Virtue formation is the heart of our program and what sets us apart from other classical communities. We are educating hearts as well as heads, helping students to order their loves.

We seek to cultivate virtues in our students through daily virtue formation classes to begin their day.  In addition, we provide monthly service project opportunities and invite community guests in to perform during what we call “contemplative lunches” and finally, our Rhetoric Leadership Team program; all work together to form virtue in our student body.  

We invite a monthly member of the larger outside community to join our students during their lunchtime. This person (or group) often performs or presents for our students while they are eating. The type of people we bring in are musician, authors, artists, dog trainers, theaters or other unique talents that will help our students learn to love things that are true, good, and beautiful. These lunches provide intentional spaces of contemplation for our students and help them envision ways the Lord may one day allow them to use their own gifts and talents to bring Him glory.

We provide two full days (9:00am-3:30pm) of Academic Instruction across 32 weeks for our K-3rd Lower Grammar Students.  We also offer an optional Enrichment Day for K-3rd on Fridays from 9am – 1:30pm.

We provide two full days (9:00am-3:30pm) of Academic Instruction across 34 weeks for our 4th- 6th, Upper Grammar and 7th-8th, Logic students.

We provide three days – two full days (8:50am-3:30pm) and a 3/4 quarter day (9:00am-1:30pm) across 34 weeks for our 9th – 12th, Rhetoric Students. (Senatores, our leadership team for high school, attend an additional leadership class from 1:30pm – 2:15pm.)

Our Academic Mentors are passionate, highly qualified “masters of their art”. Our Academic Mentors provide the core instruction for your student’s in-class campus experience. They prayerfully set the scope and sequence, do all lesson planning, as well as prep materials, teach the lessons in-person, grade, and plan materials for the student to continue learning from home.

Our Academic Mentors provide so much more than instruction to your students; they Mentor students and help them pursue virtue formation, academic excellence, and cultivate a love for learning!  They are available via our ClassReach system for days not on campus if there are questions or a need arises for your student/you.  

We recognize the importance of repetition and practice for a student to master the materials they are learning. We also recognize that your life is busy, so our academic mentors do the heavy lifting for you. We provide the assignments for your student to complete at home, effectively creating a 4-5 day program for each student. As a homeschool parent, you can expect to be a guide to your student helping them when they have questions, but you will not have to plan out any curriculum course work!

We know that homeschooling is a challenging calling, and from time to time you need to know you’re not alone! We provide several mom’s events throughout the year which give you the encouragement and refreshment you need to keep being the mother you are called to be! We also ask that at least one parent attend a minimum of one classical continuing education class with us for the year, where we will explore various topics within classical education to better equip Moms and Dads at home.

Class Reach is a system that allows you to see all your financial and students’ information in one place! You will find each students’ classes and assignments for those classes through Class Reach! You can also easily communicate with your student’s Academic Mentors through the messaging system. You can see and print grade reports.  There is also access to announcements, calendar of events, upcoming events, forms and documents – it’s a one stop shop location for all your needs related to your students participation at SGCA.  Class Reach makes homeschooling with Sola Gratia simple! We provide a Class Reach account to both parents and students at no cost!

We provide learning celebrations throughout the year to punctuate what students are learning and provide parents with the opportunity to see their students growth and successes.

Some of our learning celebrations include:
*Science Fair
*Wax Museum
*Poetry Cafe’
*Theater/Choir performances
*End of the Year Awards Ceremony
*Graduation for Seniors

We plan monthly field trips for you and your students to join. Field Trips are an excellent way to meet and interact with other families. Field Trips are also a great way to provide fun and meaningful learning experiences outside of the the typical classroom setting. Field trips are always optional, and some may have additional costs.

We seek to keep our class enrollments around 16 students in a most classes. In Lower Elementary classrooms (K-3rd) we provide an additional helper in the class, making the student to mentor ratio between 7 or 8 to 1.  Kindergarten usually has two additional helpers in the room.  

We offer clubs that range from 6-12 weeks in length throughout the school year.  They range from Chess to astronomy and other clubs as interest and opportunity allow.

We offer intramural volleyball and table tennis sports in the fall, winter, and spring.  

Students may purchase hot lunches twice a month to be brought in for lunch.  We have arrangements to provide two vendors menus each month for our students and staff.

Students in grades 4th through 12th work to serve the community beyond SGCA through service projects during their lunch period each month.  The types of projects they participate in are things like making dog toys for the SPCA, blankets for Linus Project, Ronald McDonald House or other ministries.