The Latin-Centered Curriculum

We live on a river and are big Tolkien fans. ;)

-Drew

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"I wonder how far I shall carry any opinion with me when I plead for active effort to revive the general use of Latin?" - Hilaire Belloc
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We used our street name and added the rest...

Amherst Christian Academy

Penny
Mom to J (9) & J (6)

Yggdrasil is the Norse World Tree. It just seems to fit. We were tempted by several Tolkienesque names, but I think we'll just stick to drawing children's names from his work.

Because I don't have to register it anywhere, and it makes me grin.

"Caerdroia" is a symbol that has mythic and religious meaning to our family. Plus no one can say it or spell it, and we like to watch people try ;-)

We thought about "Jefferson Academy" as we admire Thomas Jefferson; plus my husband's name is Jeff, and we have all sons.

We don't have to register, so we are free to change it on the spot. Some days, I would answer that we are St. Brutus'.

This is the first year that I've really cared about finding a name, and I'm still not quite sure why I do. I'm putting out a suggestiion box of some sort, and asking for ideas from the kids and the dad, final decision to be made by September 1. We'll see what happens. I'm leaning towards High Desert Latin School, or Wheat Country School of Latin, or, in general, something that combines our local geography with the concept that we have high academic standards. My kids see the whole idea as somewhat unnecessary and silly.

I have friends that paid a tribute to grandmothers who had been teachers by combining their names. I wish I could remember their names, because they were just odd enough that it sounded like a standard school name named after a local historical figure. Mostly, my goal is to find something that doesn't scream "I am a homeschool!"

Sophia is the Greek for Wisdom, which is our goal for educating our children.

Heather
Mama to Mary (9), Ian (5), and Alistair (3.5)

Our homeschool group was called "Lighthouse" but we kind of disgrouped. I still use it though when I apply for teacher discount cards at Staples or Office Max! We were a small group and we still get together but not officially.