Q: Where does Virtualis Scholé meet?
A: In the comfort of your home! We use Zoom to host our live and interactive classes. Students can see the teacher as well as fellow students.
Q: How long are classes?
A: Our classes range in time. Younger students/classes meet for around 30-45 minutes. Older students/classes meet for 60 minutes.
Q: When do classes start/end? Are there breaks for holidays?
A: Most classes run 36 weeks (there are a few classes that run 32-34 weeks due to curriculum content). Classes start the last week of August and run until around the first week of June (for the 36-week classes, earlier for classes that run shorter).
We take breaks for major holidays (Thanksgiving week, two weeks during Christmastime, and Easter week), but we do not take breaks for the smaller holidays such as Labor Day, MLK Day, Memorial Day). Academic calendars are provided when you register.
Q: Does Virtualis Scholé provide quizzes or tests for Latin?
A: No, we do not provide quizzes or tests. We believe students do best when they can take a written test (provided in Memoria Press curriculum), and their parents can grade it properly (as opposed to computer-based tests that are notoriously picky about spelling, spacing, or accent marks.
Q: Does Virtualis Scholé provide grading?
A: We do not grade Latin workbooks, quizzes, or tests. This will be up to each parent (but the teacher keys make this easy). We do offer to help answer any questions or address any confusion families may have. Send us a screenshot or hop on Zoom with your Latin teacher, and they will help you out!
Composition workbooks typically will not need to be corrected as students do the work in class (parents should check to make sure the workbook is being filled out.) Final drafts are not usually graded by Virtualis Scholé. We DO typically offer to grade one final draft for each student per year for families who are interested…and we occasionally offer to grade final drafts for an additional cost (it just depends on our availability).
Virtualis Scholé does not provide a final grade at the end of the year. We strongly believe that homeschool parents should be the ones to determine their child’s final grade.
Q: What role do the parents have at Virtualis Scholé?
A: Parents will need to be willing to make sure their children do their assignments for the remainder of the week. In Latin, parents are also responsible for grading work and administering tests. In Composition, parents are responsible for grading final drafts, although we occasionally offer to grade final drafts for an additional price (this depends on our availability each year.
Other than making sure their work gets done and helping their children log into class, there is nothing else required of the parents.
Q: How will I know what assignments my child needs to do during the remainder of the week?
A: We want to make things as easy as possible for you so when you enroll in Virtualis Scholé, you will receive access to the Google Drive file for your child’s class(es). This file will include lesson plans and everything else that you will need to know.
Q: Does Virtualis Scholé provide other resources besides lesson plans?
A: Yes! Latin classes also include links to Quizlet sets (for those interested in free digital flashcards), and access to our Jeopardy sets are always available on the website. Latina Christiana gets even more resources with custom declension/conjugation worksheets and a teacher key. Composition classes also include a “how to grade” walkthrough for parents, a final draft checklist for students, and a final draft formatting example.
Q: Can my child attend if they are not in the grade listed for the class?
A: The grades that are listed with the classes are our recommendations, but we realize that some students will be younger or older than the grades listed. Please feel free to sign your child up for the class. We will likely send you an email asking for clarification to make sure the class is appropriate for your child, but it will likely not be an issue.
Q: Are Virtualis Scholé teachers trained?
A: Our teachers are fellow homeschool parents who are generally not certified teachers. That said, we want Virtualis Scholé to be cohesive and congruent with educational standards so we have teacher trainings before the beginning of the school year. This allows teachers to become familiar with the curriculum that they will be teaching as well as learn the routine and values that we impart at Virtualis Scholé.
Q: Where do I buy the required books for my children?
A: Currently, all classes use curriculum from Memoria Press. You can directly purchase books through Memoria Press or you can purchase books through the links below.
Christian Book is a great site to buy homeschool curriculum (and they often have sales).
You can also often buy school books used (although it’s more rare to find used “consumable” workbooks).
For those looking to buy used, we recommend:
Homeschool Classifieds (it’s like the craigslist of homeschool books)
Thriftbooks (a used book site that carries mainly fiction and non-fiction books but you can also sometimes find homeschool curriculum)
The Memoria Press Buy/Sell/Swap Facebook page.
Q: How do we register to join Virtualis Scholé?
A: You can fill out our registration form.
Registration for new families opens April 1st and closes July 31st.
Q: What is the cost to participate in Virtualis Scholé live classes?
A: Yearly tuition is $150 per class (per student). Yes, you read that right! $150 for a year of classes!
Tuition can be paid as early as registration acceptance, but no later than July 1st.
Q: What is the cost to participate in Virtualis Scholé recorded classes?
A: Yearly tuition is $100 per class (no matter how many of your children are in the class).
Tuition can be paid as early as registration acceptance, but no later than July 1st.
Q: What is the refund policy?
A: Class Withdrawal: Twenty-five percent (25%) of tuition is non-refundable. Students who withdraw from a class on or before September 1 are eligible for a refund of 75% of the tuition paid. After September 1, all tuition is non-refundable.
Switching from Live to Recorded: Students who transfer from a live class to the recorded version will receive a refund equal to 80% of the difference between the live and recorded tuition.
For example, if the live class is $150 and the recorded class is $100, the $50 difference results in a $40 refund.
Q: What is the waitlist policy?
A: If you are on a waitlist, we will email you if a spot becomes available. We will hold that spot for you for 24 hours, if you have not claimed it by then, we will offer it to the next in line.