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Challenge IV

Age 17+

Understanding Consequences Builds Great Leadership

Students pore over renowned classic and contemporary literary works; they create, consider, and converse; they debate, discuss, and digest the true, the good, and the beautiful.

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Challenge IV students sink their teeth into ancient writings of Homer, Virgil, and Hesiod, as well as modern writings of Lewis and Leithart. Students survey the Old Testament and highlight the poetry of Scripture through a study of the Psalms. They translate the Aeneid from Latin into English through Henle Latin, while translating creation into number through math and physics. Challenge IV crowns the Challenge years by contemplating duty, honor, and leadership across the ages and into our own day.

In this, their final year of homeschooling while prepping for their next steps, whether it be university, a trade, or jumping right into a career field, parents will see their child flourish and reap the rewards of their investment into educating at home. These high school-aged students and their parents will continue to homeschool with the support and accountability of their local community group. Additionally, students will be able to earn university credits toward higher education through our CC Plus program.

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The Six Strands of Challenge IV

Take the natural next step towards mathematical aptitude. Students further their math understanding and facilitate learning the assigned concepts from precalculus and calculus. Conversations synthesize the ideas of relationships, shapes, higher order equations, variables, Euclidean proofs, trigonometry functions—and, in some cases, limits, derivatives, and integrals.

Have you often longed to read a document in the original language? It is not as difficult as you might imagine. Challenge IV’s Virgil and Assorted Translations seminar will explore and translate everything from hymns, to the Latin Vulgate Bible, to poetry. In the second semester, students uncover the literal meaning of Virgil’s Aeneid in the ancient Latin, while studying this epic poem in the Exposition strand.

Even the abstract can be explained. The main goals of this homeschool math-based physics seminar are to provide a good foundation for understanding the mechanics of natural science and to develop a solid mathematical foundation for explaining the abstract ideas of work, energy, motion, and more. Lessons are targeted, concepts are explored, vocabulary is defined, and problems are practiced both at home and in community.

Genuine faith is not blind. In the first semester, students complete a study of the Psalms, along with a survey of the Old Testament. Understanding the stylistic devices that are used in the poetry of the Psalms, students gain an appreciation of the theology of this book of Scripture. The second semester changes its focus to the New Testament ideals of the Christian faith and the Christian response reflected in behavior and actions.

Every text is an opportunity to learn. Ancient literature of Greek and Roman poets is the prime focus of the literature seminars. Students analyze, discuss, and examine each epic work through a biblical lens. The students translate the Aeneid in the Grammar seminar from Latin to English, while reading the Aeneid in a poetic English form. Students practice rhetorical skills by leading community group seminar discussions and performing dramatic interpretations.

Unexamined history is bound to repeat itself. World History focuses on various scientific discoveries that have impacted and changed the course of nations. In this homeschool strand, students read the text, record pertinent facts, and create a timeline to organize the discoveries in a linear context. Six oral presentations of different scope and focus exercise students’ knowledge and raise their rhetorical and public speaking skills to new heights.

We embrace a real-world approach in all aspects of our education. Local directors can choose to offer a yearly formal event for Challenge students to better learn how to interact with their communities and each other.

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CC Parent

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CC Parent

Our CC family is so much more than a group of fellow homeschoolers. They are the family who can truly understand my daily struggles as a homeschooling mom. They are the family who supported me emotionally and mentally when my husband passed away. They are the family that welcomed me with open arms when we had to move out of state and join a new CC family! There is nothing comparable to our CC family. I am so truly grateful.

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CC Parent

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I was all over the place for my first six years of homeschooling. An hour into the first information meeting I went to, I was blown away. This was what I was looking for! An educational philosophy I believed in AND a roadmap to do it!

I no longer woke up from the middle of the night in a panic that I was missing something or doing something wrong. I was surrounded by parents who had a desire to educate excellently, helping me be my best. I was no longer spending energy trying to find a curriculum and support group that would work. My energy was now focused on growing as a classical learner alongside my kids.

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I was afraid to homeschool, I had family that tried it and thought, ‘If they can’t do it, how can I?’ At an information meeting, I learned CC would support me, provide a community and teach ME. Now, I’ve homeschooled two children through high school. I feel confident teaching my children hard subjects!

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