Curriculum/Academics

What do we teach?

Grammar School (preK-4)

Prepatory (5-12)

The Ver­i­tas Gram­mar School will empha­size stu­dent expo­sure to and com­pre­hen­sion of core knowl­edge in lit­er­a­ture, writ­ing, gram­mar, vocab­u­lary, his­to­ry and geog­ra­phy, and fine arts.

The Ver­i­tas Gram­mar School cur­ricu­lum incor­po­rates meth­ods devel­oped by Char­lotte Mason, includ­ing nar­ra­tion, mem­o­riza­tion, pic­ture study, and sketch­ing. Week­ly assign­ments will guide the stu­dent and par­ents in prepa­ra­tion for the next week’s class.

Stu­dents will be guid­ed by an expe­ri­enced edu­ca­tor through acom­pre­hen­sive cur­ricu­lum. Par­ents and stu­dents will be able to refer to the text­books through­out the week to com­plete assign­ments and move broad­er and deep­er into the mate­r­i­al pre­sent­ed in class.

The aca­d­e­m­ic pro­gram has been cre­at­ed to chal­lenge stu­dents to think crit­i­cal­ly and grow in their knowl­edge of human­i­ties through read­ing, projects, the study of Latin root-words and the inte­gra­tion of bib­li­cal truth in all subjects.

Ele­men­tary stu­dents attend class with peers in the same grade lev­el under the super­vi­sion of an expe­ri­enced educator.

In the Ver­i­tas Prepara­to­ry School all sub­jects are taught from a dis­tinc­tive­ly bib­li­cal world view.

The cur­ricu­lum inte­grates Scripture, theology, apologetics, his­to­ry, lit­er­a­ture, com­po­si­tion, gram­mar, study skills, log­ic, and crit­i­cal thinking.

Vocab­u­lary devel­op­ment through Latin and Greek roots cul­mi­nates in a for­mal­ized study of Latin and Greek as lan­guages in high school.

Each week, the stu­dent will receive an assign­ment sheet delin­eat­ing the work required in each sub­ject area.

Stu­dents will par­tic­i­pate in a com­bined grade lev­el class­room that allows them to inter­act with peers and pro­motes class­room dis­cus­sion and group projects.

ACADEMICS

The philosophy of education for Veritas is as follows:

Parental Duty

God has assigned parents the role of primary educators over their children (Ephesians 6:4, Deuteronomy 6). Therefore, we are partners with likeminded parents in the provision of a hybrid private/homeschoold education. We support and equip parents in the exercise of their God-given authority.

Universal Truth

God's existence and attributes are revealed not only in His word but also in His world (Romans 1:20). Therefore, we teach that there is both 1) a natural revelation of God and his moral law that is accessible to all mankind and 2) a special revelation of God which restates much of natural revelation and give mankind its only sufficient source of what we must know and believe to be saved.

Intellectual Virtue

We aim for intellectual excellence which we believe is a means by which we achieve religious and civic virtue. God wants us to love Him with all heart, soul, mind, and strength (Matthew 22:37). Therefore, we teach how to learn and reason within the context of our robust western and Christian intellectual tradition, emphasizing essential intellectual virtues that lead us to right belief and right practice.

Contact Us

706-389-9996

River Rocks Church,

321 Kilough Church Road,

Dawsonville, GA 30534