SAINT FRANCIS ACADEMY
A Classical Christian Farm School.
Christian
In all we do, we seek to love and serve God and our neighbor. We center ourselves in daily prayer and worship by praying together parts of the Liturgy of the Hours from the Book of Divine Worship and by observing feast days and holy days of the church's liturgical year.
Collaborative
We assist parents with practical help in homeschooling through classroom instruction, accountability, and connection with experienced homeschooling families.
Cultivating
In a culture overwhelmed with screens, technology, and instant gratification, SFA offers outdoor work, folk music, and poetry, grounding heart, mind, and hands in the beauty of God's creation.
Several outdoor classroom spaces enable us to be outside as much as weather permits, and regular outdoor nature excursions enhance our science curriculum.
Classical / Charlotte Mason
Our children are whole persons, created to love God and participate in His living story of salvation. SFA's goal is to form our children's appetites for holiness. We do this through an atmosphere of beauty and reverence; through daily disciplines of prayer, study, work, and play; and by feeding our children on living ideas found in the great books of the classical liberal arts tradition.
In Practice
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SFA offers a year-long, three-term academic calendar.
We meet Tuesdays/Thursdays, 9am - 2:45pm for outdoor classes in Sanger, TX.
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SFA currently offers education for children zero to ten years, divided into four age groups.
Interested families with students outside this age range are still encouraged to contact SFA about joining our community.
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SFA parents meet the first Monday evening of each month to grow their minds, spirits, and friendships by reading and discussing Mason's works.
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At least one consistent parent from each family at SFA is actively involved in teaching or supporting a class for the entirety of each school day.
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Current course offerings include Gardening, Language Arts, Math Fun, Physical Education, Art, Spanish, Folk Dancing, Music, Handicrafts, Latin, and Nature Study, among others.
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Whole families meet once per term for fellowship, folk dancing, and for our children to showcase their hard work during the concluding term.