KONOS one-day programs offer:

• One day out with at-home assignments for each week (the best of both worlds)

• A classically rich academic program

• Another authority to hold your child accountable

• Group activities (plays, family programs, etc.)

• A step-by-step continuum to guarantee no gaps

• Thinking through every issue from a biblical viewpoint

• Absorbing, fun projects the KONOS way

• Positive peer influence

• Experienced teachers to assess student performance

With sufficient training in reading, writing, and reasoning, KONOS ACADEMY students are ready for high school, college-prep courses. Rather than piecemeal courses, however, students immerse themselves in a historical period, which integrates all their courses. The focus of 2008-09 is Modern Times (1850-present).

My daughter has become such a competent writer under your tutelage.
     D.M., KONOS ACADEMY mother

Your teaching about worldviews has helped me excel in college.
     B.A., KONOS ACADEMY graduate

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

History (1 credit)

Students will see American history unfold as part of a bigger picture of world culture. What were the formative influences leading to modern and post-modern America? We will look at the ideas and world-shaking events of this century.

English (1 credit)

We will read and analyze a wide variety of twentieth-century novels, plays, poems, and speeches. KONOS scholars have earned a reputation for excellence in writing. Every student refines vocabulary, grammar, and composition skills while writing essays, poems, and major writing projects. The year’s major project is a historical novel along with script-writing, journalistic writing, and persuasive writing. In addition, students improve vocabulary by weekly exercises in Vocabulary from Classical Roots.

Speech and Drama (.5 credit)

Students gain confidence and competence in rhetorical skills through practice in public speaking and drama.

Ethics and Worldview (.5 credit)

Part of our study of Modern Times is the morality of many current issues. Though not a required course to graduate, it is essential for influencing our modern culture. Using a variety of sources, including newspapers, magazines, and TV, students learn about and evaluate these current issues.

Economics (.5 credit)

Each year KONOS ACADEMY adds 1-2 courses to the core courses of English, history, and speech. This year students will learn the basics of the U.S. economic system. What economic factors influence them as consumers, spenders, and citizens?

9:15-2:45

Tuesdays or Wednesdays (choose one)

         

Covenant House

Covenant Presbyterian Church

819 Hwy. 314 (at Kenwood)

Fayetteville, GA

COST AND ENROLLMENT

$240 per month ($180 additional student)
$250 per year for materials

Enrollment Fee
Returning students:
$25 (before March 30)
$50 (after March 30)

New students:
$50 (before March 30)
$100 (after March 30)

To enroll:

Print and fill out this application form (PDF file) and send with enrollment fee. Send materials fees and fees for supplementary courses by June 15.

KONOS CONNECTION

P.O. Box 142099

Fayetteville, GA 30214

Phone: 770-632-0771

E-mail: info@konos.org

KONOS CONNECTION, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, represents a biblical worldview of education. KONOS is the Greek word for cone symbolizing God at the apex of all knowledge. Our goal is to teach His truth, His way.

SUPPLEMENTARY COURSES

KONOS ACADEMY offers additional courses to any student in grades 8-12 (subject to available space). Call for information about the following courses:

• Spanish I (meets after school Tuesdays/Wednesdays)
• Spanish II (meets after school Tuesdays/Wednesdays)
• KONOS Communicators (meets Friday mornings)

TEACHERS

CAROLE THAXTON, M.S., 16-year homeschooling mom, teacher, counselor, co-author of the KONOS CURRICULUM and author of Learn to Write the Novel Way and Write Your Roots, founded and teaches at the local KONOS ACADEMY and counsels with parents.

CHARLES THAXTON, Ph.D. chemistry from Iowa State University, post-doctoral studies in history of science at Harvard University and molecular biology at Brandeis University, co-author of The Mystery of Life's Origin and The Soul of Science, and worldwide lecturer, teaches history, economics and ethics.