Class Offerings

In Form I Children’s Choir, students age 7 to 9 sing and perform hymns, folk songs, and other classic and cultural choral works. Students learn the basics of vocal technique, sight-reading, and music theory, along with musical games. The program focuses on music appreciation, enjoyment, and the glorification of God through music. In addition to weekly classes, choir students have the opportunity to perform in assisted living facilities, and they participate in special performances at the fall and spring showcases.

Bluebonnet Home Scholars also offers Form II Children’s Choir (ages 9-12)  and Youth Choir (ages 12-18).

Current for 2026–27

Forest School allows students to have (mostly) unstructured outdoor play time while learning at the point of interest along the way. Charlotte Mason was a strong advocate of encouraging extensive hours of child-directed free play and exploration, especially in the early years. In Forest School, outside exploration is child-led, resulting in an emerging rather than a prescribed curriculum. Children are allowed to take risks and are guided by their teachers in how to take those risks appropriately. The agenda and lesson for each day will vary based on the natural phenomena available and the students’ interests. Informal lessons may take place on an individual level as well as in periodic group lessons. As much as possible, the teacher will aim to weave in informal, age-appropriate lessons throughout the day in subjects as varied as geography, botany, biology, physical education, music, and the scientific method.

Current for 2026–27

In this interactive, multi-sensory, hands-on class, Form 1 Students delve into phonics and cursive penmanship, discover and apply spelling rules with grade-level spelling words, learn parts of speech, practice oral reading, and hear and recite classic works of poetry. With our commitment to incorporate the best of both classical tradition and contemporary research, this course uses researched-based best practices for helping students of all abilities and grade levels. Instruction will be individuated for students at various levels within Form 1. As space allows, parents of younger students are encouraged to arrange to sit in whenever possible to enjoy learning and engaging in the activities together with their students.

This class keeps it kinetic as beginning students (Form 1-a) use large motor skills to draw cursive letters and multi-letter phonograms in salt boxes and to water-paint them on the sidewalk before moving on to fine motor skills with pen and paper. Students will play games and relays, compose original sentences, and listen to beautiful literature read aloud.

Learning outcomes include growth in the foundational operations of language—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—as students learn to read so they can read to learn.

“Historically cursive was taught first to our nation’s children. Today, reading and dyslexia experts are rediscovering that teaching cursive first—before print or manuscript—improves long-term penmanship skills, helps children learn to read, virtually eliminates reversals, and enables children to read what is written by others.” –Elizabeth FitzGerald, author of Cursive First.”

Cursive penmanship instruction will be used in conjunction with the coordinating instruction in Spell to Write and Read by Wanda Sanseri. The curricula can be used with the beginning reader and writer or with older students transitioning from print to cursive. Students will have the opportunity to practice cursive in class and at home with a uniquely created PDF workbook that includes components of the Cursive First and other methods to reinforce letters and phonograms.

Beginning in the ELA 1c (3rd-grade) class, students will also learn manuscript/print handwriting using the Zaner-Bloser curriculum. Students will maintain cursive penmanship practice while adding manuscript/printing at this level and continuing through Form 2 ELA classes.

BHSC will offer parents free ELA training at the beginning of the school year.

Note: A placement test is required for all students entering ELA classes at BHSC for the first time levels 1-b and above. For pre-writers entering the Form 1-a ELA class, no placement test is required, but parents are asked to assess the student’s writing readiness.

Current for 2026–2027

Bluebonnet is pleased to offer full courses in mathematics for Form 1 students at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade levels, completing our full 1st grade through Calculus math program. At Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative, the study of math is rooted in wonder. Students are invited to delve deeply into the beauty of math and to undertake mathematical study as an act of worship in which they can catch a glimpse into the mind of God.

Pre-requisite testing is required for placement.

Current for 2026–27

In this weekly 2.5-hour block class, our youngest learners enjoy a kaleidoscope of delights for the mind, ear, eye, heart, and hand:

Hymn and Recitation—Students sing a traditional Hymn and recite Scripture together as a large group. We focus on one Bible passage for 8 weeks, and one hymn for 4 weeks. This passage is also recited and the hymn is sung together in the Lunch Assembly. Also, students are invited to prepare a short poem, Bible verse, or passage of interest to recite for the class.

Folksong—Students learn folksongs to sing together. Songs come from a variety of time periods, cultures, and languages. Some include movement or games to play together. We focus on one folksong for 4 weeks.

Nature Study—Students take nature walks outside and also observe and study objects from nature brought to class by the teacher. Students are encouraged to bring specimens from nature for study also. We study the specimens through discussion, nature journaling, and interaction with the object. Students explore various parts of nature and their environment through observations based on rotating themes.

Artist & Composer Study—Students study classical music and works of art through observation (attentive looking and listening) and discussion. They also practice copying master paintings both by sight and creating their own interpretations based on the pieces of art. Students are presented with a variety of artists and composers each year. They study four artists and four composers with a total of 15-16 distinct pieces of artwork and musical compositions, 3 or 4 works from each artist / composer.  Artists and composers are carefully selected to include featured men and women from a broad variety of time periods, cultures, countries, backgrounds, and creative styles.

2026–27 Artist Study:

Handicrafts—Students learn a variety of handicrafts and the proper techniques that apply to each. We spend roughly 4 weeks on each handicraft. Some handicrafts we have done in the past have included: origami, kirigami, sewing, embroidery, rock painting, weaving, loom knitting, and beading.

Math Games—Students play a variety of math games to reinforce math concepts that they are learning at home and in class. Students practice various math concepts through a math games rotation in class.

Current for 2026–27

In this multi-sensory and interdisciplinary block class, students learn Latin through song and play, hear and narrate living history stories, study art and artists related to the history they are studying, and make their own original works of art in response.

History: Bluebonnet Scholars offers history on a rotating three-year cycle with studies synchronized across Forms 1 through 4 (grades K through 12th) so that all students are studying the same time period together.

For Form 1a (Kindergarten and grade 1), students follow a gentle, living books approach to history, incorporating various living picture books that help medieval and modern history come to life in the imaginations of young students.

For Form 1b and 1c (grades 2 to 3), the history spines are as follows:

• Cycle Year 1: Ancient History (2026–2027) (creation to c. 476 AD)—The Story of the World, Vol. 1
• Cycle Year 2: Medieval History (2027–2028) (c. 476 AD to 1368)—The Story of the World, Vol. 2
• Cycle Year 3: Early Modern History (2028–2029) (c. 1368 to 1850)—The Story of the World, Vol. 3

Art: In addition to the narrative history books, the Form 1 students also study art/artists chronologically through the Artistic Pursuits Early Elementary series and make creative works of their own in response.

Latin Form 1a: Students enjoy a gentle introduction to Latin studies, learning songs, hymns, prayers, nursery rhymes, and poems in Latin using Mater Anserina and Lingua Angelica.

Latin 1b & 1c: Latin 1b & 1c will employ the same gentle introduction to Latin that Form 1a students enjoy—through songs, hymns, prayers, nursery rhymes, and poems in Latin—and will also introduce engaging Latin stories using Latin Through Stories. Visually rich and appropriately repetitive, these fully Latin stories introduce students to Latin vocabulary and grammatical structures in a natural way, much like learning one’s native language, thereby honoring “the natural ability of children to acquire language through meaningful interaction.”

There are no prerequisites or corequisites for the class. (Prior enrollment in LHA 1a is NOT required for participation in LHA 1b or 1c in 2026–27.)

NEW in 2026–27: Math Club 1b/c for 2^nd & 3^rd grades!

Fun games and healthy competition will help second- and third-grade students gain speed and accuracy with basic math facts. Students will engage in spatial reasoning, logic, number sense, various hands-on applied math activities, and inspiring read-aloud stories with mathematical themes.

Math Club 1b/c will emphasize foundational attitudes and habits of learning math. Frequently used terms, math concepts, and shapes are introduced to students through math story books, games, drawing, paper folding, and other activities. Students learn to make simple math tools using every-day materials. Students are encouraged to create their own math stories by drawing and writing down math expressions to cultivate the habit of thinking and writing steps in order. Activities are designed to help students develop higher-order thinking including pattern analysis, multi-step problem solving with real-world connections, and geometric reasoning. This class meets every week, and there are no prerequisites.

This course does not replace the student’s main, traditional math class but rather serves to deepen and enrich the student’s understanding and appreciation of math. This class has no homework. (For information about Bluebonnet’s full course offerings for 1st- through 3rd-grade math, see here.)

Current for 2026–27

Elementary Science at Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative uses materials from a variety of sources including TOPS Science, The Good and The Beautiful, Sonlight Curriculum, Elemental Science, and living books. The hands-on, discovery-based curriculum harmonizes with our gentle, Charlotte Mason approach while still offering substantive coverage of the subject at an age-appropriate level. Students will use scientific practices in collaborative groups to implement simple experimental investigations as well as communicate valid conclusions through both speaking and writing/drawing.

Concepts covered follow a three-year thematic cycle:

• Cycle Year 1 (2026–2027): The solar system, animals, and plants
• Cycle Year 2 (2027–2028): Physical properties of matter, the water cycle, weather & seasons, land forms, changes to the Earth, and natural resources
• Cycle Year 3 (2028–2029): Force & motion, forms of energy, pressure & buoyancy, engineering (ramps, levers, pulleys, gears)

Current for 2026–2027

Using interactive and conversation-driven learning, this course lays the foundation for learning to speak Spanish fluently. Students in kindergarten through 3rd grade enjoy a multi-sensory approach to learning as they sing, make art, and converse. In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students are expected to complete some work outside of class each week such as playing Spanish games, listening to Spanish songs and passages, and completing some light coursework. As an integral part of the learning process, students are asked to record themselves speaking and to submit their recording to the teacher each week.

Current for 2026–27

Ancient History & Geography will combine living books, narration, timeline, and maps to help students create connections between ancient history and the world around them.

Students will read, narrate, and discuss passages from The Story of the World Vol. 1 & 2 as well as various passages from the Bible.  There will be weekly at-home reading assignments given so the students have the best possible opportunity to participate in class discussion and extend their learning to maximize the value of class time.

Bluebonnet Scholars offers history on a rotating three-year cycle with studies synchronized across Forms 1 through 4 (grades K through 12th) so that all students are studying the same time period together. Spine texts for Form 2 (grades 4–6) History are included below:

• Cycle Year 1: (2026–27) Ancient through Early Medieval History (creation to c. 860 AD)—The Story of the World, all of Vol. 1 & part of Vol. 2
• Cycle Year 2: (2027–28) Medieval through Early Modern History (c. 860 AD to 1797)—The Story of the World, part of Vol. 2 & part of Vol. 3
• Cycle Year 3: (2028–29) Modern History (c. 1797 to today)—The Story of the World, part of Vol. 3 & all of Vol. 4

In the Geography portion of the class, students will study and reproduce maps as well as possibly read, narrate, and discuss portions from living geography books in a rotating three-year cycle:

• Cycle Year 1 (2026–27): Geography I (Middle East, Europe, & North Africa); Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps (part); and living geography read-aloud books
• Cycle Year 2 (2027–28): Geography II (Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas); Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps (part); and living geography read-aloud books
• Cycle Year 3 (2028–29): Geography I Review (condensed review of Middle East, Europe, & North Africa); Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps (part); States and Capitals; Don’t Know Much About the 50 States; and living geography read-aloud books

In addition, every week or two students will spend some time working on maps. Students may have an opportunity to research and present on one country or historical person of interest in a year-end World Fair/Who’s Who.

Current for 2026-2027

Students will explore a variety of art media and techniques and deepen their understanding of the elements of design as they respond to historical master artists with their own original work. In each unit, students will learn a new visual art technique and create original imaginative work with a variety of mediums such as acrylic and watercolor paints, pastels, crayon, and clay. Students will come to understand the seven elements of art through practice. They will evaluate their own work based on simple rubrics, and seek to improve as they are able. Students will also have the opportunity to present and share completed artwork.

Current for 2026-27

The bestselling Cambridge Latin program provides an enjoyable and carefully paced introduction to the Latin language, complemented by background information on Roman culture and civilization. The story begins in the town of Pompeii shortly before the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 and follows the fortunes of the household of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus.

Current for 2026-27

Meeting over the lunch period every other Tuesday, students will learn skills and strategies of the game of chess by studying under an experienced teacher and playing together. Each semester concludes with a chess tournament.

NOTE: Chess Club is offered on alternating weeks and meets at the same time and on the same days as Form 2 (upper elementary) Game Club; students in grades 4 through 6 must choose either one or the other, not both.

Current for 2026–27

In Form II Children’s Choir, students age 9-12 sing and perform hymns, folk songs, and other classic choral works. Students learn the basics of vocal technique, sight-reading, and music theory, along with musical games. The program focuses on music appreciation, enjoyment, and the glorification of God through music. In addition to weekly classes, choir students have the opportunity to perform in assisted living facilities, and they participate in special performances at the fall and spring showcases.

Bluebonnet Home Scholars also offers Form I Children’s Choir (ages 7-9) and Youth Choir (ages 12-18).

Current for 2026–27

Forest School allows students to have (mostly) unstructured outdoor play time while learning at the point of interest along the way. Charlotte Mason was a strong advocate of encouraging extensive hours of child-directed free play and exploration, especially in the early years. In Forest School, outside exploration is child-led, resulting in an emerging rather than a prescribed curriculum. Children are allowed to take risks and are guided by their teachers in how to take those risks appropriately. The agenda and lesson for each day will vary based on the natural phenomena available and the students’ interests. Informal lessons may take place on an individual level as well as in periodic group lessons. As much as possible, topics and activities will be student-led. The teachers will assist as needed with informal, age-appropriate lessons and games throughout the year in subjects as varied as orienteering, whittling, capture the flag, geography, botany, biology, physical education, music, and the scientific method.

Current for 2026–27

In this course, Form 2a, Form 2b, and Form 2c students will learn and apply spelling rules, review parts of speech, diagram sentences, practice penmanship, practice oral reading, and read and recite classic works of poetry. For a combination of in-class and at-home use, students will be given the opportunity to practice penmanship and spelling through uniquely designed copy work to accompany each weekly spelling list based on the Charlotte Mason approach. With our commitment to incorporate the best of both classical tradition and contemporary research, this course uses researched-based best practices for helping students of all abilities and grade levels. Instruction will be individuated for students at various levels within Form 2. Learning outcomes include growth in the foundational operations of language—listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

In the ELA 1c (3rd-grade) and ELA 2a (4th-grade) classes, students will also learn manuscript/print handwriting using the Zaner-Bloser curriculum. Students will maintain cursive penmanship practice while adding manuscript/printing starting at these levels and continuing through Form 2 ELA classes.

BHSC will offer parents free ELA training at the beginning of the school year.

Note: A placement test is required for all students entering ELA classes at BHSC for the first time levels 1-b and above.

Current for 2026–2027

Bluebonnet is pleased to offer full courses in mathematics for Form 2 students at the 4th, 5th, and 6th-grade level. At Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative, the study of math is rooted in wonder. Students are invited to delve deeply into the beauty of math and to undertake mathematical study as an act of worship in which they can catch a glimpse into the mind of God.

Bluebonnet’s Math 6 course offers the student a transition from an arithmetic approach into an algebraic concept of real-world problem-solving. Beginning in the fall, students review basic math concepts and skills such as whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratios, rates, and percentages. Students extend their understanding of numbers by learning about positive and negative whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Beginning in the spring, students explore algebraic concepts such as writing and evaluating algebraic expressions, equations, and inequalities; coordinates and graphs; area of plane figures; volume and surface area of solids; and displaying and comparing data. Many topics covered offer a chance for students to make connections to their daily lives through algebraic expression, and to explore how the beauty of math enables man to simplify the complexity of the world.

Pre-requisite testing is required at all levels for math placement.

Current for 2026–27

Students will develop strategizing and critical thinking skills as they enjoy collaborating and discovering a wide variety of games together, including card games, board games, and other pursuits. This club will incorporate a high level of student leadership in selecting and learning various games, while emphasizing sportsmanship, fair play, and the importance of encouraging one another in learning new challenges.

Form 2 Game Club (for upper elementary students) meets every other week during the lunch hour on Tuesdays. (Note that Form 2 Game Club is offered on the same dates and at the same times as Chess Club; students may be enrolled in either one or the other, not both.)

Students will develop strategizing and critical thinking skills as they enjoy collaborating and discovering a wide variety of games together, including card games, board games, and other pursuits. This club will incorporate a high level of student leadership in selecting and learning various games, while emphasizing sportsmanship, fair play, and the importance of encouraging one another in learning new challenges.

Form 3 & 4 Game Club for middle school and high school students (as well as upper elementary Form 2 students) meets every week on Fridays.

Current for 2026-2027

Both beautiful and useful, handicrafts allow students of all ages to develop skills while improving habits of attention, orderliness, and tenacity. The instructors help students experiment and develop skills with several different handicrafts over each semester. Previous handicrafts have included weaving reeds, corn husks, and fabric, paper crafts such as quilling, hand sewing, leather and wood crafts, kite making, and more.

The instructor works with each student to personalize projects at the student’s level of ability and experience. By the end of the semester, students will have created both decorative and practical items of various kinds.

This class meets every other week for Forms 2-4, with Form 2 alternating with Math Club, and Forms 3-4 alternating with Nature Journaling.

Current for 2026–27

In this literature and vocabulary-based class, students will explore the founding myths of Greek and Roman civilization. Reading stories from mythology, students will develop their Latin reading comprehension and their understanding of how Latin and Greek vocabulary has shaped the English language. Our textbook will also review fundamental vocabulary and grammar concepts, as well as provide an introduction to different types of Latin literature. The course will also include vocabulary games and other collaborative activities. Students will have the option to take the National Mythology Exam, Level 2 as part of this class.

Current for 2026-27

Students are introduced to basic Latin vocabulary and culture as they follow the adventures of Minimus the mouse throughout the texts. In the Minimus: Starting Out in Latin text, students meet minimus and an actual Roman family who lived in Vindolanda in ancient Britain. We will explore Roman culture, history, mythology, and other aspects of Roman life while learning the fundamentals of Latin grammar.

Current for 2026–27

Owl pellet dissections, live butterfly studies, and microscope adventures are a few of the activities that await fifth- through eighth-grade students in this fun, hands-on class.

Life Science at Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative uses Exploring the World of Biology by John H. Tiner, along with the accompanying materials from Memoria Press. The curriculum harmonizes with our gentle, Charlotte Mason, nature study approach while still offering substantive coverage of the subject at an age-appropriate level. Concepts covered include classifications, bacteria and protista, fungi, plant life, energy, digestion, insects, arachnids, aquatic life, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Current for 2026–2027

Fun games and healthy competition will help Form 2 students gain speed and accuracy with basic math facts. Students engage with spatial reasoning, logic, number sense and various hands-on applied math activities, and inspiring read-aloud stories of real-life mathematicians.

This course does not replace the student’s main, traditional math class but rather serves to deepen and enrich the student’s understanding and appreciation of math. This class has little to no homework. (For information about Bluebonnet’s full course offerings for 4th through 6th-grade math, see here.)

Prerequisites: understanding of the four basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) with single-digit integers.

Math Club 2a will emphasize learning about the lives of notable mathematicians and their discoveries while cycling through games and activities that reinforce concepts introduced or expanded upon in standard 4th–5th grade mathematics coursework. This class meets every other week, alternating with Handicrafts.

Math Club 2b and 2c will build upon the skills reinforced in the previous level (not a prerequisite) with greater emphasis on solving more complex types of problems and strengthening skills from typical 5th–6th grade mathematics coursework. These classes will also learn about the lives of notable mathematicians and their discoveries. This class has no prerequisite classes, but students should have a strong foundation in memorization of multiplication tables and multiple-digit addition/subtraction.

These classes meet every other week, alternating with Handicrafts.

Modern History & Geography will combine living books, narration, timeline, and maps to help students create connections between modern history and the world around them.

In the History portion of the class, students will build beautiful keepsake Record of Time notebook binders and follow the narrative of history through The Story of the World, Volumes 3 and 4. They will read, narrate, and discuss passages from Story of the World and possibly other living history texts. In addition, students may work on developing outlining skills as they build their timeline of world history with illustrations and notes. There will be weekly reading assignments that are generally two chapters per week in the Story of the World text. Reading at home is essential to being able to successfully follow the class lesson and narration discussion and so that the students will be able to complete the time period under study by the end of the academic year.

Bluebonnet Scholars offers history on a rotating three-year cycle with studies synchronized across Forms 1 through 3 (grades K through 10th) so that all students are studying the same time period together. Spine texts for Form 2 (grades 4–6) History are included below:

• Cycle Year 1 (2026–27): Ancient through Early Medieval History (creation to c. 860 AD)—The Story of the World, all of Vol. 1 & part of Vol. 2
• Cycle Year 2 (2027–28): Medieval through Early Modern History (c. 860 AD to 1797)—The Story of the World, part of Vol. 2 & part of Vol. 3
• Cycle Year 3 (2025–26): Modern History (c. 1797 to today)—The Story of the World, part of Vol. 3 & all of Vol. 4

In the Geography portion of the class, students will study and reproduce maps as well as possibly read, narrate, and discuss portions from living geography books in a rotating three-year cycle:

• Cycle Year 1 (2026–27): Geography I (Middle East, Europe, & North Africa); Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps (part); and living geography read-aloud books
• Cycle Year 2 (2027–28): Geography II (Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas); Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps (part); and living geography read-aloud books
• Cycle Year 3 (2025–26): Geography I Review (condensed review of Middle East, Europe, & North Africa); Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps (part); States and Capitals; Don’t Know Much About the 50 States; and living geography read-aloud books

In addition, every week or two students will spend some time working on maps. Students may have an opportunity to research and present on one country or historical person of interest in a year-end World Fair/Who’s Who.

Current for 2026–27

In musical theater, students will sing, learn acting techniques, learn the fundamentals of musical theater dancing, and participate in four performances in April! They will engage in fun acting games, analyze story structures, dive into music study, and memorize various lines for the performance. All students will have the opportunity to develop and practice their acting skills.  Musical theater not only teaches professionalism but  develops confidence in speaking, acting, singing, and dancing publicly in a performance setting. Students will practice blocking, learn about costuming, stage makeup, and set design.  Additionally, students will experience being a cast member and learn about cultivating teamwork. We are looking forward to a wholesome environment full of love, goodness, truth, and beauty through our study of and participation in great works of theater and music!

This year, we will be performing Anastasia: the Musical.

Musical Theater Auditions Policy

Students are added to a waitlist and then cast via auditions. Auditions were held and the cast list released in April 2026; enrollment and casting for the 2026–27 Musical Theater program are now closed.

Current for 2026–2027

This class invites students to learn how to slow down and to attend to nature through observation, asking questions, research, and drawing.  After a short drawing lesson and nature reading, students will study a landscape or an object from nature to capture in a nature journal. On every “tolerably fine day,” students will be encouraged to take their journals outdoors to explore, observe, and record details from trees, flowers, bushes, birds, insects, rocks, or any other natural creation that intrigues them. When weather prevents outdoor time, the instructor will bring specimens into the classroom for study.

While students will gain experience working with a variety of drawing mediums such as graphite, charcoal, pen, pastels, and watercolor, the focus of the time will be on sketching with graphite and brush drawing with watercolor. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to present and share nature journaling pages they completed outside of class on their own.

The teacher will be referencing Anna Botsford Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study, Peterson Texas Field Guides, various living nature books, and John Muir Laws’ How to Teach Nature Journaling during class.

This class meets every other week for Form 2 and Forms 3-4, alternating with Art Explorations (Form 2) and Handicrafts (Forms 3-4).

Current for 2026–27

In the Artist & Composer Study portion of this class, students encounter works by master artists and composers in this multi-sensory class. Over the course of the year, students learn about the lives of 4 artists and 4 composers and study multiple works from each. Students gain a listening repertoire of over a dozen classical scores and receive over a dozen full-color art prints, which they study in class through group discussion, written narration, and notebook drawings.

In the Plutarch & Shakespeare portion of this class, the class will read, narrate, and discuss passages from Plutarch’s Lives and Shakespeare’s plays. Over the year, students will read two of Shakespeare plays and two of Plutarch’s lives, studying one of each per semester. Students will have the opportunity to dramatically read selected passages, to reenact key scenes, and to prepare and recite optional memory work.

Form 2 classes follow a 3-year cycle for the reading selections as well as a rotating selection of artists and composers:

Plutarch’s Lives

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): Theseus / Romulus
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): Alexander / Julius Caesar
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Pyrrhus / Marius

Shakespeare’s Plays

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): The Tempest / Henry V
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): Twelfth Night / Julius Caesar
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Midsummer Night’s Dream / King Lear

2026–27 Artist Study

• Fra Angelo
• Jacob Van Ruisdale
• Berthe Morisot
• R. C. Gorman

In the Artist & Composer Study portion of this class, students encounter works by master artists and composers in this multi-sensory class. Over the course of the year, students learn about the lives of 4 artists and 4 composers and study multiple works from each. Students gain a listening repertoire of over a dozen classical scores and receive over a dozen full-color art prints, which they study in class through group discussion, written narration, and notebook drawings.

In the Plutarch & Shakespeare portion of this class, the class will read, narrate, and discuss passages from Plutarch’s Lives and Shakespeare’s plays. Over the year, students will read two of Shakespeare plays and two of Plutarch’s lives, studying one of each per semester. Students will have the opportunity to dramatically read selected passages, to reenact key scenes, and to prepare and recite optional memory work.

Form 2 classes follow a 3-year cycle for the reading selections as well as a rotating selection of artists and composers:

Plutarch’s Lives

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): Theseus / Romulus
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): Alexander / Julius Caesar
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Pyrrhus / Marius

Shakespeare’s Plays

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): The Tempest / Henry V
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): Twelfth Night / Julius Caesar
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Midsummer Night’s Dream / King Lear

2025–26 Artist Study

Current for 2026–27

Elementary Science students at Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative uses materials from a variety of sources including TOPS Science, Sonlight Curriculum, The Good and the Beautiful, Elemental Science, and living books. The curriculum harmonizes with our gentle, Charlotte Mason approach while still offering substantive coverage of the subject at an age-appropriate level. Students will use scientific practices in collaborative groups to implement simple experimental investigations as well as communicate valid conclusions through both speaking and writing/drawing.

Concepts covered follow a three-year thematic cycle:

• Cycle Year 1 (2026–2027): The solar system, animals, and plants
• Cycle Year 2 (2027–2028): Physical properties of matter, the water cycle, weather & seasons, land forms, changes to the Earth, and natural resources
• Cycle Year 3 (2028–2029): Force & motion, forms of energy, pressure & buoyancy, engineering (ramps, levers, pulleys, gears)

Current for 2026–2027

Using interactive and conversation-driven learning, this course will lay the foundation for learning to speak Spanish fluently. Students will engage in a variety of activities beneficial for both new and experienced students together in the same class. Through dynamic classroom interactions, students learn how the language works—how language components can be put together in different ways to understand, speak, read, and write in everyday life.

In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be expected to complete some work outside of class each week such as listening to Spanish audio recordings, speaking practice, and completing some light coursework. As an integral part of the learning process, students will be asked to record themselves speaking and to submit their recording to the teacher each week.

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Upper-elementary students will participate in activities aimed to inspire a love of words, sentences, and word-play. With the support of guided group discussion, brainstorming, and critique, students will learn to write with appropriate structure while enlivening their prose with stylistic flare.

Humorous characters, cunning creatures, and meritorious men of history will captivate students as they learn to write with structure and style. Moving through Units 1–7, students will take notes, summarize narrative stories, write from pictures, put together a mini research report, and compose creative essays.

Over the course of the year, students will gain a growing awareness of sentence structure and grammar that goes hand-in-hand with their growing ability to amplify and manipulate the parts of a sentence. We will focus on developing vivid vocabulary and sentence variety in a range of compositions including both fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. As a class, students have the opportunity to participate in ongoing reading and typing challenges to develop skills and habits essential to competent communicators.

In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another one to three hours each week completing assignments at home.

Current for 2026-2027

Upper-elementary students will participate in activities aimed to inspire a love of words, sentences, and word-play. With the support of guided group discussion, brainstorming, and critique, students will learn to write with appropriate structure while enlivening their prose with stylistic flare.

Ancient historical characters, events, and stories will captivate students as they learn to write with structure and style. Moving through Units 1–8, students will take notes, summarize narrative stories, write from pictures, put together a research report on a historical person or event, and compose creative essays.

Over the course of the year, students will gain a growing awareness of sentence structure and grammar that goes hand-in-hand with their growing ability to amplify and manipulate the parts of a sentence. We will focus on developing vivid vocabulary and sentence variety in a range of compositions including both fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another one to three hours each week completing assignments at home.

Current for 2026–2027

Upper-elementary students will participate in activities aimed to inspire a love of words, sentences, and word-play. With the support of guided group discussion, brainstorming, and critique, students will learn to write with appropriate structure while enlivening their prose with stylistic flare.

Roman hoplites, tornadoes, Leif Erickson, and other interesting subjects will captivate Form 2a (4th grade) students as they learn to write with structure and style. Moving through Units 1-7, students will take notes, summarize narrative stories, write from pictures, put together a mini research report, and compose creative essays.

Over the course of the year, students will gain a growing awareness of sentence structure and grammar that goes hand-in-hand with their growing ability to amplify and manipulate the parts of a sentence. We will focus on developing vivid vocabulary and sentence variety in a range of compositions including both fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another one to three hours each week completing assignments at home.

Upper-elementary students will participate in activities aimed to inspire a love of words, sentences, and word-play. With the support of guided group discussion, brainstorming, and critique, students will learn to write with appropriate structure while enlivening their prose with stylistic flare.

From the Anglo-Saxons to the Renaissance, from chivalrous knights to Genghis Khan, students will improve their knowledge of medieval times while learning to write with structure and style. Working through all of IEW’s Units 1–9, students learn to take notes, retell narrative stories, summarize references, write from pictures, compose essays, and more.

Over the course of the year, students will gain a growing awareness of sentence structure and grammar that goes hand-in-hand with their growing ability to amplify and manipulate the parts of a sentence. We will focus on developing vivid vocabulary and sentence variety in a range of compositions including both fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. As a class, students have the opportunity to participate in ongoing reading and typing challenges to develop skills and habits essential to competent communicators.

In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another one to three hours each week completing assignments at home.

The world is at your fingertips! This theme-based writing curriculum allows students to experience world history through cultural literature and the study of famous people and events while learning to write with structure and style. Working through all of IEW’s Units 1–9, students learn to take notes, retell narrative stories, summarize references, write from pictures, compose essays, and more.

With the support of guided group discussion, brainstorming, and critique, students will learn to write with appropriate structure while enlivening their prose with stylistic flare. We will focus on developing vivid vocabulary and sentence variety in a range of compositions including both fiction and non-fiction.

In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another one to three hours each week completing assignments at home.

Current for 2026–27

This high school introductory physics & chemistry course combines up-to-date science with a Christian worldview and an educational approach that aims for wonder, integration, and mastery. Concepts covered include the nature of scientific knowledge, motion, Newton’s laws, variation and proportion, energy, heat and temperature, waves, sound, light, electricity and DC circuits, fields and magnetism, chemical substances, atomic models and density, atomic bonding, and chemical reactions. (Visit the publisher’s FAQ to learn more about how this publisher approaches the subject of evolution.) The Novare curriculum aims to nurture fascinated students who deeply understand and remember their science. Meeting Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, this course will include both lab and lecture/discussion components.

This course is accelerated, and as such, students will be expected to complete all reading assignments, all end-of-chapter question assignments, quizzes, five lab reports, a lab journal, and two end-of-semester exams. Each student (or family) will need access to Google Classroom for assignments and grades.

Prerequisites: must have completed Algebra I and pass a placement exam.

(Not offered in 2026-2027)

This class is designed to help students who have mastered the basic essay take their writing to the next level. Students will learn a five-step process for developing a thoughtful thesis statement that interacts with the great conversation of ideas. By attending to sources and engaging in group discussion, students will be able to find their own voice as they search for the truth through their reading and writing.

In addition to reviewing sentence structure and stylistic elements, returning students will also read essays by master writers, analyzing and imitating their respective styles in a series of response essays of their own. Studying an array of the best American essays from the past century, students will gain exposure to different essay structures and themes ranging from opinion piece to social appeal, from personal essay to literary theodicy.

The skill and insight of great authors serve as inspiration for students who are finding their own individual voices. By imitating the sentence structures and essay organization of great authors, students can be empowered to compose their own beautiful, powerful work as they join the larger conversation. This advanced essay course makes a direct bridge for the student between imitating great writing and composing beautiful writing in their own words. Students will also gain practice with the revision and critique process.

We will also make time for some creative writing projects as well. Students will study poetic form and style as well as short fiction, and will imitate master authors through creative compositions of their own.

In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another two to three hours each week completing assignments at home.

Current for 2026-2027

Advanced Latin is taught via a three-year cycle in which the same essential aspects of Latin vocabulary, grammar, rhetorical techniques, and literature are explored through different collections of works. Students will read primary sources from classical and medieval Latin, including portions of Sacred Scripture. Students will learn the fundamentals of Roman poetic meter and encounter a variety of texts including history, mythology, and epic poetry. We will revisit and build upon our understanding of Latin grammar while focusing primarily upon reading and discussing Latin texts.

This course is intended to follow Latin 2; at least two years of high school Latin are a prerequisite.

Current for 2026–2027

In this course, students study algebra through imaginative applications and clear problems derived from the real world. Technology tools are used to assist with time-consuming calculations and to integrate graphing and problem-solving skills. Students will study expressions and equations, operations with negative numbers, distributing: axioms and other properties, harder equations, some operations with polynomials and radicals, quadratic equations, expressions and equations containing two variables, linear functions/scattered data/probability, properties and exponents, more operations with polynomials, rational algebraic expressions, radical algebraic expressions, inequalities, functions, and advanced topics.

To add to the wonder and creative problem-solving side of math, the instructor will supplement the traditional textbook approach adding in substantial amounts of curated supplemental material for enrichment and extension, along with practice standardized test problems. These challenging problem-solving activities are integrated to help students hone their mathematical and critical thinking skills and apply concepts across a wide range of situations and scenarios.

Current for 2026–27

Ancient History & Geography will combine living books, narration, timeline, and maps to help students create connections between ancient history and the world around them.

Students will read, narrate, and discuss passages from hand-picked spine books and supplemental readings as well as various passages from the Bible.  There will be weekly at-home reading assignments given so the students have the best possible opportunity to participate in class discussion and extend their learning to maximize the value of class time.

Bluebonnet Scholars offers history on a rotating three-year cycle with studies synchronized across Forms 1 through 4 (grades K through 12th) so that all students are studying the same time period together. The Form 3 (7th through 9th grade) cycle is as follows:

• Cycle Year 1: (2026–27) Ancient through Early Medieval History
• Cycle Year 2: (2027–28) Medieval through Early Modern History
• Cycle Year 3: (2028–29) Modern History (with an emphasis on American History)

In the Geography portion of the class, students will read, narrate, and discuss portions from living geography books in a rotating three-year cycle:

• Cycle Year 1 (2026–27): Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World (part); Geography III (part)
• Cycle Year 2 (2027–28): Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World (part); Geography III (part)
• Cycle Year 3 (2028–29): Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World (part); Geography III (part); States and Capitals; Don’t Know Much About the 50 States

Students will spend some time observing and tracing world maps relevant to the course material.  Students will have the opportunity to understand how specific nations’ borders changed as they journey through history, as well as identifying major features on a map.

Current for 2026-27

Meeting over the lunch period every other Tuesday, students will learn skills and strategies of the game of chess by studying under an experienced teacher and playing together. Each semester concludes with a chess tournament.

NOTE: Chess Club is offered on alternating weeks and meets at the same time and on the same days as Form 2 (upper elementary) Game Club; students in grades 4 through 6 must choose either one or the other, not both.

Current for 2026–2027

Earth Science is designed to draw students into close engagement with the material and provide a solid education while fostering a sense of wonder and responsibility for God’s amazing world. This course explores concepts and processes of the Earth from the core to the atmosphere, including planetary phenomena, mapping, rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, water, landforms, weather, the current scientific consensus concerning geological history, and conservation of natural resources.

Students participate in weekly discussions and labs to cement and extend what they are learning in their reading. There are optional field learning opportunities to broaden their understanding and application of learning.

Current for 2026–27

In this class that incorporates both report-style and descriptive writing, students will learn the structure and style of various essay formats and will produce original essays including integrated quotations, MLA in-text citations, and a properly formatted “Works Cited” page. An intensive overview of style elements will assist students in developing vivid vocabulary and sophisticated sentence variety. Throughout the course, students will gain an awareness of sentence structure and grammar that goes hand-in-hand with their growing ability to amplify and manipulate the parts of a sentence. In addition to memorizing several poems, students will also read and write short fiction and poems of various forms.

In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another two to three hours each week completing assignments at home.

Current for 2026–27

Forest School allows students to have (mostly) unstructured outdoor time while playing and learning at the point of interest along the way. In Forest School, outside exploration and games are student-led, resulting in an emerging rather than a prescribed curriculum. Teens are allowed to take risks and are guided by their teachers in how to take those risks appropriately. The agenda and lesson for each day will vary based on the natural phenomena available and the students’ interests. Informal lessons may take place on an individual level as well as in periodic group lessons. As much as possible, topics and activities will be teen-led. The teachers will assist as needed with informal, age-appropriate lessons and games throughout the year in subjects as varied as orienteering, whittling, capture the flag, geography, botany, biology, physical education, music, and the scientific method.

Students will develop strategizing and critical thinking skills as they enjoy collaborating and discovering a wide variety of games together, including card games, board games, and other pursuits. This club will incorporate a high level of student leadership in selecting and learning various games, while emphasizing sportsmanship, fair play, and the importance of encouraging one another in learning new challenges.

Form 3 & 4 Game Club for middle school and high school students (as well as upper elementary Form 2 students) meets every week on Fridays.

Current for 2026-2027

Both beautiful and useful, handicrafts allow students of all ages to develop skills while improving habits of attention, orderliness, and tenacity. The instructors help students experiment and develop skills with several different handicrafts over each semester. Previous handicrafts have included weaving reeds, corn husks, and fabric, paper crafts such as quilling, hand sewing, leather and wood crafts, kite making, and more.

The instructor works with each student to personalize projects at the student’s level of ability and experience. By the end of the semester, students will have created both decorative and practical items of various kinds.

This class meets every other week for Forms 2-4, with Form 2 alternating with Math Club, and Forms 3-4 alternating with Nature Journaling.

Current for 2026–27

In this precursor class to our original upper-level Inkings & Classics Socratic discussion course, students will develop critical thinking, listening, and discussion skills as they grapple with foundational questions of God, humanity, faith, and imagination. Students will read and discuss a variety of classic literature along with selected works of the writers known as the Inklings, such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, as well as similar-minded contemporaries such as Dorothy Sayers and G. K. Chesterton. This course is designed to be taken prior to or instead of our upper-level Inklings & Socratic Discussion course, not concurrently.

Students will be expected to complete reading assignments in preparation for class as well as some writing assignments. The writing will focus on crafting thesis statements and body paragraphs in response to class discussions of the texts the class is reading so that students can practice and hone their ability to craft and build arguments in writing.

In 2026–27, the focus will be on the Inklings and great works of ancient literature.

In this precursor class to our original upper-level Inkings & Classics Socratic discussion course, students will develop critical thinking, listening, and discussion skills as they grapple with foundational questions of God, humanity, faith, and imagination. Students will read and discuss a variety of classic literature along with selected works of the writers known as the Inklings, such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, as well as similar-minded contemporaries such as Dorothy Sayers and G. K. Chesterton. This course is designed to be taken prior to or instead of our upper-level Inklings & Socratic Discussion course, not concurrently.

Students will be expected to complete reading assignments in preparation for class as well as some writing assignments. The writing will focus on crafting thesis statements and body paragraphs in response to class discussions of the texts the class is reading so that students can practice and hone their ability to craft and build arguments in writing.

In 2024–25, the focus will be on the Inklings and classics of medieval through early modern literature.

In this three-year series Form 3 students (7th through 9th grade) will develop critical thinking, listening, and discussion skills through Socratic discussion as they grapple with foundational questions of faith and existence. Students will read and discuss a variety of classic literature along with selected works of the writers known as the Inklings, such as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams, as well as similar-minded contemporaries such as Dorothy Sayers and G. K. Chesterton. Students will be expected to complete reading assignments in preparation for class, as well as occasional writing assignments.

The Introduction to Inklings series of courses is offered in a three-year cycle with rotating historical themes: (Reading selections for any given cycle are subject to change each time that cycle year is offered.)

Cycle 1 (2026–27) focuses on the Inklings and the classics of antiquity and the early church such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, Herodotus, Plato, the Ramayana, Athanasius, Beowulf, the Poetic Edda, and the Bible.

Cycle 2 (2027–28) focuses on the Inklings, the Bible, and great works of medieval & renaissance literature such as Hildegaard von Bingen, Song of Roland, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Teresa of Avila, Luther, Pilgrim’s Progress, King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Arabian Nights, and various folk and fairy tales.

Cycle 3 (2025–26) focuses on the Inklings, the Bible, and key works and authors of the modern period such as John Wesley, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Frederick Douglass, Charlotte Mason, Lorraine Hansberry, and A Wrinkle in Time and other novels.

Current for 2026-27

Student journalists will learn different types of journalistic writing and media studies as they collaborate to produce the Bluebonnet periodicals The Bugle and the annual yearbook. Leadership and communication skills will constitute a core focus of the course, with students helping to build our Bluebonnet community through inclusive journalism. Students will also learn photography techniques and will be asked to demonstrate the use of these techniques in regular samples of their work.

This course meets every other week on Thursdays. It alternates with the Student Council Leadership course.

Current for 2026-27

Both new and experienced Latin scholars will be challenged in this class where students will read and study a novel written entirely in Latin. Students will enjoy reading about the antics and adventures of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D. while they learn an impressive amount of vocabulary and grammar through a natural language-learning approach.

Students will also read texts from sacred Scripture and learn about culture, history, technology, and other facets of Roman life. We will complete the first portion of Hans Orberg’s Lingua Latina: Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana book.

Current for 2026-27

Students in this class will continue to read and study a novel written entirely in Latin. Students will enjoy reading about the antics and adventures of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D. while they learn an impressive amount of vocabulary and grammar through a natural language-learning approach.

Students will also read texts from sacred Scripture and learn about culture, history, technology, and other facets of Roman life. We will complete the second portion of Hans Orberg’s Lingua Latina: Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana book.

This course is intended to follow Latin 1; at least one year of high-school level Latin is a prerequisite.

Current for 2026–27

Owl pellet dissections, live butterfly studies, and microscope adventures are a few of the activities that await fifth- through eighth-grade students in this fun, hands-on class.

Life Science at Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative uses Exploring the World of Biology by John H. Tiner, along with the accompanying materials from Memoria Press. The curriculum harmonizes with our gentle, Charlotte Mason, nature study approach while still offering substantive coverage of the subject at an age-appropriate level. Concepts covered include classifications, bacteria and protista, fungi, plant life, energy, digestion, insects, arachnids, aquatic life, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Current for 2026-27

In this literature and composition course, middle school and high school students will explore elements of literature and develop beginning skills in literary analysis. This course is taught via a two-year cycle in which the same essential aspects of literary analysis are explored through two different collections of short stories, novels, plays, and poetry. Students may take this course once or twice. Fluency in essay writing is a prerequisite for this course.

Current for 2026–27

Bluebonnet’s logic classes help equip students to reason well so that they can be critical thinkers and successful scholars across a wide range of disciplines and fields of study and throughout all areas of their lives. As a handmaid to Wisdom and Theology, Logic can assist students with discerning truth, avoiding falsehood, and communicating winsomely, like St. Paul, as ambassadors for the Gospel.

Since logical reasoning skills and habits require time and practice to hone, BHSC offers a multi-year logic sequence. For the 2026–27 academic year, logic students will begin Year 1 of our two-year logic rotation:

Medieval History & Geography will combine living books, narration, timeline, and maps to help students create connections between medieval history and the world around them.

Students will read, narrate, and discuss passages from hand-picked spine books as well as supplemental readings.  There will be weekly at-home reading assignments given so the students have the best possible opportunity to participate in class discussion and extend their learning to maximize the value of class time.

In addition, students will spend some time observing and tracing world maps relevant to the course material.  Students will have the opportunity to understand how specific nations’ borders changed as they journey through history, as well as identifying major features on a map.

Bluebonnet Scholars offers history on a rotating three-year cycle with studies synchronized across Forms 1 through 3 (grades K through 9th/10th) so that all students are studying the same time period together. The Form 3 (7th through 9th grade) cycle is as follows:

• Cycle Year 1: (2026–27) Ancient through Early Medieval History
• Cycle Year 2: (2027–28) Medieval through Early Modern History
• Cycle Year 3: (2025–26) Modern History (with an emphasis on American History)

Modern History & Geography will combine living books, narration, timeline, and maps to help students create connections between history and the world around them.

Students will read, narrate, and discuss passages from hand-picked spine books as well as supplemental readings.  There will be weekly at-home reading assignments given so the students have the best possible opportunity to participate in class discussion and extend their learning to maximize the value of class time. Additionally, students will complete occasional research and written assignments as well as build a commonplace book.

Bluebonnet Scholars offers history on a rotating three-year cycle with studies synchronized across Forms 1 through 3 (grades K through 9th/10th) so that all students are studying the same time period together. The Form 3 (7th through 9th grade) cycle is as follows:

• Cycle Year 1: (2026–27) Ancient through Early Medieval History
• Cycle Year 2: (2027–28) Medieval through Early Modern History
• Cycle Year 3: (2025–26) Modern History

In the Geography portion of the class, students will read, narrate, and discuss portions from living geography books in a rotating three-year cycle:

• Cycle Year 1 (2026–27): Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World (part); Geography III (part)
• Cycle Year 2 (2027–28): Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World (part); Geography III (part)
• Cycle Year 3 (2025–26): Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World (part); Geography III (part); States and Capitals; Don’t Know Much About the 50 States

Students will spend some time observing and tracing world maps relevant to the course material.  Students will have the opportunity to understand how specific nations’ borders changed as they journey through history, as well as identifying major features on a map.

Current for 2026–27

In musical theater, students will sing, learn acting techniques, learn the fundamentals of musical theater dancing, and participate in four performances in April! They will engage in fun acting games, analyze story structures, dive into music study, and memorize various lines for the performance. All students will have the opportunity to develop and practice their acting skills.  Musical theater not only teaches professionalism but  develops confidence in speaking, acting, singing, and dancing publicly in a performance setting. Students will practice blocking, learn about costuming, stage makeup, and set design.  Additionally, students will experience being a cast member and learn about cultivating teamwork. We are looking forward to a wholesome environment full of love, goodness, truth, and beauty through our study of and participation in great works of theater and music!

This year, we will be performing Anastasia: the Musical.

Musical Theater Auditions Policy

Students are added to a waitlist and then cast via auditions. Auditions were held and the cast list released in April 2026; enrollment and casting for the 2026–27 Musical Theater program are now closed.

Current for 2026–2027

This class invites students to learn how to slow down and to attend to nature through observation, asking questions, research, and drawing.  After a short drawing lesson and nature reading, students will study a landscape or an object from nature to capture in a nature journal. On every “tolerably fine day,” students will be encouraged to take their journals outdoors to explore, observe, and record details from trees, flowers, bushes, birds, insects, rocks, or any other natural creation that intrigues them. When weather prevents outdoor time, the instructor will bring specimens into the classroom for study.

While students will gain experience working with a variety of drawing mediums such as graphite, charcoal, pen, pastels, and watercolor, the focus of the time will be on sketching with graphite and brush drawing with watercolor. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to present and share nature journaling pages they completed outside of class on their own.

The teacher will be referencing Anna Botsford Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study, Peterson Texas Field Guides, various living nature books, and John Muir Laws’ How to Teach Nature Journaling during class.

This class meets every other week for Form 2 and Forms 3-4, alternating with Art Explorations (Form 2) and Handicrafts (Forms 3-4).

Current for 2026–27

Physical Science is designed to draw students into the world of physics and chemistry, developing knowledge, skill, and delight in understanding and experimenting with the physical world God created. Students will develop scientific understanding, lab skills, study skills, and the ability to communicate their findings in writing.

Topics covered include types of matter, energy, order and design in creation, forces and fields, measurement, motion, sound and light, electricity and magnetism, and the nature of scientific knowledge. The textbook and course are rooted in a Christian worldview, viewing God’s orderly creation as something we can investigate and come to understand better. Studying God’s world with awe and wonder brings him glory and benefits humanity. The text also integrates the humanities, art, literature, music, architecture, technology, and epistemology in order to broaden the scope of students’ learning.

This class meets for 2 hours per week for lecture, class discussion, and labs. Students may also join in optional field learning opportunities. Students should expect to apply the knowledge gained from reading and lectures to the labs performed in class, including measuring and recording data, performing calculations, and creating graphs.

On a weekly basis at home, students will complete the assigned reading from the text, complete assigned chapter exercises, and complete an online quiz. When necessary, students will complete lab journal entries and/or lab reports at home. In class, students will be expected to contribute to class discussions, participate fully in labs, and work on lab journals and lab reports as time is available. Students will complete 4 lab reports throughout this course, with help and guidance from the instructor. Students will take cumulative end-of-semester exams in the fall and spring.

Current for 2026–27

In the Artist & Composer Study portion of this class, students encounter works by master artists and composers in this multi-sensory class. Over the course of the year, students learn about the lives of 4 artists and 4 composers and study multiple works from each. Students gain a listening repertoire of over a dozen classical scores and receive over a dozen full-color art prints, which they study in class through group discussion, written narration, and notebook drawings.

In the Plutarch & Shakespeare portion of this class, the class will read, narrate, and discuss passages from Plutarch’s Lives and Shakespeare’s plays. Over the year, students will read two of Shakespeare plays and two of Plutarch’s lives, studying one of each per semester. Students will have the opportunity to dramatically read selected passages, to reenact key scenes, and to prepare and recite optional memory work.

Form 3 & 4 classes follow a 6–year cycle for the reading selections as well as a rotating selection of artists and composers:

Plutarch’s Lives

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): Agis & Cleomenes / Tiberias & Gaius Gracchus
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): Dion / Brutus
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Agesislaus / Pompey
• Cycle 4 (2028–29): Alcibiades / Coriolanus
• Cycle 5 (2029–30): Demosthenes / Cicero
• Cycle 6 (2030–31): Aristides / Marcus Cato (the Elder)

Shakespeare’s Plays

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): Henry VIII / Romeo & Juliet
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): The Taming of the Shrew / Macbeth
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Much Ado About Nothing / Hamlet
• Cycle 4 (2028–29): The Merchant of Venice / Coriolanus
• Cycle 5 (2029–30): A Winter’s Tale / King John
• Cycle 6 (2030–31): As You Like It / Richard II

2026–27 Artist Study

• Fra Angelo
• Jacob Van Ruisdale
• Berthe Morisot
• R. C. Gorman

In the Artist & Composer Study portion of this class, students encounter works by master artists and composers in this multi-sensory class. Over the course of the year, students learn about the lives of 4 artists and 4 composers and study multiple works from each. Students gain a listening repertoire of over a dozen classical scores and receive over a dozen full-color art prints, which they study in class through group discussion, written narration, and notebook drawings.

In the Plutarch & Shakespeare portion of this class, the class will read, narrate, and discuss passages from Plutarch’s Lives and Shakespeare’s plays. Over the year, students will read two of Shakespeare plays and two of Plutarch’s lives, studying one of each per semester. Students will have the opportunity to dramatically read selected passages, to reenact key scenes, and to prepare and recite optional memory work.

Form 3 & 4 classes follow a 6-year cycle for the reading selections as well as a rotating selection of artists and composers:

Plutarch’s Lives

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): Agis & Cleomenes / Tiberias & Gaius Gracchus
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): Dion / Brutus
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Agesislaus / Pompey
• Cycle 4 (2028–29): Alcibiades / Coriolanus
• Cycle 5 (2029–30): Demosthenes / Cicero
• Cycle 6 (2030–31): Aristides / Marcus Cato (the Elder)

Shakespeare’s Plays

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): Henry VIII / Romeo & Juliet
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): The Taming of the Shrew / Macbeth
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Much Ado About Nothing / Hamlet
• Cycle 4 (2028–29): The Merchant of Venice / Coriolanus
• Cycle 5 (2029–30): A Winter’s Tale / King John
• Cycle 6 (2030–31): As You Like It / Richard II

2025–26 Artist Study

Current for 2026–27

At Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative, the study of math is rooted in wonder. Students are invited to delve deeply into the beauty of math and to undertake mathematical study as an act of worship in which they can catch a glimpse into the mind of God.

Bluebonnet’s Pre-algebra course continues the student’s transition from arithmetic to algebraic problem solving. Students will review basic math concepts and skills, and be introduced to the order of operations, operations and equations with negative numbers, basic geometric concepts with 2D figures and 3D solids, basic inequalities, simple linear equations and proportions, and probability. Students will also gain experience converting word problems into algebraic form. Many topics covered offer a chance for students to make connections to their daily lives through algebraic expressions and to explore how the beauty of math enables man to simplify the complexity of the world.

Bluebonnet Pre-algebra provides a transitional math program between elementary and high school math, incorporating material from the Singapore Dimensions curriculum BHSC students will have been familiar with since Math 1, but also introducing material from All Things Algebra, a curriculum which is used in some of our high school level courses.

Current for 2026–2027

Students learn about and put into practice key speaking skills of poise, locution, connection with the audience, and producing cogent content. Students develop confidence and leadership skills that will prepare them to serve God in a variety of contexts.

Current for 2026–2027

Using interactive and conversation-driven learning, this course will lay the foundation for learning to speak Spanish fluently. Students will engage in a variety of activities beneficial for both new and experienced students together in the same class. Through dynamic classroom interactions, students learn how the language works—how language components can be put together in different ways to understand, speak, read, and write in everyday life.

In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be expected to complete work outside of class each week such as listening to Spanish audio recordings, speaking practice, and completing assigned coursework. As an integral part of the learning process, students will be asked to record themselves speaking and to submit their recording to the teacher each week. Homework expectation is approximately 30 minutes per day, 3 days a week.

Learning Goals:

• Use general vocabulary in Spanish that helps students to communicate thoughts and daily needs. 
• Ask questions in Spanish. 
• Answer simple questions in Spanish. 
• Use proper grammar for writing and speaking. 
• Create stories in Spanish based on listening and reading. 
• Build reading comprehension in Spanish. 
• Utilize strategies for understanding unknown words (voice inflection, listening for general idea, asking clarifying questions). 
• Identify Spanish-speaking countries around the world. 
• Learn subject pronouns. 
• Learn to conjugate regular and irregular verbs in present tense. 
• Learn noun/adjective placement and agreement. 
• Learn two forms of “to be” (ser & estar). 

Current for 2026–2027

Combining interactive and conversation-driven learning with traditional grammar and vocabulary instruction, this course will help students in their journey to speak Spanish fluently. Students will work through Breaking the Spanish Barrier, a curriculum that engages students through a variety of activities and techniques. 

In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be expected to complete work outside of class each week including listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. As an integral part of the learning process, students will be asked to record themselves speaking and to submit their recording to the teacher each week. Homework expectation is approximately 30 minutes per day, 3 days a week.

Learning Goals:

• Review and expand on vocabulary and grammar from Spanish 1.
• Practice asking and answering questions in Spanish.
• Use proper grammar for writing and speaking.
• Create stories in Spanish based on listening and reading.
• Further build reading comprehension in Spanish.
• Utilize strategies for understanding unknown words (voice inflection, listening for general idea, asking clarifying questions).
• Expand vocabulary for adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions in Spanish.
• Learn “por” versus “para”.
• Learn “saber” versus “conocer.”
• Learn past tense verb forms: preterite and imperfect.
• Learn the progressive verb tense.
• Learn the immediate future verb tense.
• Learn direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns.

Current for 2026-2027

This class is meant to follow Spanish 2 and is for students entering a third or fourth year of Form 3 & 4 Spanish studies. Combining interactive and conversation-driven learning with traditional grammar and vocabulary instruction, this course will help students in their journey to speak Spanish fluently. Students will work through Breaking the Spanish Barrier, a curriculum that engages students through a variety of activities and techniques. 

In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be expected to complete work outside of class each week including listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. As an integral part of the learning process, students will be asked to record themselves speaking and to submit their recording to the teacher each week. Homework expectation is approximately 30 minutes per day, 3 days a week.

Learning Goals:

• Review and expand on vocabulary and grammar from Spanish 1 & 2.
• Practice asking and answering questions in Spanish.
• Use proper grammar for writing and speaking.
• Create stories in Spanish based on listening and reading.
• Further build reading comprehension in Spanish, utilizing a variety of formats (poetry, short story, news article, interview, etc).
• Practice “real-world communications” in Spanish (writing a professional email, formal letter, etc).
• Learn more advanced pronoun configurations.
• Learn command verb tense (direct and indirect)
• Learn future verb tense. 
• Learn helping verbs.
• Learn the present perfect and past perfect verb tenses.
• Learn conditional verb tense.
• Learn subjunctive verb tense.
• Learn the passive verb tense. 
• More advanced students will have opportunity for more advanced reading, writing, listening comprehension and conversation.

New for 2026-2027!

The Spanish Conversation Club is designed to complement existing Spanish classes by helping students develop and strengthen their Spanish listening and speaking skills even further. Participants will engage in interactive conversations centered on everyday topics, music, cultural elements, expressions, idioms, videos, and artists from Latin America. The class is structured to support both beginner and more experienced Form 3 & 4 learners in a collaborative learning environment.

In addition to language development, students will explore the rich cultural diversity of Spanish-speaking countries. Through guided discussions, students will share their ideas, opinions, and perspectives, helping them expand their vocabulary and apply it in real-life contexts. Emphasis is placed on fostering student ownership of both vocabulary acquisition and the overall learning experience

Please note that this club/conversation course complements, and does NOT replace, a traditional Spanish class; students should ideally be concurrently enrolled in a regular Spanish class. However, students who are native Spanish speakers and students who have previously taken Spanish class(es) will be able to benefit from the Conversation Club as well. The Spanish Conversation Club does not use a comprehensive curriculum, does not assign regular homework, does not merit a full credit of high school Spanish on the transcript, and does not fulfill prerequisites for placement into BHSC Spanish 2 or above. All BHSC Spanish classes include a conversational element, and this club extends that to offer students more time and opportunity to practice listening and speaking in authentic conversations.

Learning Goals

• Use practical Spanish vocabulary to communicate thoughts and everyday needs
• Ask questions effectively in Spanish
• Respond to simple questions with confidence
• Apply appropriate grammar in spoken communication
• Use strategies to understand unfamiliar words (e.g., tone of voice, context clues, and asking for clarification)
• Identify Spanish-speaking countries and recognize regional idioms and expressions

Current for 2026–27

Mrs. Billing’s Studio Art Watercolor Painting class will focus on the foundations of watercolor painting techniques. These techniques include flat washes, variegated washes, wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques, color theory, values and transparency, glazing techniques, texture techniques, composition and design basics, nature painting, water and skies, florals, urban and still-life scenes, and master copy sessions.

The world is at your fingertips! This theme-based writing curriculum allows students to experience world history through cultural literature and the study of famous people and events while learning to write with structure and style. Working through all of IEW’s Units 1–9, students learn to take notes, retell narrative stories, summarize references, write from pictures, compose essays, and more.

Moving at a faster pace and with more advanced assignment extensions especially geared for Form 3 students (generally grades 7–9), this class will be ideal for students who might fall between Form 2 writing levels and the more advanced Essay Writing classes. This class is also ideal for students who would benefit from a review of essential writing structures and stylistic techniques to build a solid foundation for later high school composition. Using popular, parent-approved, and widely-loved curriculum from the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), this class will provide excellent preparation for more advanced BHSC composition courses.

In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another two to three hours each week completing assignments at home.

Current for 2026–27

Youth Choir provides students ages 12–18 with a comprehensive choral experience centered on the study and performance of music to grow musically and glorify God. Emphasis is placed on the development of vocal technique, ensemble musicianship, polyphonic singing, sight singing, and stylistic interpretation. Students will engage with a diverse repertoire spanning traditional hymns, classical sacred works, contemporary works, spirituals, and more. Beyond the classroom, students will be expected to practice the repertoire at home. Furthermore, the choir functions as a vocal ministry, reaching others through performances in retirement communities, at Bluebonnet’s Graduation, and in Bluebonnet’s fall and spring Fine Arts Showcase events. 

This year, there will be an advanced subgroup of the Youth Choir that students may audition to participate in with around 12 spots. This group will meet for part of a rehearsal around once per month, meanwhile other members of Youth Choir will continue learning the choral repertoire and practicing other musical techniques. Students who wish to audition for the advanced portion will learn one or two more technically challenging pieces of music in addition to the selections which all the choir will learn, and they will perform one or two songs at the showcase. This opportunity will allow some of the older and more technically trained singers to be challenged and grow in their choral abilities.

Bluebonnet Home Scholars also offers Form I Children’s Choir (ages 7-9) and Form II Children’s Choir (ages 9-12).

This advanced high school chemistry course combines up-to-date science with a Christian worldview and an educational approach that aims for wonder, integration, and mastery. Meeting Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, this course will include both lab and lecture/discussion components. This course requires daily dedication. Students should anticipate an hour per day of study to fully master the material, and regular homework assignments need to be completed promptly.

Corequisite: Chemistry students must be concurrently enrolled in Algebra 2 or higher math.

Prerequisites: Beginning with the 2026–27 school year, prior enrollment in BHSC/Novare Physical Science and/or ASPC (or equivalent) is required. For students who have not previously taken Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry (ASPC), summer study is highly recommended.

From the textbook publisher’s website:

“Chemistry for Accelerated Students is an ideal text for students who love science and aspire to a STEM-oriented college program. This book contains up-to-date chemistry information, beautiful illustrations, and lucid narrative. It also supports Novare’s trademark mastery-learning paradigm.

“This accelerated text is a more intense treatment than our General Chemistry text. This text includes additional chapters on thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium, and a glimpse into organic chemistry. Ample exercises are included in each chapter giving students plenty of opportunities to develop skills. Explanations move along a little faster and go into a little more depth than the grade-level text.

“Although the mathematics involved in chemistry are generally not advanced, Chemistry for Accelerated Students is recommended for students who are concurrently enrolled in Algebra II. As with all Novare textbooks, our Textbook Philosophy guides the layout and composition of the text. Colors and images are attractive without being distracting.

“NOTE: It is highly recommended that students have a prior course in physics before using this book. It is assumed that important skills and concepts are already grasped before using this text. If you want to use this text but have not had the physics foundation, you can use The Novare Chemistry Supplement to get you up to speed. It is a 25-page primer of fundamental learning that this text takes for granted that students already know.”

Current for 2026–27

This high school introductory physics & chemistry course combines up-to-date science with a Christian worldview and an educational approach that aims for wonder, integration, and mastery. Concepts covered include the nature of scientific knowledge, motion, Newton’s laws, variation and proportion, energy, heat and temperature, waves, sound, light, electricity and DC circuits, fields and magnetism, chemical substances, atomic models and density, atomic bonding, and chemical reactions. (Visit the publisher’s FAQ to learn more about how this publisher approaches the subject of evolution.) The Novare curriculum aims to nurture fascinated students who deeply understand and remember their science. Meeting Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, this course will include both lab and lecture/discussion components.

This course is accelerated, and as such, students will be expected to complete all reading assignments, all end-of-chapter question assignments, quizzes, five lab reports, a lab journal, and two end-of-semester exams. Each student (or family) will need access to Google Classroom for assignments and grades.

Prerequisites: must have completed Algebra I and pass a placement exam.

(Not offered in 2026-2027)

This class is designed to help students who have mastered the basic essay take their writing to the next level. Students will learn a five-step process for developing a thoughtful thesis statement that interacts with the great conversation of ideas. By attending to sources and engaging in group discussion, students will be able to find their own voice as they search for the truth through their reading and writing.

In addition to reviewing sentence structure and stylistic elements, returning students will also read essays by master writers, analyzing and imitating their respective styles in a series of response essays of their own. Studying an array of the best American essays from the past century, students will gain exposure to different essay structures and themes ranging from opinion piece to social appeal, from personal essay to literary theodicy.

The skill and insight of great authors serve as inspiration for students who are finding their own individual voices. By imitating the sentence structures and essay organization of great authors, students can be empowered to compose their own beautiful, powerful work as they join the larger conversation. This advanced essay course makes a direct bridge for the student between imitating great writing and composing beautiful writing in their own words. Students will also gain practice with the revision and critique process.

We will also make time for some creative writing projects as well. Students will study poetic form and style as well as short fiction, and will imitate master authors through creative compositions of their own.

In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another two to three hours each week completing assignments at home.

Current for 2026-2027

Advanced Latin is taught via a three-year cycle in which the same essential aspects of Latin vocabulary, grammar, rhetorical techniques, and literature are explored through different collections of works. Students will read primary sources from classical and medieval Latin, including portions of Sacred Scripture. Students will learn the fundamentals of Roman poetic meter and encounter a variety of texts including history, mythology, and epic poetry. We will revisit and build upon our understanding of Latin grammar while focusing primarily upon reading and discussing Latin texts.

This course is intended to follow Latin 2; at least two years of high school Latin are a prerequisite.

Current for 2026–2027

In Algebra II, students will broaden their knowledge of quadratic functions, exponential functions, and systems of equations. To continue kindling wonder and creative thinking, Mrs. Panam will supplement the traditional textbook approach by adding in substantial amounts of curated supplemental material for enrichment and extension, along with practice standardized test problems. These challenging problem-solving activities are integrated to help students hone their mathematical and critical thinking skills and apply concepts across a wide range of situations and scenarios.

Note: Like our Algebra I class, Algebra II requires students to complete a large homework packet. Families have three options:

1. Complete and submit the material digitally using a tablet (that can write on PDFs and upload the marked-up PDFs to Google Classroom) along with a compatible stylus. (For example, an iPad and stylus would be great).
2. Print each unit from Google Classroom at home, slowly and over the course of the school year, which requires a total of 800+ pages printed.
3. Purchase the packet from Bluebonnet pre-printed, at a cost of $77. If families choose option three, they must notify us before June 28 so we can include it in our bulk printing order. The cost will be billed with families’ July tuition payment.

Recommended: Tablet—compatible with Google Classroom, preferably also compatible with a stylus

(Not offered in 2026-2027)

In this college-preparatory literature and composition course, high school students will survey American literature and develop skills in literary analysis and research as they read and write upper-level essays, annotated bibliographies, and timed-essay exams. Students will also study poetic form and style as well as short fiction, and will imitate master authors through creative compositions of their own.

Prerequisites: Prior writing class with Mrs. Hartenburg, or by permission.

Note: This course is offered on rotation every two or three years and will be offered in 2025–26.

(Not offered 2026-2027)

From the publisher’s website:

General Biology is a brilliant new high school biology text that combines up-to-date science with a Christian worldview and the mastery-based educational philosophy for which Novare is known.

The book starts at the atomic level and progresses to ever-larger scales: cells, genes, microorganisms, plants, animals, and human organ systems. Each chapter includes straightforward learning objectives, exercises that call for both clear articulation of thoughts and full-sentence answers, and an organization of topics that steadily builds chapter by chapter. The final chapters of the book survey ecology and the theory of evolution. Read our FAQ to learn more about how we approach the subject of evolution.

Like all Novare texts, mastery-based learning methods are an essential part of General Biology, propelling students not only to learn but also to substantially retain the content for years after completing the course. The book succinctly and logically covers a wide array of information in a modest number of pages, making it a pleasure to read. Brilliant and beautiful graphics, which appear on almost every page, draw students into mature engagement with the content.

(Not offered in 2026–27)

In this college-preparatory literature and composition course, high school students will survey British literature and develop skills in literary analysis and research as they read and write upper-level essays, annotated bibliographies, and timed-essay exams. Students will also study poetic form and style and imitate master poets through creative compositions of their own.

Prerequisites: Prior IEW experience or writing class with Mrs. Hartenburg, or by permission.

Note: This course is offered on rotation every two or three years and will NOT be offered in 2025–26.

Current for 2026–2027

Calculus BC is the study of limits, derivatives, definite and indefinite integrals, polynomial approximations and (infinite) series. Though this is considered a study of single-variable calculus, parametric, polar, and vector functions will be studied. Consistent with AP philosophy, concepts will be expressed and analyzed geometrically, numerically, analytically, and verbally. After completion of this course, students have the option to take the AP Calculus BC exam at their local high school (payment for exam fees is made directly to the local high school and are due in the fall).

To continue kindling wonder and creative thinking, Mrs. Panam supplements the traditional textbook approach by adding in substantial amounts of curated material for enrichment and extension, along with practice standardized test problems. These challenging problem-solving activities are integrated to help students hone their mathematical and critical thinking skills and apply concepts across a wide range of situations and scenarios.

Current for 2026-27

Meeting over the lunch period every other Tuesday, students will learn skills and strategies of the game of chess by studying under an experienced teacher and playing together. Each semester concludes with a chess tournament.

NOTE: Chess Club is offered on alternating weeks and meets at the same time and on the same days as Form 2 (upper elementary) Game Club; students in grades 4 through 6 must choose either one or the other, not both.

Not offered in 2026–27

BHSC is delighted to offer U. S. History from 1877 (HIST 2323) as part of the BHSC Dual-Enrollment Program in partnership with The Academy at Houston Christian University (HCU).

Course details: HIST 2323: U. S. History from 1877 is a survey of American history from the close of Reconstruction to the present.

U. S. History from 1877, will be offered on Tuesdays, 9:20 to 10:30 a.m. over the entire 2025–26 BHSC school year, so the pacing will be much more relaxed than taking an equivalent class at a college or university. Instead of the 3-unit college class lasting one semester, the same class will be offered at BHSC over the full year, August through May.

Dual-enrollment instructor Mr. Brian K. Kessler holds a Bachelor of Science in Professional Writing (Technical Writing) from the University of Houston-Downtown and a Master of Arts in History from Houston Christian University (HCU).

Mr. Kessler’s life is a demonstration of how life can take unexpected turn. After graduating from Alief Hastings High School in 1983, he enrolled at the University of Houston with the intention of studying law. During his freshman year, two Houston Police detectives recruited him to the police department where his plan was to work night shift while attending school in the day. He discovered, however, that he was meant to be a police officer. Eventually, he did obtain his undergraduate degree in 2001. Mr. Kessler retired as a police lieutenant after 37 years of service with the Houston Police Department.

After retirement, Mr. Kessler returned to school to study his true academic interest: history. He obtained his master’s from HCU and is excited to share his love of history with the students of Bluebonnet Scholars. Although his historical interests vary widely, his area of expertise is that of Southeast Texas from Spanish Acquisition into the Progressive Era.

U. S. History to 1877, will be offered on Tuesdays, 9:20 to 10:30 a.m. over the entire 2024–25 BHSC school year, so the pacing will be much more relaxed than taking an equivalent class at a college or university. Instead of the 3-unit college class lasting one semester, the same class will be offered at BHSC over the full year, August through May.

Meet the Professor: Serving as an HCU Honors College professor and professor of history, Dr. David Davis teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels, specializing in medieval and early-modern European history and offering courses that focus upon intellectual, cultural, and religious history as well as the history of science. Noting Dr. Davis’s “kindness, humor, generosity, and intellectual fervor,” HCU has named Dr. Davis the Opal Goolsby Outstanding Professor two times, once in 2013 and again in 2022; this is a prestigious award created to recognize the very best teaching on the HBU campus. Dr. Davis was also made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society for his contributions to historical scholarship and was awarded the Hardenberg Fellowship at the Johannes a Lasco Bibliothek in Emden, Germany in 2017.

Course details: HIST 2313: U. S. History to 1877 is a survey of American history from its origins to the close of Reconstruction.

Some of Dr. Davis’s Popular Writing You Might Enjoy:
The Wound of Time: C.S. Lewis’s Final Thoughts on a Human Condition, FORMA
Rethinking the Reformation Reliance upon the Middle Ages, The City
Texas History Gets Supersized, The American Conservative
‘The Great Rift’ Review: From Comity to Culture War, The Wall Street Journal
Newton the Faithful, The Wall Street Journal
Review: A Companion to the Early Printed Book in Britain, 1476–1558, Renaissance Quarterly

Current for 2026–27

This combination course is offered in a two-semester sequence. Economics in the fall builds the conceptual architecture—the vocabulary of choice, scarcity, systems, behavior, and ethics—that Personal Finance inhabits and applies in the spring. At the completion of this course, students will have studied money as a science, as a moral question, and as a personal discipline.

The through-line connecting both semesters is this: Every economic decision is also a moral decision, and every moral conviction must be tested against reality.

Economics asks: How do human beings behave under conditions of scarcity, and what systems emerge from that behavior? Personal Finance asks: Given everything we know about how markets and human psychology work, how should I order my own financial life? Together, they form a complete answer.

Economics is not merely a set of technical tools, but rather it is a moral science. Economics illuminates what we owe each other, what it means to flourish, and how our choices ripple outward into the lives of others.

Every economic system embodies a theory of human nature. Capitalism assumes that self-interest, channeled through markets, produces broadly beneficial outcomes. Socialism assumes that collective planning can serve human dignity better than the invisible hand. Christianity generally cites both as incomplete normative systems if they exclude God’s guidance.

A student who has thought carefully about economic systems and religious approaches to economics is far better prepared to make sound personal financial decisions than one who has simply been told “spend less than you earn.” Understanding why that rule is true and why to break that rule is the work of these two semesters together.

In line with BHSC’s educational philosophy and core commitments, this course centers on the formation of judgment, not merely the transmission of information. Both semesters follow this model:

• The Economics semester introduces students to the great debates: Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx, Milton Friedman vs. Pope Leo XIII, Daniel Kahneman vs. the rational-agent model. Students are not told what to conclude. They are taught to reason well.
• The Personal Finance semester introduces students to application of economic questions: how much to save, whether to use a credit card, whether to tithe on gross or net income. Students are not told what to do. They are given the tools to decide well.

In both semesters, the Socratic discussion method is primary. The instructor asks questions; students must reason, steelman opposing views, and update their positions when confronted with better arguments. All this is designed to lead to the formation of the kind of person who can be trusted with money, power, and freedom.

Current for 2026–27

Forest School allows students to have (mostly) unstructured outdoor time while playing and learning at the point of interest along the way. In Forest School, outside exploration and games are student-led, resulting in an emerging rather than a prescribed curriculum. Teens are allowed to take risks and are guided by their teachers in how to take those risks appropriately. The agenda and lesson for each day will vary based on the natural phenomena available and the students’ interests. Informal lessons may take place on an individual level as well as in periodic group lessons. As much as possible, topics and activities will be teen-led. The teachers will assist as needed with informal, age-appropriate lessons and games throughout the year in subjects as varied as orienteering, whittling, capture the flag, geography, botany, biology, physical education, music, and the scientific method.

Students will develop strategizing and critical thinking skills as they enjoy collaborating and discovering a wide variety of games together, including card games, board games, and other pursuits. This club will incorporate a high level of student leadership in selecting and learning various games, while emphasizing sportsmanship, fair play, and the importance of encouraging one another in learning new challenges.

Form 3 & 4 Game Club for middle school and high school students (as well as upper elementary Form 2 students) meets every week on Fridays.

Current for 2026–2027

In Geometry, students strengthen their mathematical reasoning skills in geometric contexts. The comprehensive content and varied real-life applications covered give students a strong mathematical foundation. This series introduces students to theory and application of formal and informal reasoning, as well as to synthetic, coordinate, and transformational approaches. This comprehensive course covers Points/Lines/Planes/Angles, Deductive Reasoning, Parallel Lines and Planes, Congruent Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Inequalities in Geometry, Similar Polygons, Right Triangles, Circles, Constructions and Loci, Areas of Plane Figures, Areas and Volumes of Solids, Coordinate Geometry, and Transformations. The course emphasizes logic and offers a good amount of worked-out examples, hands-on activities, real-world applications, exercises, chapter and mixed reviews, and a technology strand that includes calculator and computer applications for geometry. To continue kindling wonder and creative thinking, Mrs. Panam will supplement the traditional textbook approach by adding in substantial amounts of curated supplemental material for enrichment and extension, along with practice standardized test problems. These challenging problem-solving activities are integrated to help students hone their mathematical and critical thinking skills and apply concepts across a wide range of situations and scenarios.

Not offered in 2025–26.

In this course, upper-level high school students will continue their studies of citizenship by learning the fundamentals of American Government and Economics. Bluebonnet students who have studied Plutarch, History, and various literary and historical works in Socratic Discussion will make connections with their previous knowledge as they see how the great ideas of the past have influenced the structure and function of the three branches of the U.S. Government.

Current for 2026-2027

Both beautiful and useful, handicrafts allow students of all ages to develop skills while improving habits of attention, orderliness, and tenacity. The instructors help students experiment and develop skills with several different handicrafts over each semester. Previous handicrafts have included weaving reeds, corn husks, and fabric, paper crafts such as quilling, hand sewing, leather and wood crafts, kite making, and more.

The instructor works with each student to personalize projects at the student’s level of ability and experience. By the end of the semester, students will have created both decorative and practical items of various kinds.

This class meets every other week for Forms 2-4, with Form 2 alternating with Math Club, and Forms 3-4 alternating with Nature Journaling.

Current for 2026–27

This advanced high school chemistry course combines up-to-date science with a Christian worldview and an educational approach that aims for wonder, integration, and mastery to prepare students for college freshman chemistry. Meeting Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, this course will include both lab and lecture/discussion components. This course requires daily dedication. Students should anticipate an hour per day of study to fully master the material, and regular homework assignments need to be completed promptly.

Skills-Focused Core and Topics

A strong emphasis is placed on spiraling skills and developing a deep understanding of foundations in chemistry. The following topics will be explored in greater depth with extended problem-solving, conceptual analysis and corresponding laboratory work.

Students in Honors Chemistry gain a strong foundation in the following:

• The History of the Periodic Table— the wonder around the discovery of the elements of the periodic table and their discovery,
• Atomic structure— the structure of atom and how subatomic particles relate to one another
• Periodicity and Bonding— the patterns of the periodic table and how elements interact with one another,
• Stoichiometry— acquire an in-depth understanding of stoichiometric relationships and their mathematical applications,
• Gas laws— how to mathematically represent the behavior of gases,
• Thermochemistry— how to calculate energy relationships in chemical reactions,
• Solutions— how to predict the outcomes of chemical reactions,
• Acids and Bases— calculating the relationship between the properties of acid and bases and their compositions

Students will engage in multi-step problem solving, modeling, and technical writing to gain both conceptual understanding and fluency with the language of chemistry.

Laboratory Component

Laboratory work is an important part of this course and will be used to enhance understanding of concepts and develop skills used in the chemistry laboratory.

Students will learn to do the following:

• Make appropriate equipment choices
• Measure reagents accurately
• Collect accurate measurements and record data with appropriate precision
• Collect, analyze and interpret data
• Maintain safety within the lab setting
• Calculate and analyze sources of error in experimentation
• Write formal lab reports that clearly communicate methods, analysis and conclusions

Emphasis is placed on accuracy of data collection through appropriate equipment use and communication of meaning of findings and the purpose behind their data and concepts connected to those data.

Students should plan to average 4-5 hours of homework each week for this honors Chemistry Course.

Optional AP Preparation Track

Students who wish to prepare for the AP Chemistry exam may opt for an additional, optional, AP-aligned homework supplement. This material is for motivated students who wish to take the AP Chemistry Exam. It will include recommended assignments (aside from the regular class assignments) consisting of AP-style multiple-choice and free-response questions. While class instruction will focus on conceptual understanding through the Honors curriculum, AP students will need consistent exposure to problems that focus on nuanced analysis. This will help them develop the accuracy, speed, and familiarity of format needed to finish the timed exam. Students should expect an additional time commitment of approximately 3–5 hours per week (for a total of 7 to 10 hours of homework per week average for the course). This supplement is optional and not required for success in the Honors course.

For materials, students in the AP track can supplement with a subscription to CK-12 and videos found on Khan Academy. Details will be sent out at a later date.

Corequisite: Chemistry students must be concurrently enrolled in Algebra 2 or higher math and must enroll in both the Lab and Lecture components of the Honors Chemistry course.

Prerequisites: Beginning with the 2026–27 school year, prior enrollment in BHSC/Novare Physical Science and/or ASPC (or equivalent) is required. For students who have not previously taken Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry (ASPC), summer study is highly recommended. Enrollment requires teacher approval or successful completion of the placement exam.

Current for 2026–27

This Honors Physics course is designed to provide a rigorous and in-depth study of classical mechanics, while also introducing students to a broader range of physics topics.

Depth-Focused Core (Primary Emphasis)

A strong emphasis is placed on developing a deep understanding of foundational mechanics. The following topics will be explored in greater depth, with extended problem-solving, conceptual analysis, and laboratory work:

• Kinematics (motion in one and two dimensions)
• Forces and Newton’s Laws
• Work, Energy, and Power
• Linear Momentum and Collisions
• Circular Motion, Orbits, and Gravitation
• Rotational Motion (torque and rotational dynamics)
• Energy and Momentum in Rotating Systems

Students will engage in multi-step problem solving, modeling, and analytical reasoning, building both conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency.

Breadth Extensions (Selective Exposure)

After establishing a strong foundation in mechanics, the course will introduce select topics to broaden students’ understanding of physics. These units are designed to provide conceptual exposure to interesting topics in physics.

• Introductory Fluids
• Introductory Waves
• Introductory Thermodynamics (heat, temperature, energy transfer)
• Introductory Electricity and Magnetism (charge, circuits, fields)
• Introductory Optics (light, reflection, refraction)
• Introductory Modern Physics (atomic and quantum ideas, special relativity, as time permits)

Laboratory Component

Laboratory work is an important part of this course and is used to reinforce conceptual understanding and develop scientific skills. Students will participate in both guided experiments and student-designed investigations.

Students will learn to:

• Design and carry out their own experiments
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data
• Identify sources of error and evaluate results
• Maintain a structured lab journal documenting procedures, observations, and reflections
• Write and submit formal lab reports that clearly communicate methods, analysis, and conclusions

Emphasis is placed on developing independence, critical thinking, and clear scientific communication.

Students should plan to average about 5 hours per week of homework for this Honors Physics course.

Optional AP Preparation Track

Students who wish to prepare for the AP Physics 1 exam may opt into an additional, optional, AP-aligned homework supplement. This material is for motivated students who wish to take the AP Exam. It will include recommended assignments (aside from the regular class assignments) consisting of AP-style multiple-choice and free-response questions. While class instruction will focus on conceptual understanding through the Honors curriculum, AP students will need consistent exposure to problems that focus on nuanced analysis. This will help them develop the accuracy, speed, and familiarity of format needed to finish the timed exam. Students should expect an additional time commitment of approximately 3–5 hours per week (for a total of 7 to 10 hours of homework per week average for the course). This supplement is optional and not required for success in the Honors course.

For materials, students in the AP track can supplement with a subscription to the Ultimate Review Packet and videos found on Flipping Physics. Details will be sent out at a later date. No additional textbook is required for the AP Prep Track beyond the course text already listed for the main Honors course below.

Corequisite: Physics students must be concurrently enrolled in Pre-calculus or higher math and must enroll in both the Lab and Lecture components of the Honors Physics course.

Prerequisites: Physics students must have already completed Algebra 2 with Trigonometry. (BHSC Algebra 2 includes Trigonometry.) Beginning with the 2026–27 school year, prior enrollment in BHSC/Novare Physical Science and/or ASPC (or equivalent) is required. Enrollment requires teacher approval or successful completion of the placement exam.

In this tuition-free class led by Dr. Gary Hartenburg, students will develop critical thinking, listening, and discussion skills as they grapple with foundational questions of faith and existence. Students will read and discuss a variety of classic literature along with selected works of the writers known as the Inklings, such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, as well as similar-minded contemporaries such as Dorothy Sayers and G. K. Chesterton. Students will be expected to complete reading assignments in preparation for class, and there may be optional writing assignments.

In 2024–25, the focus will be on the Inklings and great works of medieval & renaissance literature.

In this tuition-free class series led by Dr. Gary Hartenburg, Form 4 students (15 to 18 years old) will develop critical thinking, listening, and discussion skills through Socratic discussion as they grapple with foundational questions of faith and existence. Students will read and discuss a variety of classic literature along with selected works of the writers known as the Inklings, such as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams, as well as similar-minded contemporaries such as Dorothy Sayers and G. K. Chesterton. Students will be expected to complete reading assignments in preparation for class, and there may be optional writing assignments.

The Inklings & Classics series of courses is offered in a three-year cycle with rotating historical themes: (Reading selections for any given cycle are subject to change each time that cycle year is offered.)

Cycle 1 (2026–27) focuses on the Inklings and the classics of antiquity and the early church such as Homer, Plato, Herodotus, Lao Tsu, the Ramayana, Horace, Beowulf, Athanasius, and the Bible.

Cycle 2 (2027–28) focuses on the Inklings, the Bible, and great works of medieval & renaissance literature such as Hildegaard von Bingen, Julian of Norwich, Hafez, Khatun, Dante, Chretien de Troyes, Christine de Pizan, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Teresa of Avila, Shakespeare, Basho, Calvin, Luther, and Don Quixote.

Cycle 3 (2025–26) focuses on the Inklings, the Bible, and key works and authors of the modern period such as Blaise Pascal, Victor Hugo, David Hume, Descartes, Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, John Wesley, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Simone Weil, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lorraine Hansberry, Jorge Luis Borges, Flannery O’Connor, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and Willa Cather.

Current for 2026–27

In this tuition-free class series led by Dr. Gary Hartenburg, Form 4 students (15 to 18 years old) will develop critical thinking, listening, and discussion skills through Socratic discussion as they grapple with foundational questions of faith and existence. Students will read and discuss a variety of classic literature along with selected works of the writers known as the Inklings, such as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams, as well as similar-minded contemporaries such as Dorothy Sayers and G. K. Chesterton. Students will be expected to complete reading assignments in preparation for class, and there may be optional writing assignments.

The Inklings & Classics series of courses is offered in a three-year cycle with rotating historical themes: (Reading selections for any given cycle are subject to change each time that cycle year is offered.)

Cycle 1 (2026–27) focuses on the Inklings and the classics of antiquity and the early church such as Homer, Plato, Herodotus, Lao Tsu, Horace, Athanasius, and the Bible.

Cycle 2 (2027–28) focuses on the Inklings, the Bible, and great works of medieval & renaissance literature such as Hildegaard von Bingen, Julian of Norwich, Hafez, Khatun, Dante, Chretien de Troyes, Christine de Pizan, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Teresa of Avila, Shakespeare, Basho, Calvin, Luther, and Don Quixote.

Cycle 3 (2028–29) focuses on the Inklings, the Bible, and key works and authors of the modern period such as Blaise Pascal, Victor Hugo, David Hume, Descartes, Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, John Wesley, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Simone Weil, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lorraine Hansberry, Jorge Luis Borges, Flannery O’Connor, T. S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, and Willa Cather.

Current for 2026–27

In this precursor class to our original upper-level Inkings & Classics Socratic discussion course, students will develop critical thinking, listening, and discussion skills as they grapple with foundational questions of God, humanity, faith, and imagination. Students will read and discuss a variety of classic literature along with selected works of the writers known as the Inklings, such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, as well as similar-minded contemporaries such as Dorothy Sayers and G. K. Chesterton. This course is designed to be taken prior to or instead of our upper-level Inklings & Socratic Discussion course, not concurrently.

Students will be expected to complete reading assignments in preparation for class as well as some writing assignments. The writing will focus on crafting thesis statements and body paragraphs in response to class discussions of the texts the class is reading so that students can practice and hone their ability to craft and build arguments in writing.

In 2026–27, the focus will be on the Inklings and great works of ancient literature.

Current for 2026-27

Student journalists will learn different types of journalistic writing and media studies as they collaborate to produce the Bluebonnet periodicals The Bugle and the annual yearbook. Leadership and communication skills will constitute a core focus of the course, with students helping to build our Bluebonnet community through inclusive journalism. Students will also learn photography techniques and will be asked to demonstrate the use of these techniques in regular samples of their work.

This course meets every other week on Thursdays. It alternates with the Student Council Leadership course.

Current for 2026-27

Both new and experienced Latin scholars will be challenged in this class where students will read and study a novel written entirely in Latin. Students will enjoy reading about the antics and adventures of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D. while they learn an impressive amount of vocabulary and grammar through a natural language-learning approach.

Students will also read texts from sacred Scripture and learn about culture, history, technology, and other facets of Roman life. We will complete the first portion of Hans Orberg’s Lingua Latina: Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana book.

Current for 2026-27

Students in this class will continue to read and study a novel written entirely in Latin. Students will enjoy reading about the antics and adventures of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D. while they learn an impressive amount of vocabulary and grammar through a natural language-learning approach.

Students will also read texts from sacred Scripture and learn about culture, history, technology, and other facets of Roman life. We will complete the second portion of Hans Orberg’s Lingua Latina: Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana book.

This course is intended to follow Latin 1; at least one year of high-school level Latin is a prerequisite.

Current for 2026-27

In this literature and composition course, middle school and high school students will explore elements of literature and develop beginning skills in literary analysis. This course is taught via a two-year cycle in which the same essential aspects of literary analysis are explored through two different collections of short stories, novels, plays, and poetry. Students may take this course once or twice. Fluency in essay writing is a prerequisite for this course.

Current for 2026–27

Bluebonnet’s logic classes help equip students to reason well so that they can be critical thinkers and successful scholars across a wide range of disciplines and fields of study and throughout all areas of their lives. As a handmaid to Wisdom and Theology, Logic can assist students with discerning truth, avoiding falsehood, and communicating winsomely, like St. Paul, as ambassadors for the Gospel.

Since logical reasoning skills and habits require time and practice to hone, BHSC offers a multi-year logic sequence. For the 2026–27 academic year, logic students will begin Year 1 of our two-year logic rotation:

Medieval History & Geography will combine living books, narration, timeline, and maps to help students create connections between medieval history and the world around them.

Students will read, narrate, and discuss passages from hand-picked spine books as well as supplemental readings.  There will be weekly at-home reading assignments given so the students have the best possible opportunity to participate in class discussion and extend their learning to maximize the value of class time.

In addition, students will spend some time observing and tracing world maps relevant to the course material.  Students will have the opportunity to understand how specific nations’ borders changed as they journey through history, as well as identifying major features on a map.

Bluebonnet Scholars offers history on a rotating three-year cycle with studies synchronized across Forms 1 through 3 (grades K through 9th/10th) so that all students are studying the same time period together. The Form 3 (7th through 9th grade) cycle is as follows:

• Cycle Year 1: (2026–27) Ancient through Early Medieval History
• Cycle Year 2: (2027–28) Medieval through Early Modern History
• Cycle Year 3: (2025–26) Modern History (with an emphasis on American History)

Modern History & Geography will combine living books, narration, timeline, and maps to help students create connections between history and the world around them.

Students will read, narrate, and discuss passages from hand-picked spine books as well as supplemental readings.  There will be weekly at-home reading assignments given so the students have the best possible opportunity to participate in class discussion and extend their learning to maximize the value of class time. Additionally, students will complete occasional research and written assignments as well as build a commonplace book.

Bluebonnet Scholars offers history on a rotating three-year cycle with studies synchronized across Forms 1 through 3 (grades K through 9th/10th) so that all students are studying the same time period together. The Form 3 (7th through 9th grade) cycle is as follows:

• Cycle Year 1: (2026–27) Ancient through Early Medieval History
• Cycle Year 2: (2027–28) Medieval through Early Modern History
• Cycle Year 3: (2025–26) Modern History

In the Geography portion of the class, students will read, narrate, and discuss portions from living geography books in a rotating three-year cycle:

• Cycle Year 1 (2026–27): Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World (part); Geography III (part)
• Cycle Year 2 (2027–28): Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World (part); Geography III (part)
• Cycle Year 3 (2025–26): Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About The World (part); Geography III (part); States and Capitals; Don’t Know Much About the 50 States

Students will spend some time observing and tracing world maps relevant to the course material.  Students will have the opportunity to understand how specific nations’ borders changed as they journey through history, as well as identifying major features on a map.

Current for 2026–27

In musical theater, students will sing, learn acting techniques, learn the fundamentals of musical theater dancing, and participate in four performances in April! They will engage in fun acting games, analyze story structures, dive into music study, and memorize various lines for the performance. All students will have the opportunity to develop and practice their acting skills.  Musical theater not only teaches professionalism but  develops confidence in speaking, acting, singing, and dancing publicly in a performance setting. Students will practice blocking, learn about costuming, stage makeup, and set design.  Additionally, students will experience being a cast member and learn about cultivating teamwork. We are looking forward to a wholesome environment full of love, goodness, truth, and beauty through our study of and participation in great works of theater and music!

This year, we will be performing Anastasia: the Musical.

Musical Theater Auditions Policy

Students are added to a waitlist and then cast via auditions. Auditions were held and the cast list released in April 2026; enrollment and casting for the 2026–27 Musical Theater program are now closed.

Current for 2026–2027

This class invites students to learn how to slow down and to attend to nature through observation, asking questions, research, and drawing.  After a short drawing lesson and nature reading, students will study a landscape or an object from nature to capture in a nature journal. On every “tolerably fine day,” students will be encouraged to take their journals outdoors to explore, observe, and record details from trees, flowers, bushes, birds, insects, rocks, or any other natural creation that intrigues them. When weather prevents outdoor time, the instructor will bring specimens into the classroom for study.

While students will gain experience working with a variety of drawing mediums such as graphite, charcoal, pen, pastels, and watercolor, the focus of the time will be on sketching with graphite and brush drawing with watercolor. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to present and share nature journaling pages they completed outside of class on their own.

The teacher will be referencing Anna Botsford Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study, Peterson Texas Field Guides, various living nature books, and John Muir Laws’ How to Teach Nature Journaling during class.

This class meets every other week for Form 2 and Forms 3-4, alternating with Art Explorations (Form 2) and Handicrafts (Forms 3-4).

Current for 2026–27

In the Artist & Composer Study portion of this class, students encounter works by master artists and composers in this multi-sensory class. Over the course of the year, students learn about the lives of 4 artists and 4 composers and study multiple works from each. Students gain a listening repertoire of over a dozen classical scores and receive over a dozen full-color art prints, which they study in class through group discussion, written narration, and notebook drawings.

In the Plutarch & Shakespeare portion of this class, the class will read, narrate, and discuss passages from Plutarch’s Lives and Shakespeare’s plays. Over the year, students will read two of Shakespeare plays and two of Plutarch’s lives, studying one of each per semester. Students will have the opportunity to dramatically read selected passages, to reenact key scenes, and to prepare and recite optional memory work.

Form 3 & 4 classes follow a 6–year cycle for the reading selections as well as a rotating selection of artists and composers:

Plutarch’s Lives

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): Agis & Cleomenes / Tiberias & Gaius Gracchus
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): Dion / Brutus
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Agesislaus / Pompey
• Cycle 4 (2028–29): Alcibiades / Coriolanus
• Cycle 5 (2029–30): Demosthenes / Cicero
• Cycle 6 (2030–31): Aristides / Marcus Cato (the Elder)

Shakespeare’s Plays

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): Henry VIII / Romeo & Juliet
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): The Taming of the Shrew / Macbeth
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Much Ado About Nothing / Hamlet
• Cycle 4 (2028–29): The Merchant of Venice / Coriolanus
• Cycle 5 (2029–30): A Winter’s Tale / King John
• Cycle 6 (2030–31): As You Like It / Richard II

2026–27 Artist Study

• Fra Angelo
• Jacob Van Ruisdale
• Berthe Morisot
• R. C. Gorman

In the Artist & Composer Study portion of this class, students encounter works by master artists and composers in this multi-sensory class. Over the course of the year, students learn about the lives of 4 artists and 4 composers and study multiple works from each. Students gain a listening repertoire of over a dozen classical scores and receive over a dozen full-color art prints, which they study in class through group discussion, written narration, and notebook drawings.

In the Plutarch & Shakespeare portion of this class, the class will read, narrate, and discuss passages from Plutarch’s Lives and Shakespeare’s plays. Over the year, students will read two of Shakespeare plays and two of Plutarch’s lives, studying one of each per semester. Students will have the opportunity to dramatically read selected passages, to reenact key scenes, and to prepare and recite optional memory work.

Form 3 & 4 classes follow a 6-year cycle for the reading selections as well as a rotating selection of artists and composers:

Plutarch’s Lives

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): Agis & Cleomenes / Tiberias & Gaius Gracchus
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): Dion / Brutus
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Agesislaus / Pompey
• Cycle 4 (2028–29): Alcibiades / Coriolanus
• Cycle 5 (2029–30): Demosthenes / Cicero
• Cycle 6 (2030–31): Aristides / Marcus Cato (the Elder)

Shakespeare’s Plays

• Cycle 1 (2025–26): Henry VIII / Romeo & Juliet
• Cycle 2 (2026–27): The Taming of the Shrew / Macbeth
• Cycle 3 (2027–28): Much Ado About Nothing / Hamlet
• Cycle 4 (2028–29): The Merchant of Venice / Coriolanus
• Cycle 5 (2029–30): A Winter’s Tale / King John
• Cycle 6 (2030–31): As You Like It / Richard II

2025–26 Artist Study

Current for 2026–2027

The Precalculus curriculum is developed by a “nationally recognized author team” and utilizes “The Rule of Four: concepts are presented through a balance of algebraic, numerical, graphical, and verbal methods. Students learn to solve problems by one method and then support or confirm their solutions by another method.” —Pearson

This course provides a study of fundamental topics needed for calculus. Topics include applications of algebra and trigonometry, elementary functions and their graphs, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions, solutions to equations and inequalities, trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric functions, analytic trigonometry, and polar coordinates. To continue kindling wonder and creative thinking, Mrs. Panam supplements the traditional textbook approach by adding in substantial amounts of curated supplemental material for enrichment and extension, along with practice standardized test problems. These challenging problem-solving activities are integrated to help students hone their mathematical and critical thinking skills and apply concepts across a wide range of situations and scenarios.

Current for 2026–2027

Students learn about and put into practice key speaking skills of poise, locution, connection with the audience, and producing cogent content. Students develop confidence and leadership skills that will prepare them to serve God in a variety of contexts.

Current for 2026–2027

Using interactive and conversation-driven learning, this course will lay the foundation for learning to speak Spanish fluently. Students will engage in a variety of activities beneficial for both new and experienced students together in the same class. Through dynamic classroom interactions, students learn how the language works—how language components can be put together in different ways to understand, speak, read, and write in everyday life.

In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be expected to complete work outside of class each week such as listening to Spanish audio recordings, speaking practice, and completing assigned coursework. As an integral part of the learning process, students will be asked to record themselves speaking and to submit their recording to the teacher each week. Homework expectation is approximately 30 minutes per day, 3 days a week.

Learning Goals:

• Use general vocabulary in Spanish that helps students to communicate thoughts and daily needs. 
• Ask questions in Spanish. 
• Answer simple questions in Spanish. 
• Use proper grammar for writing and speaking. 
• Create stories in Spanish based on listening and reading. 
• Build reading comprehension in Spanish. 
• Utilize strategies for understanding unknown words (voice inflection, listening for general idea, asking clarifying questions). 
• Identify Spanish-speaking countries around the world. 
• Learn subject pronouns. 
• Learn to conjugate regular and irregular verbs in present tense. 
• Learn noun/adjective placement and agreement. 
• Learn two forms of “to be” (ser & estar). 

Current for 2026–2027

Combining interactive and conversation-driven learning with traditional grammar and vocabulary instruction, this course will help students in their journey to speak Spanish fluently. Students will work through Breaking the Spanish Barrier, a curriculum that engages students through a variety of activities and techniques. 

In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be expected to complete work outside of class each week including listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. As an integral part of the learning process, students will be asked to record themselves speaking and to submit their recording to the teacher each week. Homework expectation is approximately 30 minutes per day, 3 days a week.

Learning Goals:

• Review and expand on vocabulary and grammar from Spanish 1.
• Practice asking and answering questions in Spanish.
• Use proper grammar for writing and speaking.
• Create stories in Spanish based on listening and reading.
• Further build reading comprehension in Spanish.
• Utilize strategies for understanding unknown words (voice inflection, listening for general idea, asking clarifying questions).
• Expand vocabulary for adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions in Spanish.
• Learn “por” versus “para”.
• Learn “saber” versus “conocer.”
• Learn past tense verb forms: preterite and imperfect.
• Learn the progressive verb tense.
• Learn the immediate future verb tense.
• Learn direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns, and reflexive pronouns.

Current for 2026-2027

This class is meant to follow Spanish 2 and is for students entering a third or fourth year of Form 3 & 4 Spanish studies. Combining interactive and conversation-driven learning with traditional grammar and vocabulary instruction, this course will help students in their journey to speak Spanish fluently. Students will work through Breaking the Spanish Barrier, a curriculum that engages students through a variety of activities and techniques. 

In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be expected to complete work outside of class each week including listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. As an integral part of the learning process, students will be asked to record themselves speaking and to submit their recording to the teacher each week. Homework expectation is approximately 30 minutes per day, 3 days a week.

Learning Goals:

• Review and expand on vocabulary and grammar from Spanish 1 & 2.
• Practice asking and answering questions in Spanish.
• Use proper grammar for writing and speaking.
• Create stories in Spanish based on listening and reading.
• Further build reading comprehension in Spanish, utilizing a variety of formats (poetry, short story, news article, interview, etc).
• Practice “real-world communications” in Spanish (writing a professional email, formal letter, etc).
• Learn more advanced pronoun configurations.
• Learn command verb tense (direct and indirect)
• Learn future verb tense. 
• Learn helping verbs.
• Learn the present perfect and past perfect verb tenses.
• Learn conditional verb tense.
• Learn subjunctive verb tense.
• Learn the passive verb tense. 
• More advanced students will have opportunity for more advanced reading, writing, listening comprehension and conversation.

Current for 2026–2027

This class is meant to follow Spanish 3 and is for students entering a fourth year of Form 3 & 4 Spanish studies.

Combining interactive and conversation-driven learning with traditional grammar and vocabulary instruction, this course will help students in their journey to speak Spanish fluently. Students will work through Breaking the Spanish Barrier, a curriculum that engages students through a variety of activities and techniques.

In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be expected to complete work outside of class each week including listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities.  Homework expectation is approximately 30–45 minutes per day, 3 days a week.

Learning Goals:

• Review and expand on vocabulary and grammar from Spanish 3.
• Use proper grammar for writing and speaking.
• Review and expand on prior verb tenses already learned.
• Learn remaining verb tenses (future perfect, conditional perfect, present perfect subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive).
• By the end of Spanish 4, students will have learned all verb tenses in Spanish and will grow in fluency with choosing which tense to use.
• More in-depth study of Subjunctive Mood vs Indicative Mood.
• Discuss literature, daily life, and current events in Spanish.
• Review and expand on pronoun usage in Spanish, including constructions with “se.”
• Making equal and unequal comparisons.
• Further build reading comprehension, writing skills, and conversation (“book talk”) in Spanish, with a year-long deep dive novel study.
• Practice “real-world communications” in Spanish (idiomatic expressions).
• Grow in speaking fluency and self-initiated vocabulary learning via class “debates” (friendly opinion sharing on fun and engaging topics).
• More advanced students will have opportunity for more advanced reading, writing, listening comprehension and conversation.

Current for 2026–2027

This class is meant to follow Spanish 4 and is for students entering a fifth year of Form 3 & 4 Spanish studies.

Combining interactive and conversation-driven learning with traditional grammar and vocabulary instruction, this course will help students in their journey to speak Spanish fluently. Students will work through Breaking the Spanish Barrier, a curriculum that engages students through a variety of activities and techniques.

In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be expected to complete work outside of class each week including listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities. Homework expectation is approximately 30–45 minutes per day, 3 days a week.

Learning Goals:

• Review and expand on vocabulary and grammar from Spanish 4
• Use proper grammar for writing and speaking.
• Build automaticity with prior verb tenses already learned.
• More in-depth study of Subjunctive Mood vs Indicative Mood.
• Learn advanced uses of Infinitive verbs.
• Learn adverbial expressions.
• Learn polite requests with Imperfect Subjunctive.
• Learn constructions with “se” for passive voice or impersonal subject.
• Learn punctuation & capitalization rules.
• Learn temporal expressions with HACER & LLEVAR.
• Learn advanced numbers.
• Learn indefinite words
• Learn uses of the word “lo.”
• Practice “real-world communications” in Spanish (idiomatic expressions).
• Discuss literature, daily life, and current events in Spanish.
• Further build reading comprehension, writing skills, and conversation in Spanish, via unit studies on Latin American and Spanish poetry, music and short stories.
• Grow in speaking fluency and self-initiated vocabulary learning via class “debates” (friendly opinion sharing on fun and engaging topics).
• More advanced students will have opportunity for more advanced reading, writing, listening comprehension and conversation.

New for 2026-2027!

The Spanish Conversation Club is designed to complement existing Spanish classes by helping students develop and strengthen their Spanish listening and speaking skills even further. Participants will engage in interactive conversations centered on everyday topics, music, cultural elements, expressions, idioms, videos, and artists from Latin America. The class is structured to support both beginner and more experienced Form 3 & 4 learners in a collaborative learning environment.

In addition to language development, students will explore the rich cultural diversity of Spanish-speaking countries. Through guided discussions, students will share their ideas, opinions, and perspectives, helping them expand their vocabulary and apply it in real-life contexts. Emphasis is placed on fostering student ownership of both vocabulary acquisition and the overall learning experience

Please note that this club/conversation course complements, and does NOT replace, a traditional Spanish class; students should ideally be concurrently enrolled in a regular Spanish class. However, students who are native Spanish speakers and students who have previously taken Spanish class(es) will be able to benefit from the Conversation Club as well. The Spanish Conversation Club does not use a comprehensive curriculum, does not assign regular homework, does not merit a full credit of high school Spanish on the transcript, and does not fulfill prerequisites for placement into BHSC Spanish 2 or above. All BHSC Spanish classes include a conversational element, and this club extends that to offer students more time and opportunity to practice listening and speaking in authentic conversations.

Learning Goals

• Use practical Spanish vocabulary to communicate thoughts and everyday needs
• Ask questions effectively in Spanish
• Respond to simple questions with confidence
• Apply appropriate grammar in spoken communication
• Use strategies to understand unfamiliar words (e.g., tone of voice, context clues, and asking for clarification)
• Identify Spanish-speaking countries and recognize regional idioms and expressions

Current for 2026–27

Mrs. Billing’s Studio Art Watercolor Painting class will focus on the foundations of watercolor painting techniques. These techniques include flat washes, variegated washes, wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques, color theory, values and transparency, glazing techniques, texture techniques, composition and design basics, nature painting, water and skies, florals, urban and still-life scenes, and master copy sessions.

(Not offered in 2026-2027)

In this year-long Government course (recommended as one full-year credit), upper-level high school students will continue their studies of citizenship by learning the foundations and fundamentals of our U.S. government as well as studying the government of our beloved state of Texas.

Bluebonnet students who have studied Plutarch, History, and various literary and historical works in Socratic Discussion classes will be able to make connections with their previous knowledge as they see how the great ideas of the past have influenced the structure and function of the branches of the government today.

Current for 2026–27

Youth Choir provides students ages 12–18 with a comprehensive choral experience centered on the study and performance of music to grow musically and glorify God. Emphasis is placed on the development of vocal technique, ensemble musicianship, polyphonic singing, sight singing, and stylistic interpretation. Students will engage with a diverse repertoire spanning traditional hymns, classical sacred works, contemporary works, spirituals, and more. Beyond the classroom, students will be expected to practice the repertoire at home. Furthermore, the choir functions as a vocal ministry, reaching others through performances in retirement communities, at Bluebonnet’s Graduation, and in Bluebonnet’s fall and spring Fine Arts Showcase events. 

This year, there will be an advanced subgroup of the Youth Choir that students may audition to participate in with around 12 spots. This group will meet for part of a rehearsal around once per month, meanwhile other members of Youth Choir will continue learning the choral repertoire and practicing other musical techniques. Students who wish to audition for the advanced portion will learn one or two more technically challenging pieces of music in addition to the selections which all the choir will learn, and they will perform one or two songs at the showcase. This opportunity will allow some of the older and more technically trained singers to be challenged and grow in their choral abilities.

Bluebonnet Home Scholars also offers Form I Children’s Choir (ages 7-9) and Form II Children’s Choir (ages 9-12).