Kolbe Academy offers four course format options: traditional homeschool, digital homeschool, asynchronous online and live online. Parents can opt for one course option, or a variety of course options, depending upon the needs of your family and students. Whether your student is enrolled full-time or selecting individual courses to supplement an existing course plan, we can offer them our robust curriculum through a variety of delivery methods. No matter how they learn, we’re here to customize their education to suit their needs. 

 

Traditional Homeschool

Kolbe Academy offers a full curriculum for grades pre-K through 12. For each student, the parent determines how to best utilize our course plans and materials, evaluates student work, and assigns recommended grades. A portfolio of student work, along with the grade submission form, is then submitted for review for students in grades K-12. Once grades are finalized, a Kolbe Academy K-8 report card or 9-12 grade report is sent to the parent. Preview samples of our Course Plans.

 

Digital Homeschool

Our digital homeschool courses provide an online version of our homeschool course plans divided up weekly and paired with relevant resources. Resources may include recorded instruction, auto-graded learning checks, ideas for projects and the materials to implement them, as well as other supplemental study tools. Parent retains all oversight of assigning, grading and pacing. Resources available vary by course. Available for select courses in grades 5-12.

 

 

Asynchronous Online

In our Asynchronous Online courses, the convenience of online courses is blended with the flexibility to tailor workload and pacing to your student’s particular learning style and schedule. These courses are designed to instruct and guide students in the mastery of content through a regular set of activities each week. In keeping with our Ignatian methodology, we provide students with practice work, the opportunity for reflection and discussion, and recorded content, with the guidance of a teacher who accompanies students throughout the completion of the course. 

Please see our Asynchronous Online FAQ article for more information.

 

Online Courses

Kolbe Academy offers many of our courses in grades pre-K-12 as online courses. Students learn in a virtual classroom among peers with a live instructor who facilitates discussion, lectures, grades the coursework, and issues final grades. These instructors also host office hours and are available by email correspondence. The teacher assigns the grade for the course, which we will add to the student's transcript.

 

In Kolbe’s online courses, the course instructor reports final course grades to Kolbe Academy each term instead of the parent. Students in grades 3-5 enrolled in at least one online course or lab, or any enrolled student in grades 6-12, have the additional benefit of participating in the clubs and activities offered as part of Kolbe Academy’s online school environment. Please see the Parent and Student Handbook for specific policies and requirements for Kolbe Academy’s online courses. 

 

Please see our Online Program FAQ for additional information.

 

Course Catalog

For specific information on what format each course is available in, please see our Course Catalog. The available formats are listed beneath the course information.