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Our 3-5 & 6-8 Classes Are Now On Mondays & Wednesdays!

We’ve been asked to move our classes for elementary and middle school students to Mondays and Fridays so others can join us in this wonderful learning opportunity! We hope that this opportunity will let other families from Home Based Partnership, Trivium, Heartland, and more join us!

Now that we’re on for Mondays… you’ll probably want to know that our schedule includes all the regular Monday holidays and traditional school breaks built into our academic calendar.

We’re tidying things up to make sure everything shows this change!

We’re trying something new this year for our high school students! Instead of having two of English and World History, we’re combing them both into a humanities block!

This is exciting for several reasons! First, we can be efficient and deliberate with choosing assignments. We can cut down on double work! We all have limited time today, so why work about creating extra work?

Second, humanities creates more context for us to understand human accomplishments! History, literature, art, and science are all part of the integrative experience! By blending them together, we can understand the past better. When we understand the pat better, we can take action on the present.

Third, students will be reading more genres, including non-fiction and biographies! By reading a wide range of books and texts, we will all understand how truth, emotions, and argument all fit together.

What We’ll Cover

Our main history text will be World History for US All. This program is available for free online at UCLA!

Topics of discussion include:

• Ancient Greek, Roman, and Judaeo laws, values, and traditions
• The Dark Ages’ transition into the Renaissance & Reformation
• Revolutions & Enlightenment
• The Industrial Revolutions
• Imperialism & Colonialism
• WWI, WWII, and The Cold War
• 21st Century Transitions

Our Reading Selections will include:

• Selections from Plato’s Republic
• Sophocles’s Antigone
• Student Selected Biographies of Inventors
• Enlightenment Philosophy, including Pane’s Common Sense
• Dickens’ Oliver Twist
• 20th Century Poetry

It’s Perfect for Homeschooling Students!

We’re a vendor with Heartland Charter School and work with others! Best of all, students complete activities for two classes for the price of one!

Enroll now, classes start August 25!

You’re invite to join us for an afternoon of color, snacks and drinks! We’re celebrating our non-profit status! We’d love to have you! We can provide you a shirt to color, or you can bring your own piece of clothing to make colorful!

Details & RSVP

Thursday, April 23 2:30 – 4:30

Friday, April 24, 3:30 – 5:30

Join us for a webinar after the 4th of July! We’ll cover the reasons why families are looking for educational alternatives and how microschooling can help their children exceed in ways that public education cannot provide.

You’ll learn about:

• Trends in Public Education, including tech and AI
• Options Microschooling provides
• Educational Benefits
• Inclusive Learning
• Staying Compliant with California Laws, including Compulsory Attendance
• Opportunities for High School and Beyond!

IES has been working with the Greater Santa Barbara area since 2013! We provide supports to home schooling and public school students individually and in small groups. We use the best pedagogy to support all students, including neurodiverse students and students with anxiety. We’re happy to help your family make the best for your children’s K-12 journey. Reach out to us today!

Hello Santa Barbara Home Schooling Families!

We’re excited to be offering an in-person Chemistry class for the ’24-’25 school year!

Our hands-on class will prepare students for advanced chemistry concepts through hands-on experiments, deep thinking activities, and practical applications!

The class is A-G aligned for charter schools. Middle school students are welcome to attend with essential algebra skills.

Come learn about atoms build up the universe!

We’re getting ready for next school year with some amazing classes! We have the following classes confirmed:

• High School Literature (Tuesdays / Thursdays @ 11:00 – 12:30)
• Pre-Calculus (Mondays / Wednesdays @ 11:00 – 12:30)
• Current Events with Economics & Government (Days TBD, 9:45 – 10:45)

Are you a student at a charter school? Consider joining these classes as part of a learning pod! 4 students in a pod can enroll in a third class on the same day for free!