In this Kolbecast, Dr. Almanzar interviews the new director of Elementary Online Learning at Kolbe Academy, Nicole O’Connor. Click “play” to hear about all the exciting things that the faculty and staff have been working on to create this new opportunity for young students. For additional information, including how to register for classes or oneContinue Reading
The parent is the primary educator of the child. The child’s education begins as soon as he comes home from the hospital. The natural way to educate the child academically is in the home. These are truisms that all home schoolers know. Knowing these truths, however, does not always help parents to avoid the pitfallContinue Reading
In the past several months, we have seen nearly every school in the nation adapt to online education. Learning platforms are bombarding the internet with support and services for teachers looking to adapt to this new mode of teaching. However, as many have pointed out, this version of education we are seeing is not homeschool.Continue Reading
I have just finished writing a letter of reference for my oldest son, who is in his senior year and hopes to attend Thomas Aquinas College. After eleven years of homeschooling, almost ten of those with Kolbe Academy, I will soon have my first graduate. Time to reflect back on those ten plus years andContinue Reading
Easter Sunday found them sleeping; unable to stay awake. The deep sleep of unbearable grief. Fear, pain, shame, disappointment…a pall too heavy to shake. Who could understand the events that preceded the dawning of this Pascha? A lifetime ago they had shared the cup, drank in thanksgiving, satisfied every hunger with the Bread of Life.Continue Reading
I stood agape beneath a side-wall crucifix that seemed to appear out of nowhere. I had been watching the sanctuary at the front and only saw Jesus on the Cross after entering deeply enough for a parallel gaze once I turned. Dully illuminated, the body affixed to the wood at its usual three points wasContinue Reading
Asynchronous platform: Set up folders for each week with all of the work for that week contained in the folder. Include a preview of the reading for context, a short summary of what they will read, along with key points and questions for them to be thinking about as they read. Consider having older studentsContinue Reading
Kristin Tolentino (mom of 3rd grader) states: “We are communicating via Seesaw. There are assignments for every day, but they are all due 3pm Friday. I like that because you can adjust if needed. I had [my daughter] work ahead so she could do ‘fun stuff’ on Friday like working in her Brownie painting badgeContinue Reading
Teachers are used to having to adapt. New modes of learning, new technologies, new students, new schedules, new policies; these are all par for the course. However, no one could have predicted teachers would be asked to adapt to a completely different educational structure (in one day) due to a global pandemic. As many teachersContinue Reading
In the coming weeks, many parents will find themselves directly supervising, supporting, and facilitating their children’s learning in the home for the first time. We are praying for all of those in our country and in the world who are suffering due to the impacts of the coronavirus, and we here at Kolbe Academy wouldContinue Reading
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