Saint Alcuin Classical Academy

Memoria Press’ English Grammar Recitation is a manual of about 150 grammar questions, answers, and examples designed to be studied and memorized much like a catechism. Students memorize the terminology and definitions of analytical grammar, much as they memorize forms in Latin.

In the third stage of the Classical Composition program, Chreia & Maxim, students gain the ability to create a story through the use of the narrative categories and variation through paraphrase. Students learn to demonstrate the truth of the Commonplace through what the ancient Greek writer Aphthonius calls “eight heads of development,” and students deal more explicitly and thoroughly with what in modern composition theory are referred to as “support points.” The ability to invent four specific types of narrative through these “heads of development” and to paraphrase in two specific ways are the foundational skills to be learned in this stage.

Latina Christiana was designed as a beginning course for students interested in learning Latin and was specifically written for the teacher with no background in Latin. This set includes everything you need to start your Latin journey! Latina Christiana is, quite simply, the best Latin grammar course available for younger beginning students.

Second Form Latin continues the journey of Latin grammar. Building on what the student learned the previous year, Second Form reviews all material in First Form, completes the verb paradigms for all four conjugations in the indicative active and passive, and much more! Once they have finished Second Form, students will have crossed the halfway mark on their Latin journey! Second Form employs the identical format of First Form—an attractive, concise Student Text, systematic presentation in five units, extensive Workbook exercises, and a Teacher Manual with everything you need to successfully teach this course.

Hans Ørberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is the world's premiere series for learning Latin via the Natural Method. The Natural Method encourages students to learn Latin without resorting to translation, but instead by teaching them to think in the language: students first learn grammar and vocabulary inductively through extended contextual reading and an ingenious system of marginal notes. Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is also the most popular series for those teachers at both the secondary and collegiate levels who wish to develop Latin conversational skills in the classroom.

Volume III: The Making of the Modern World continues the journey, picking up where Volume II left off amidst the Renaissance and quickly diving in to the history-altering events of the Reformation. This fracturing of the Church dramatically altered the course of modern Europe and the world at large.

But during the most tumultuous times, God gives us the greatest saints. Children will meet great figures like Sts. Pius V, Thomas More, John Vianney, and Margaret Mary Alacoque, as well as powerful leaders like Napoleon and Kings Henry VIII of England and Louis XIV of France. This volume brings us through present-day Europe, showing us the effects of two world wars and how the Church responded to these changing times.

The strength of the content lies not only in the storybook delivery, but also in the way it presents history through the faithful prism of the Church. Have you always wanted your children to learn about world history from a Catholic perspective? Here, you’ll have the trusted resource you’ve always wanted.

This Literature and Poetry course will integrate a survey of the canon of Western Literature, as well as contemporary contributions to Catholic and humanistic learning from around the world.

Theology at the Primary level will focus on Bible & Catechism. 

Philosophy at the Junior level with begin introducing our Education in Virtue curriculum, which is woven throughout the academy. This masterful curriculum developed by the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist creates a foundation for virtue. Parents are encouraged to purchase the virtue chart packs for home study: https://openlightmedia.com/product-category/product-lines/education-in-virtue/ 

Theology at the Primary level will focus on Catechism and Saint Stories. Parents should get The New Saint Joseph Baltimore Catechism No. 1 and review at home: https://books.modg.org/the-new-saint-joseph-baltimore-catechism-no-1 

Philosophy at the Primary level with begin introducing our Education in Virtue curriculum, which is woven throughout the academy. This masterful curriculum developed by the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist creates a foundation for virtue. Parents are encouraged to purchase the virtue chart packs for home study: https://openlightmedia.com/product-category/product-lines/education-in-virtue/ 

Art courses at the Primary level (2nd-3rd) focus on handcrafts and developing technical skills in art. 

Art courses at the Junior level (4th-6th) focus on developing technical skills in art and appreciating artistic treasures from history.