“All who believed were together and had all things in common, they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.” (Acts 2:44-45)
Introduction to Academic Day
Inspired by the flourishing community in the early Church, Morning Co-op families cultivate our children in the Catholic faith and promote learning in the classical tradition through offering what we have and receiving what we need.
A group of Sacred Heart Home Educator families joined together in 2010 to follow a common academic curriculum. Originally meeting on Tuesday mornings, the "Morning Co-op" now offers academic curriculum classes for pre-k through high school students on Thursday mornings. Each family brings their gifts, talents, and needs and receives a deep community of support, accountability, and encouragement in the monumental task of educating our children.
Our classical approach to education is richly integrated with our faith and embraces the three stages of learning: Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric.
In the Grammar phase, students are encouraged to accumulate basic factual material in a wide range of subjects, primarily through memory work. As they progress to the Logic phase, analysis of those facts becomes the primary focus. This foundation culminates in the Rhetoric phase: the expression and application of those facts and analyses.
Morning Co-op is structured to support this classical approach to education. Morning Co-op offers classes for students in the Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric phases while integrating science, history, writing and art history.