“If your reading doesn’t excite you to the point that you have a bunch of important things you want to share with your friends, you’re not reading the right things, or you need some practice reading the right way...Scholar phase is all about reading the greatest books in multiple fields of learning...by turning all you read into great discussions with yourself, peers, and more advanced mentors.”
"Hero Education" by Oliver Demille p.52
SCHOLARS
​Inspiring youth to:
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Get a scholar phase primarily through reading classic books. Read, Read, Read and Discuss!
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Continue to love learning and become self driven young adults who guide their own education
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We support youth scholar phase by:
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Guiding a scholar phase primarily through reading classic books.
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Providing foundational scholar classes of reading, writing, and discussing.
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Supporting parents and scholars at home.
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Providing hands-on or real life application to complete the path of true learning.
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Training inspiring mentors who work with parents to individualize learning.
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Facilitating many inspirational elective opportunities, as requested by parents and scholars.
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Encouraging youth to work towards 5000 scholar hours and inspiring them to prepare for their life's mission.
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MORNING FOUNDATIONAL CLASSES
Cornerstone, Keystone & Capstone
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Our Scholar Program is designed to inspire and guide youth to gain their own personal scholar phase, primarily in the home, mentored by their parents, finding their own mission and guiding their own education.
INSPIRE Family Academy support’s scholars with foundational morning classes, designed to focus on the most necessary skills while inspiring youth to seek for their own mission and protecting their time at home to do it.
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS- FIRST HOUR
Cornerstone
Level 0 (11+)
YSS (Young Statesman/Stateswoman Society) is a service and achievement organization for boys and girls. The club activities help members earn “medallions” by planning and completing, with their parent/mentor, goals in a variety of areas. The goal-setting and achievement process allows for individual agency, initiative, and flexibility for each youth to meet them where they are.
Keystone
Levels 1-3
Read, read, read, write and discuss IS Scholar Phase. This class is the spine of our scholar program and where youth can be mentored, discuss and stay motivated to keep reading. These socratic discussions will be divided up by levels to maintain a small class size. Books will primarily be chosen by class vote from a list of suggested classic books. Parents are the primary mentors, so class mentors will work closely with parents to support them in guiding their scholars at home.
Keystone 1
A youth may apply to join the scholar Keystone class when they have met the following developmental milestones: Reading chapter books voluntarily, initiative to study, curiosity and will seek out things to learn, willing to work and is willing to submit to a mentor and is showing signs of puberty. Level 1 will help scholars branch out beyond fun or frivolous books. Level 1 will read one book a month together and have simulations, activities and self-guided projects based on the book.
Keystone 2
A scholar is ready for level two when they are participating actively in discussions, taking notes, and sharing epiphanies they have in their own reading. Level 2 scholars will discuss two books a month and be introduced to more complex ideas and classics. Slowly, with the mentor’s guidance, they will be invited to develop skills of developing good discussion questions.
Keystone 3
A scholar is ready for level three when they can share with the group what they have learned, lead a discussion on it, and share their opinions. Scholars will discuss 3 books a month together and are ready to read subjects that are new to them and are considered harder reads.
Keystone 4
A scholar is ready for level four when they can confidently stand in front of the group and share what they have learned, lead a discussion on it, and share their opinions and arguments. Scholars will discuss 4 high level books a month together. Scholars in level four are ready to read deeply in subjects that are new to them and are considered difficult or advanced reads.
Capstone
Level 4
Scholars who are ready to launch into their own mission and passions will work with a mentor and create an individualized, written plan for their long term goal in the character development and skills, ability, and knowledge that they want to achieve. Youth at this level have so much passion and energy. They need a shift in the mentoring relationship to allow more individualized mentoring and freedom to explore. They will learn the skills of peer-mentoring and be encouraged to work towards goals to launch them into their next phase of education. (Such as college, trips, volunteer work, careers, entrepreneur ventures etc.) This class will inspire them to find and start on that path.
Capstone
A Scholar is ready for level four when they have discovered passions that they want to go deeper into and are looking for a mentor who can lead them on path towards their focused mission to go into depth in a chosen area of interest. They continue their studies with the group discussing four books a month. Readings explore the breadth of different genres to help an advanced scholar study forms of persuasion through the different genres and topics such as scientific writing, poetry, theater, fiction, non-fiction, prose, essays, podcasts, art forms, documents, scripture, and research.
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS - SECOND HOUR
SECOND HOUR CLASSES ROTATE EACH YEAR
Shakespeare
Level 0 - 1 (One Semester)
Dive into rich language, a study of human nature and cultural literacy with the preeminent master of the English language.
Giants of Literature
Level 0 - 1 (One Semester)
This class is designed to expose youth to epic poetry, memorable short stories and classic plays. While exploring the varied styles and emotions of such greats as Frost, Longfellow, Woodsworth, Tennyson and Dickinson, youth will develop a feel for the richness of the English language and find the writings that speak to them. For a culminating experience they will curate their own compilation of favorites and recite a piece that speaks to them individually.
Giants of Science
Level 0 - 1 (One Semester)
This class is designed to expose youth to the greats in Science. Since there are so many to choose from each time we offer this class will be different. Youth will have the opportunity to try their hand at experiments and develop their curiosity.
Writer’s Club - Persuasive Writing
Levels 2 - 4 (One Semester)
Youth will be invited to develop skills of writing in a favorite genre and in persuasive writing with proofs and with writing mentors who help them hone their writing to a high level of persuasion and quality. They will form arguments, find proofs, challenge assumptions they and others made, and clearly articulate their ideas. Topics will primarily come from their reading and discussions, and may come from document studies and personal interests. They will learn to peer edit and develop a desire to improve writing skills.
Giants of History
Level 0 - 1 (One Semester)
A new class designed to expose youth to several influential and impactful people throughout History. Since there are so many to choose from each time we offer this class will be different. Youth will develop a feel a love for these great men and women.
Writer's Club - Creative Writing
Levels 2 - 4 (One Semester)
Youth will learn the form and skills behind creative writing. They will work on orchestrating their own creative writing piece, each week focusing on a new skill.
Public Speaking/Unleashing Your Voice
Levels 2 - 4 (One Semester)
Youth will learn to courageously, confidently and clearly communicate their ideas and opinions. They will learn to control their emotions, body and thoughts as they orate. They will develop skills of understanding the audience, using proofs, develop convincing arguments, detect and avoid logical fallacies and persuade. Content will be a mixture of personal interests and ideas from their readings.
Debate/Unleashing Your Choice
Levels 2 - 4 (One Semester)
Youth will have the opportunity to learn how debates work: what needs to be included in a successful debate, how to find information proving your point, how to create arguments. They will learn about pathos, logos and ethos. They will be challenged to debate each other many times while they practice their newly learned skills.
Levels 2 - 4 (One Semester)
This course will help youth learn practical application of writing skills, that they may not have been exposed to before, such as filling out forms, writing a resume, crafting an email, writing a letter, etc.
Practical Communications
Levels 2 - 4 (One Semester)
In this course scholars will learn skills involved in communicating in various ways. They will learn how to be successful in a job interview, how to ask out a date and other important and tricky communication scenarios.
THE SCHOLAR PATH
