As Classical Conversations began to expand outside the central North Carolina area, Leigh developed the idea of local communities led by directors and tutors for the three programs: Foundations, Essentials and Challenge. The contract workers received extensive training and resources to better offer the Classical Conversations programs in their...
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With the help of friends and family, Leigh developed a business plan for her fledgling business and entered it in the annual Piedmont Entrepreneurial Network’s new business competition.
Read the Full ArticleThe growing Bortins family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1989 when Rob accepted a job with US Air. Then Leigh began homeschooling in earnest.
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Educated to be an aerospace engineer, Leigh Bortins decided to stay home to raise her sons, and when she couldn’t find a classical, Christian homeschool curriculum, she decided to develop her own.
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Posted by Kathy Sheppard on Monday, 11 April, 2011 It is essential in order to get the most of your classical education to undertake the study of Latin. It is even more essential that you* and your student understand Latin! What happens, though, when you get stuck? Thankfully, for most of us...
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Posted by Tobin Duby on Tuesday, 05 April, 2011 I was homeschooled until college. As some of my friends reached high school, their parents put them into the State establishment, but not mine. My freshman year of high school we studied the War Between the States. Sophomore year, the twentieth century, and...
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Posted by Andrea Newitt on Wednesday, 20 April, 2011 Many parents happily take on the task of homeschooling their children in the early years, but when it comes to high school, they simply lose heart and send their children off to school. Several years ago, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine conducted a survey of...
Read the Full ArticleSummertime is a great excuse for celebrating. Sure, you can celebrate the end of the school year with a party, vacation, or movie night, but there are so many more ways to celebrate summer. In an episode of our Everyday Educator Podcast, mother and daughter Chelly Bernard and Delise...
Read the Full ArticleIt is late August—Day 1 of school for your Challenge kids. You, the tutor, ask the question, “What sort of cool things did you learn over the summer that challenged your thinking? What did you learn that made you defend your beliefs?” Hands shoot up all over the classroom,...
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