaged and interested throughout the year. Mrs. Chilbert did take a maternity break so Mrs. Gerard (sp?) subbed in. Both teachers are enthusiastic and encouraging. He is a bit sad to not continue on with them because the schedule does not work for us in the fall, but he enjoys enough Latin so we will be using Wilson Hill in the fall solely because of scheduling reasons. I though Mrs. Gerard did do a better job of creating practice resources for the students to use on quizlet. It wasn't an issue for us as I already had quizlet set up for practice as well as a subscription to Headventureland. Both teachers are continuing to teach for Schole Academy for 2018-2019 and are teaching at least one Latin course. My son liked both of the teachers.

Please be aware that Schole Academy is distinctly Christian so the classes do follow a liturgical model and have prayer, devotional time and closing prayer. This is fine with me because it is consistent with our faith, but I did want people to be aware of this. The class is live video where you can see every student as well as the teacher. She controls whether or not a student can speak. There's no class chat box which does make the class a little less interactive, but it also removes that distraction from the students as well. The platform used is Schoology which seemed to be quite stable and was easy to use. Assignments were always posted and any homework that needed to be submitted was able to be scanned and uploaded pretty easily. At least for the Latin class, there are no recordings posted for the classes. If a student is absent, you can notify the teacher and a recording will be provided. Schole's guidelines do state that students may not miss more that 6 live class meetings. Class grades are given using magna cum laude, sum laude, satis, and non satis. Assignments that are graded on the Schoology are done via point value so the platform will generate a percentage grade based on those graded assignments.

When Mrs. Chilbert had to cancel a class due to illness, she did set up a make up class time and offered several options for parents to vote on. She selected the one that accomodated the most students. A recording was provided for students who could not attend. The maternity leave transition off and tranition back was handled very smoothly and with very little disruption to the class. All in all, we would recommend this class. My goal was solely to keep my son in interested and engaged. He was able to learn Latin from teachers who actually love Latin and that showed in their instruction. He was motivated to do well because of the "competition" that a class environment provided.

Please also note that it appears that Schole is switching LFCA and LFCB to meet 3x a week for 45 minutes instead of the 2x a week that it was meeting for approximately an hour.

[lbell]

 Has anyone taken Fundamentals of Latin at Wilson Hill Academy? Has anyone taken Latin 1 at Wilson Hill Academy or Schole Academy?  My son did Spanish for Children in 5th & 6th grade so I'm not sure if he should jump into Latin Alive 1 in 7th grade?