Pursuing Wonder, Knowledge & Love
Developed on the basis of both the classical liberal arts tradition and the best of contemporary research, BHSC classes invite wonder and facilitate knowledge through the lively presentation of vital ideas. Our instructors aim to model and inspire love for all that is Good, True, and Beautiful.
We offer a full academic and enrichment program for all grades K through 12th, including our flagship Kaleidoscope and Panorama enrichment class blocks inspired by a Charlotte Mason approach to education. Several classes are tuition-free!
Classes are offered in four tracks based on age: Form I for kindergarten (age 5 or 6 by Sept. 1) through third grade, Form II for grades four through six, Form III for grades seven through nine, and Form IV for grades ten through twelve.
All our instructors are vetted, professional, and experienced classroom teachers who are eager to create a delightful learning environment where students thrive. Parents choose from full-program enrollment options or select classes a la carte to best suit their family’s needs.
For the 2023–24 academic year, classes will meet for thirty-one weeks on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Thursdays with some classes meeting only once a week and other classes meeting twice a week. See the 2023–24 class schedule here.
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Dual-Enrollment (College Credit)
Dual-Enrollment: The Art of Storytelling + Storytelling in Creative WritingThe BHSC Dual-Enrollment Program is excited to offer a paired combination of co-requisite classes rolled into one BHSC dual-credit class: The Art of Storytelling and Storytelling in Creative Writing are offered through a partnership with The Academy at Houston Christian University (HCU).
Professor Bearden Coleman is excited to teach The Art of Storytelling (NARR 2200) and Storytelling in Creative Writing (WRIT 2100). The Art of Storytelling (NARR 2200) is two-unit college class offering an overview and survey of storytelling across multiple mediums, from ancient oral tradition to modern video games. Storytelling in Creative Writing (WRIT 2100) is a one-unit co-requisite that provides students opportunities to apply the principles developed in Art of Storytelling to specific creative writing projects.
This 3-unit class combo will explore the role storytelling plays in culture and help train students in the development and presentation of stories. (Recommended as a full year of Literature & Composition high school credit in addition to the 3 units of college credit awarded by HCU—2 units for The Art of Storytelling, NARR 2200, and 1 unit for Storytelling in Creative Writing, WRIT 2100.)
The Art of Storytelling and Storytelling in Creative Writing classes combine as paired co-requisite narrative arts courses offered through the Narrative Arts program (formerly “Cinema, Media Arts & Writing”) and is a freshman-level requirement for students majoring in degrees in the area of cinematic arts, digital media, and/or creative writing.
Professor Coleman has written about film, music, adoption, and running for Image Journal, Christianity Today, World Magazine, and Christ and Pop Culture. His research is concerned with the relationship between the film experience and religious experience. He is particularly interested in helping students grapple with the way their convictions transform the building blocks of their respective disciplines—whether that is film or the written word. When he is not spending time with his wife and two daughters, Professor Coleman is training for his next marathon, hoping to one day break three hours.
The Art of Storytelling and Storytelling in Creative Writing will be offered over the entire 2023–24 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 combo lasting one semester, the same class combo is offered at BHSC over the full year, August through May.
The class combo will be offered on Fridays, 9:25 to 10:40 a.m. in 2023–24.
BHSC is excited to offer Western Civilization I (HIST 2311) as part of the BHSC Dual-Enrollment Program in partnership with The Academy at Houston Christian University (HCU). This class offers a survey of Western Civilization from the Ancient World to the end of the Middle Ages in Europe. (Recommended as a full year of World History high school credit in addition to the 3 units of college credit awarded by HCU. Students must complete college-level reading and in-class exams with writing.)
Professor Daniel Broadwell, a full-time minister as well as an instructor in The Academy at HCU, is looking forward to teaching Western Civilizations at BHSC. He enjoys helping dual-credit high school students experience an immersion in the history and literature that has shaped our civilization. He is also grateful for the relationships that he is able to develop with students as they interact with this important material at a time in their lives when they are starting to think critically about their faith and the world around them.
Western Civilization I will be offered over the entire 2023–24 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.
Western Civilization I, will be offered on Tuesdays, 9:25 to 10:40 a.m. in 2023–24.
More details:
HIST 2311: Western Civilization 1 is a survey of the historical foundations of our society, namely the twin pillars of the Greco-Roman heritage and the Judeo-Christian tradition. In the first semester, we will begin with the Ancient Egyptians and Hebrews, but focus on the wonders of the Greek and then Roman worlds. In the second semester, we will look at the rise of Christianity, the fall of Rome, and the development of medieval Europe. The course will conclude with the transition to the modern age, brought about by the Renaissance, the Reformation, and discovery of the new world.
Each class period will consist mostly of lecture, but the students will have primary source documents to read in preparation. These documents could include records, laws, historical accounts, passages from Scripture, and excerpts from books. While the amount of reading should never be excessive, there will be a firm expectation that each student will have read (well) the material before coming to class. A significant portion of the student’s grade will come from their preparation for and engagement in class. The most substantial portion of the student’s grade will be derived from a handful of exams spaced throughout the year. These exams will require the student to recall significant people, places, and events and to write paragraphs explaining their significance in the historical narrative. Each exam will also include a longer essay analyzing and reflecting on one of the primary sources from that unit.
Mr. Broadwell is a firm believer that history is not just facts, figures, and dates, but a story which serves as a rich storehouse of wisdom and understanding. There is so much to be learned from the people and societies of our past, and we benefit greatly from inviting them into our classroom and hearing their perspectives. It is, after all, our story, so we cannot fully grasp who we are without knowing how we got here. And, as someone has said, “history doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes.” Understanding the world of the past offers us tremendous insight for the world of the present, and of the future.
Form I (K–3rd grades)
Chess ClubMeeting over the lunch period on one or two Tuesdays a month, 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 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. (In contrast, the teen Game Club for Forms 3 & 4 meets at different day and time, so students in 7th grade and up can enroll in both Chess Club and Game Club if desired and space allows.)
In Form I Children’s Choir, students age 7 to 9 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. Choir class meets weekly, and choir students will participate in special performances once or twice a year.
Bluebonnet Home Scholars also offers Form II Children’s Choir (ages 9-12) and Youth Choir (ages 12-18).
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.
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. Cursive First introduces children to writing numerals, the cursive alphabet, and the most common phonograms of the English language.”
Cursive First will be used in conjunction with the coordinating instruction in Spell to Write and Read by Wanda Sanseri. Both curricula can be used with the beginning reader and writer or with older students transitioning from print to cursive.
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.
Expanded class offerings in 2023–24! In response to parents’ request, 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.
From the publisher’s website:
Dimensions Math® PK–5 is our flagship Singapore Math® curriculum. With its rigorous content and engaging visuals, it’s easy to see why it’s our most popular program. Written by a team of Singapore math educators and experts with more than 100 years of combined classroom experience, Dimensions Math PK- provides a deep elementary math foundation. This is a refined, comprehensive series that meets the needs of today’s students and educators.
Pre-requisite testing is required for placement.
By popular demand, Bluebonnet is pleased to announce that we’ve opened a fourth section of Kaleidoscope for 2023–24 in order to allow more students to participate in this 2.5-hour block class, in which our youngest learners enjoy a kaleidoscope of delights for the mind, ear, eye, heart, and hand:
Folksong and Hymn—Students learn folksongs and hymns to sing together. We focus on one hymn and one folksong for 4 weeks and we listen to a variety of folksongs on rotation.
Recitation—Students recite Scripture together. We focus on one Bible passage for 8 weeks, and this passage is also recited together in the Lunch Assembly. Each week students are invited to prepare a short poem, Bible verse, or passage of interest to recite for the class.
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.
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.
Math Games—Students play a variety of math games to reinforce math concepts that they are learning at home. We use the RightStart Math Games curriculum along with various other manipulatives and hands-on materials. Students study various math concepts with rotating themes.
NEW in 2023–24: Now offering sections for both Form 1a and Form 1b!
In this multi-sensory and interdisciplinary block class, students will 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 (grade 1), students will follow a gentle, living books approach to ancient history in 2023-2024, incorporating material from The Jesus Storybook Bible and various living picture books that help ancient civilizations come to life in the imaginations of young students.
For Form 1b (grades 2 to 3), the history spines are as follows:
- Cycle Year 1: Ancient History (2023-2024) (creation to c. 476 AD)—The Story of the World, 1
- Cycle Year 2: Medieval History (2024-2025) (c. 476 AD to 1368)—The Story of the World, 2
- Cycle Year 3: Early Modern History (2025-2026) (c. 1368 to 1850)—The Story of the World, 3
Art: In addition to the narrative history books, the Form 1 students will 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 will enjoy a gentle introduction to Latin studies, learning songs, hymns, prayers, nursery rhymes, and poems in Latin using Mater Anserina and Lingua Angelica.
Students in Form 1b will use Song School Latin from Classical Academic Press. We follow a 2-year rotation in Form 1b LHA, with Song School Latin Book 1 covered in 2023-2024 and Song School Latin Book 2 covered in 2024-2025.
Science Form I at Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative uses materials from a variety of sources including TOPS Science, 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 (2023-2024): The Solar System, animals, and plants
Cycle Year 2 (2024-2025): Physical properties of matter, the water cycle, weather & seasons, land forms, changes to the Earth, and natural resources
Cycle Year 3 (2025-2026): Force & motion, forms of energy, pressure & buoyancy, engineering (ramps, levers, pulleys, gears), rocks & minerals
Using interactive and conversation-driven learning, this course will lay the foundation for learning to speak Spanish fluently. Students in kindergarten through 3rd grade will enjoy a multi-sensory approach to learning as they sing, make art, and converse. In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be 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 will be asked to record themselves speaking and to submit their recording to the teacher each week.
Form II (4th–6th grades)
Ancient History & Geography, Form 2Ancient 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.
In addition, each week 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. Students will have the opportunity to research and present one person from Ancient History in a year-end “Who’s Who of 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. Spine texts for Form 2 (grades 4–6) History are included below:
- Cycle Year 1: (2023–24) 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: (2024–25) 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
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 tempera paints, ink, pastel, crayon, metal, and clay. Students will come to understand the elements of design 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.
Meeting over the lunch period on one or two Tuesdays a month, 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 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. (In contrast, the teen Game Club for Forms 3 & 4 meets at different day and time, so students in 7th grade and up can enroll in both Chess Club and Game Club if desired and space allows.)
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. Choir class meets weekly, and choir students will participate in special performances once or twice a year.
Bluebonnet Home Scholars also offers Form I Children’s Choir (ages 7-9) and Youth Choir (ages 12-18).
In this course, Form 2a and Form 2b 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. 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.
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.
New in 2023–24! In response to parents’ request, 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.
From the publisher’s website:
“Dimensions Math® PK–5 is our flagship Singapore Math® curriculum. With its rigorous content and engaging visuals, it’s easy to see why it’s our most popular program. Written by a team of Singapore math educators and experts with more than 100 years of combined classroom experience, Dimensions Math PK- provides a deep elementary math foundation. This is a refined, comprehensive series that meets the needs of today’s students and educators.”
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.
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.)
Form 3 & 4 Game Club (for students in middle and high school) meets weekly on Friday afternoons.
Both beautiful and useful, handicrafts allow students of all ages to develop skills while improving habits of attention, orderliness, and tenacity. Mrs. Estes will help students experiment and develop skills with several different handicrafts over each semester. Previous handicrafts have included weaving 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 including an item for charitable donation and/or gift-giving.
This class meets every other week for Forms 2-4, with Form 2 alternating with Art Explorations, and Forms 3-4 alternating with Nature Journaling.
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 will 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.
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.
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.
Delightful games and healthy competition will help Form 2 students gain speed and accuracy with basic math facts. Students will learn strategies to aid them in deftly solving mental math problems, and the class will read aloud inspiring 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 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.
Math Club 2b 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. This class has no prerequisites, but students should have a strong foundation in memorization of multiplication tables and multiple-digit addition/subtraction.
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 and Peterson Texas Field Guides during class.
This class meets every week for Form 2, and every other week for Forms 3-4, alternating with Handicrafts.
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.
Science Form II at Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative uses materials from a variety of sources including TOPS Science, Sonlight Curriculum, 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 (2023-2024): The Solar System, animals, and plants
Cycle Year 2 (2024-2025): Physical properties of matter, the water cycle, weather & seasons, land forms, changes to the Earth, and natural resources
Cycle Year 3 (2025-2026): Force & motion, forms of energy, pressure & buoyancy, engineering (ramps, levers, pulleys, gears), rocks & minerals
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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 will work on memorizing and reciting several poems over the course of the year, and they will 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.
Form III (7th–9th grades)
Accelerated Studies in Physics and ChemistryThis 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 Friday 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, six 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.
Note: ASPC is offered in alternating school years and will be offered in 2023-2024.
NOT offered in 2023–24
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.
In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another one to three hours each week completing assignments at home.
Roma Aeterna (the main book of Pars II of the Lingua Latina per se illustrata series) introduces some of the most celebrated authors of Roman antiquity through the lens of Roman literature and mythology. A vivid description of the city’s monuments precedes a prose retelling of the first four books of Virgil’s Aeneid, with many of the most famous passages in their original verse form. Roma Aeterna stands out as both the next step after Familia Romana and a survey of Latin literature in its own right.
Students will also read texts from sacred Scripture and other primary sources as part of their deep exploration of classical texts in their original language. Enjoying and analyzing these texts helps students to develop their own writing skills, not only in the breadth of their vocabulary but also in their appreciation of stylistic and rhetorical techniques.
This course is intended to follow Latin 2; at least two years of high school Latin are a prerequisite. This course is taught at the equivalent of a traditional honors-level class.
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.
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.
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. Students will have the opportunity to research and present one person from Ancient History in a year-end “Who’s Who of 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. The Form 3 (7th through 9th grade) cycle is as follows:
- Cycle Year 1: (2023–24) Ancient through Early Medieval History
- Cycle Year 2: (2024–25) Medieval through Early Modern History
- Cycle Year 3: (2025–26) Modern History (with an emphasis on American History)
Ancient historical characters, events, and stories will captivate students as they learn to write with structure and style. 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. 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.
Meeting over the lunch period on one or two Tuesdays a month, 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 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. (In contrast, the teen Game Club for Forms 3 & 4 meets at different day and time, so students in 7th grade and up can enroll in both Chess Club and Game Club if desired and space allows.)
This Earth Science course is designed to draw middle-school students into close engagement with the subject matter and provide a solid education while fostering a sense of wonder and responsibility for God’s amazing world. This course explores processes and concepts from the atmosphere of the Earth to the core, including topics such as rocks and minerals, weather, landforms and plate tectonics, and the current scientific understanding of Earth history. Many other timely and important topics are covered, including conservation of natural resources, climate change, pollution, and environmental justice. Students will participate in lab- and (optional) field-based learning experiences to fully appreciate the complex and fascinating world God has made.
Author Kevin Nelstead regularly draws the reader to appreciate the intricacy and excellence of God’s works, tying in scripture without becoming heavy-handed.
Earth Science is taught by geologist Mrs. Mary Jubb and will be offered in the 2023–24 school year.
In this class with Mrs. Hartenburg 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. Students will also write short fiction and poems of various forms.
In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another one to three hours each week completing assignments at home.
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.)
Form 3 & 4 Game Club (for students in middle and high school) meets weekly on Friday afternoons.
Both beautiful and useful, handicrafts allow students of all ages to develop skills while improving habits of attention, orderliness, and tenacity. Mrs. Estes will help students experiment and develop skills with several different handicrafts over each semester. Previous handicrafts have included weaving 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 including an item for charitable donation and/or gift-giving.
This class meets every other week for Forms 2-4, with Form 2 alternating with Art Explorations, and Forms 3-4 alternating with Nature Journaling.
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 2023–24, 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 2023–24, the focus will be on the Inklings and great works of ancient literature.
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.
This course meets every other week on Thursdays. It alternates with the Student Council Leadership course.
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 half of Hans Orberg’s Lingua Latina: Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana book. This course uses the same texts as Latin 2. This course is taught at the equivalent of a traditional honors-level class.
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 half of Hans Orberg’s Lingua Latina: Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana book, which includes primary sources in later chapters that allow students to read and study the writings of ancient authors in their original language. This course uses the same texts as Latin 1.
This course is intended to follow Latin 1; at least one year of high-school level Latin is a prerequisite. This course is taught at the equivalent of a traditional honors-level class.
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.
In this literature and composition course, middle school and high school students will explore elements of literature and develop beginning skills in literary analysis. With step-by-step instructions, Windows to the World teaches students how to analyze elements of literature: setting, plot, characterization, imagery, allusions, parallelism, and much more.
Note: Students must have taken BHSC Logic Cycle 1 in 22-23 as a prerequisite.
Bluebonnet’s tuition-free logic classes taught by Dr. Gary Hartenburg 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 2023–24 academic year, students who took Logic in 22-23 will continue their two-year logic rotation with Cycle 2:
- Cycle Year 1 (2022–23): Socratic Logic by Peter Kreeft
- Cycle Year 2 (2023–24): Argument and Inference: An Introduction to Inductive Logic by Gregory Johnson (MIT Press)
In Cycle Year 1, students work through Socratic Logic, by Peter Kreeft, which presents the complete system of classical Aristotelian logic, the natural logic of the four language arts (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). Students practice interpreting ordinary language, analyzing and also constructing effective arguments, smoking out hidden assumptions, making “argument maps,” and using the Socratic method in various circumstances. Exercises in the text expose students to many classical quotations, and additional chapters introduce philosophical issues in a Socratic manner and from a commonsense, realistic point of view. This course prepares students for reading Great Books and models Socrates as the beginner’s ideal teacher and philosopher.
While Kreft’s Socratic Logic helps students develop deductive reasoning skills, the textbook for Cycle Year 2 helps students develop inductive reasoning and also helps them explore aspects of probability.
Students should expect to spend half an hour to an hour each week completing assigned homework.
Students who were not able to begin the BHSC logic cycle in fall 2022 will be able to join in a new logic rotation in 2024–25. In the meantime, we recommend a prequel year for rising 6th/7th grade students which families can do at home independently:
- Prequel Year (for 6th/7th graders): The Fallacy Detective by Hans & Nathaniel Bluedorn, for study at home
The Fallacy Detective is a very fun introduction to logical reasoning which students can work through independently or with the family.
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 and Peterson Texas Field Guides during class.
This class meets every week for Form 2, and every other week for Forms 3-4, alternating with Handicrafts.
From the publisher’s website:
Combining mastery-learning and a unique textbook philosophy, this physical science course helps students break the Cram-Pass-Forget cycle so that they truly learn and retain course material. 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.
This physical science text is designed for grades 6-8. Novare Physical Science is beautiful and durable, and organized around the principles guiding all Novare Science & Math texts: Mastery, Integration, and Kingdom perspective.
Good science instruction should draw students upward into the adult world of scientific inquiry. We start with a proven mastery-learning paradigm: through a carefully crafted program, students continually learn and build on their learning, reencountering key concepts and practicing scientific skills so that they become settled in the student’s mind.
Mastery learning requires ongoing review even as new material is presented. It also takes culling the material down to a manageable amount that an average student can actually master in the course of a year. This means that Novare texts are serendipitously smaller than the usual 8-10 pound tomes. Better, more enduring learning takes place when the student goes deeper with a moderate amount of material rather than trying to cover too many topics too rapidly or shallowly.
Each chapter begins with a list of quantifiable learning objectives and important vocabulary. Chapters also include periodic Learning Checks which provide a moment to stop and review. There are 12 “Experimental Investigations” included with the book, not in a separate manual, with instructions and materials listed.
As integration is the inclusion of material across subjects relevant to the topic in the text—the history behind the science, grade-level mathematics, written and verbal English language skills and measurement skills—Novare Physical Science even includes some discussion of epistemology (what kind of knowledge does science give us and how is that different from biblical revelation).
References from the humanities are used where appropriate to add greater dimension, to humanize and decompartmentalize science, references to art, music, architecture, technology, and literature.
Finally, this book is written with a Kingdom Perspective. This text devotes chapters 4 and 7 to discussion about the meaning of the presence of order in the universe, and how this points to a Creator behind it. Furthermore, it discusses the nature of truth, theories, facts, hypotheses, and the nature of scientific knowledge. A Christian worldview and love for Christ comes through in the narration as he leads the reader to wonder and care for God’s great world. This makes for a more elegant and vibrant Christian encounter with science than sprinkling Bible verses and devotional insets around.
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.
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. And students will 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.
New in 2023-2024! BHSC is pleased to offer Public Speaking for students in Form 3-4. Taught by Mrs. Mary Jubb, whose career has given her opportunities to speak all over the world, Public Speaking will help students gain self-confidence, interpersonal skills, and leadership skills that will help them as they move into the university world and beyond. This course draws from a variety of materials and curricula to give the students a safe place to overcome the world’s most common fear (public speaking).
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 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.
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. They will also accelerate their conversational skills and mastery using Look, I Can Talk from TPRS.
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.
Exploring different media, students will learn various advanced techniques while focusing on design, color theory, and composition. Techniques presented in this course include various drawing and painting processes, as well as printmaking and clay. Students will present their work to the class and describe their inspiration behind their work. The main objectives of this course are to help students develop their eye for beauty and understanding of the principles of visual communication while engaging in a variety of media, and to further develop the skills they may already have with familiar media.
In the Youth Choir, students ages 12 to 18 will sing and perform a variety of classic choral pieces as they develop greater musicality and part-singing skills. Studies will include vocal technique, sight-reading, and music theory. Students will be expected to practice repertoire at home and may also receive homework periodically to aid their choral studies. We will perform at certain events throughout the year and you will be given prior notification. More practices may be added as needed before a performance, but parents will be told in advance about these added practices. The program will focus on music appreciation, fun, and the glorification of God through music.
Bluebonnet Home Scholars also offers Form I Children’s Choir (ages 7-9) and Form II Children’s Choir (ages 9-12).
Form IV (10th–12th grades)
Accelerated Studies in Physics and ChemistryThis 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 Friday 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, six 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.
Note: ASPC is offered in alternating school years and will be offered in 2023-2024.
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. For students who have not previously taken Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry, 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.”
NOT offered in 2023–24
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.
In addition to weekly class sessions, students should plan to spend another one to three hours each week completing assignments at home.
Roma Aeterna (the main book of Pars II of the Lingua Latina per se illustrata series) introduces some of the most celebrated authors of Roman antiquity through the lens of Roman literature and mythology. A vivid description of the city’s monuments precedes a prose retelling of the first four books of Virgil’s Aeneid, with many of the most famous passages in their original verse form. Roma Aeterna stands out as both the next step after Familia Romana and a survey of Latin literature in its own right.
Students will also read texts from sacred Scripture and other primary sources as part of their deep exploration of classical texts in their original language. Enjoying and analyzing these texts helps students to develop their own writing skills, not only in the breadth of their vocabulary but also in their appreciation of stylistic and rhetorical techniques.
This course is intended to follow Latin 2; at least two years of high school Latin are a prerequisite. This course is taught at the equivalent of a traditional honors-level class.
For 2023-2024, Algebra II will be offered 100% online via Zoom & Owl Labs technology.
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.
Online Class Technical Requirements
- Laptop or desktop computer with built-in webcam, microphone, and speaker—must be compatible with Google Classroom and Gmail.
- Internet—High-speed internet is required for the best online experience. Your internet upload speed should be at least 1 Mbps per concurrent class. (If you have multiple students, be sure to multiply by the number of students that you have participating simultaneously. Consider closing browsers and extraneous applications and also minimizing other internet use on the server during BLOOM classes if necessary to improve connection.)
- Scanner—Cellphone scanner apps work. (See an example here.)
- Access to a printer—Families will need to print worksheets and tests to supplement online work.
Recommended: Tablet—compatible with Google Classroom, preferably also compatible with a stylus
Note: BLOOM will provide each student with an email account for accessing G-Suite (including Gmail, Google Classroom, Google Drive, etc.).
Read more about our new BLOOM initiative for online Math classes here.
NOT offered in 2023–24
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 and critiques.
Prerequisites: Prior writing class with Mrs. Hartenburg, or by permission.
Note: Biology is not offered in 2023-2024.
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.
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 and critiques.
Prerequisites: Prior IEW experience or writing class with Mrs. Hartenburg, or by permission.
For 2023–24, Calculus BC will be offered as a hybrid onsite/online class; students can participate either in-person or online for the entire year (or alternate between both options). Online students participate live via Zoom & Owl Labs technology.
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
You can read more about our new BLOOM initiative for online and hybrid online-onsite Math classes here. To begin the process for online-only Calculus BC enrollment, complete the free BLOOM online application here.
Meeting over the lunch period on one or two Tuesdays a month, 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 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. (In contrast, the teen Game Club for Forms 3 & 4 meets at different day and time, so students in 7th grade and up can enroll in both Chess Club and Game Club if desired and space allows.)
The BHSC Dual-Enrollment Program is excited to offer a paired combination of co-requisite classes rolled into one BHSC dual-credit class: The Art of Storytelling and Storytelling in Creative Writing are offered through a partnership with The Academy at Houston Christian University (HCU).
Professor Bearden Coleman is excited to teach The Art of Storytelling (NARR 2200) and Storytelling in Creative Writing (WRIT 2100). The Art of Storytelling (NARR 2200) is two-unit college class offering an overview and survey of storytelling across multiple mediums, from ancient oral tradition to modern video games. Storytelling in Creative Writing (WRIT 2100) is a one-unit co-requisite that provides students opportunities to apply the principles developed in Art of Storytelling to specific creative writing projects.
This 3-unit class combo will explore the role storytelling plays in culture and help train students in the development and presentation of stories. (Recommended as a full year of Literature & Composition high school credit in addition to the 3 units of college credit awarded by HCU—2 units for The Art of Storytelling, NARR 2200, and 1 unit for Storytelling in Creative Writing, WRIT 2100.)
The Art of Storytelling and Storytelling in Creative Writing classes combine as paired co-requisite narrative arts courses offered through the Narrative Arts program (formerly “Cinema, Media Arts & Writing”) and is a freshman-level requirement for students majoring in degrees in the area of cinematic arts, digital media, and/or creative writing.
Professor Coleman has written about film, music, adoption, and running for Image Journal, Christianity Today, World Magazine, and Christ and Pop Culture. His research is concerned with the relationship between the film experience and religious experience. He is particularly interested in helping students grapple with the way their convictions transform the building blocks of their respective disciplines—whether that is film or the written word. When he is not spending time with his wife and two daughters, Professor Coleman is training for his next marathon, hoping to one day break three hours.
The Art of Storytelling and Storytelling in Creative Writing will be offered over the entire 2023–24 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 combo lasting one semester, the same class combo is offered at BHSC over the full year, August through May.
The class combo will be offered on Fridays, 9:25 to 10:40 a.m. in 2023–24.
BHSC is excited to offer Western Civilization I (HIST 2311) as part of the BHSC Dual-Enrollment Program in partnership with The Academy at Houston Christian University (HCU). This class offers a survey of Western Civilization from the Ancient World to the end of the Middle Ages in Europe. (Recommended as a full year of World History high school credit in addition to the 3 units of college credit awarded by HCU. Students must complete college-level reading and in-class exams with writing.)
Professor Daniel Broadwell, a full-time minister as well as an instructor in The Academy at HCU, is looking forward to teaching Western Civilizations at BHSC. He enjoys helping dual-credit high school students experience an immersion in the history and literature that has shaped our civilization. He is also grateful for the relationships that he is able to develop with students as they interact with this important material at a time in their lives when they are starting to think critically about their faith and the world around them.
Western Civilization I will be offered over the entire 2023–24 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.
Western Civilization I, will be offered on Tuesdays, 9:25 to 10:40 a.m. in 2023–24.
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HIST 2311: Western Civilization 1 is a survey of the historical foundations of our society, namely the twin pillars of the Greco-Roman heritage and the Judeo-Christian tradition. In the first semester, we will begin with the Ancient Egyptians and Hebrews, but focus on the wonders of the Greek and then Roman worlds. In the second semester, we will look at the rise of Christianity, the fall of Rome, and the development of medieval Europe. The course will conclude with the transition to the modern age, brought about by the Renaissance, the Reformation, and discovery of the new world.
Each class period will consist mostly of lecture, but the students will have primary source documents to read in preparation. These documents could include records, laws, historical accounts, passages from Scripture, and excerpts from books. While the amount of reading should never be excessive, there will be a firm expectation that each student will have read (well) the material before coming to class. A significant portion of the student’s grade will come from their preparation for and engagement in class. The most substantial portion of the student’s grade will be derived from a handful of exams spaced throughout the year. These exams will require the student to recall significant people, places, and events and to write paragraphs explaining their significance in the historical narrative. Each exam will also include a longer essay analyzing and reflecting on one of the primary sources from that unit.
Mr. Broadwell is a firm believer that history is not just facts, figures, and dates, but a story which serves as a rich storehouse of wisdom and understanding. There is so much to be learned from the people and societies of our past, and we benefit greatly from inviting them into our classroom and hearing their perspectives. It is, after all, our story, so we cannot fully grasp who we are without knowing how we got here. And, as someone has said, “history doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes.” Understanding the world of the past offers us tremendous insight for the world of the present, and of the future.
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.)
Form 3 & 4 Game Club (for students in middle and high school) meets weekly on Friday afternoons.
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 2023-24. 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.
Both beautiful and useful, handicrafts allow students of all ages to develop skills while improving habits of attention, orderliness, and tenacity. Mrs. Estes will help students experiment and develop skills with several different handicrafts over each semester. Previous handicrafts have included weaving 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 including an item for charitable donation and/or gift-giving.
This class meets every other week for Forms 2-4, with Form 2 alternating with Art Explorations, and Forms 3-4 alternating with Nature Journaling.
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 2023–24, 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 2023–24, the focus will be on the Inklings and great works of ancient literature.
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.
This course meets every other week on Thursdays. It alternates with the Student Council Leadership course.
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 half of Hans Orberg’s Lingua Latina: Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana book. This course uses the same texts as Latin 2. This course is taught at the equivalent of a traditional honors-level class.
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 half of Hans Orberg’s Lingua Latina: Per Se Illustrata: Familia Romana book, which includes primary sources in later chapters that allow students to read and study the writings of ancient authors in their original language. This course uses the same texts as Latin 1.
This course is intended to follow Latin 1; at least one year of high-school level Latin is a prerequisite. This course is taught at the equivalent of a traditional honors-level class.
In this literature and composition course, middle school and high school students will explore elements of literature and develop beginning skills in literary analysis. With step-by-step instructions, Windows to the World teaches students how to analyze elements of literature: setting, plot, characterization, imagery, allusions, parallelism, and much more.
Note: Students must have taken BHSC Logic Cycle 1 in 22-23 as a prerequisite.
Bluebonnet’s tuition-free logic classes taught by Dr. Gary Hartenburg 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 2023–24 academic year, students who took Logic in 22-23 will continue their two-year logic rotation with Cycle 2:
- Cycle Year 1 (2022–23): Socratic Logic by Peter Kreeft
- Cycle Year 2 (2023–24): Argument and Inference: An Introduction to Inductive Logic by Gregory Johnson (MIT Press)
In Cycle Year 1, students work through Socratic Logic, by Peter Kreeft, which presents the complete system of classical Aristotelian logic, the natural logic of the four language arts (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). Students practice interpreting ordinary language, analyzing and also constructing effective arguments, smoking out hidden assumptions, making “argument maps,” and using the Socratic method in various circumstances. Exercises in the text expose students to many classical quotations, and additional chapters introduce philosophical issues in a Socratic manner and from a commonsense, realistic point of view. This course prepares students for reading Great Books and models Socrates as the beginner’s ideal teacher and philosopher.
While Kreft’s Socratic Logic helps students develop deductive reasoning skills, the textbook for Cycle Year 2 helps students develop inductive reasoning and also helps them explore aspects of probability.
Students should expect to spend half an hour to an hour each week completing assigned homework.
Students who were not able to begin the BHSC logic cycle in fall 2022 will be able to join in a new logic rotation in 2024–25. In the meantime, we recommend a prequel year for rising 6th/7th grade students which families can do at home independently:
- Prequel Year (for 6th/7th graders): The Fallacy Detective by Hans & Nathaniel Bluedorn, for study at home
The Fallacy Detective is a very fun introduction to logical reasoning which students can work through independently or with the family.
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 and Peterson Texas Field Guides during class.
This class meets every week for Form 2, and every other week for Forms 3-4, alternating with Handicrafts.
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.
For 2023–24, Precalculus will be offered as a hybrid onsite/online class; students can participate either in-person or online for the entire year (or alternate between both options). Online students participate live via Zoom & Owl Labs technology.
Regarding the textbook: “A nationally recognized author team developed this program around 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.
You can read more about our new BLOOM initiative for online and hybrid online-onsite Math classes here. To begin the process for online-only Precalculus enrollment, complete the free BLOOM online application here.
New in 2023-2024! BHSC is pleased to offer Public Speaking for students in Form 3-4. Taught by Mrs. Mary Jubb, whose career has given her opportunities to speak all over the world, Public Speaking will help students gain self-confidence, interpersonal skills, and leadership skills that will help them as they move into the university world and beyond. This course draws from a variety of materials and curricula to give the students a safe place to overcome the world’s most common fear (public speaking).
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 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.
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. They will also accelerate their conversational skills and mastery using Look, I Can Talk from TPRS.
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.
Exploring different media, students will learn various advanced techniques while focusing on design, color theory, and composition. Techniques presented in this course include various drawing and painting processes, as well as printmaking and clay. Students will present their work to the class and describe their inspiration behind their work. The main objectives of this course are to help students develop their eye for beauty and understanding of the principles of visual communication while engaging in a variety of media, and to further develop the skills they may already have with familiar media.
In the Youth Choir, students ages 12 to 18 will sing and perform a variety of classic choral pieces as they develop greater musicality and part-singing skills. Studies will include vocal technique, sight-reading, and music theory. Students will be expected to practice repertoire at home and may also receive homework periodically to aid their choral studies. We will perform at certain events throughout the year and you will be given prior notification. More practices may be added as needed before a performance, but parents will be told in advance about these added practices. The program will focus on music appreciation, fun, and the glorification of God through music.
Bluebonnet Home Scholars also offers Form I Children’s Choir (ages 7-9) and Form II Children’s Choir (ages 9-12).
