Hello Folk,
We at the Academy are very excited that the new school year starts very soon! This fall, we welcome students in kindergarten through 6th grade! We are very proud of our continuing students, and we really hope you'll join the Academy if you aren't already enrolled.
I want to ensure to our parents and potential students that our academic program is rock solid, and that homeschool is not as scary as it may seem. Traditional brick and mortar school is a 6-8 hour days, and many parents may be fainted thinking they have to instruct for 6-8 hours a day at home. That just isn't the case. In public school, very little of those hours are actual instruction, and it is all mostly just social engineering anyway. Many parents also do not realize that, really, everything you do is an opportunity to get instruction time. From going to the grocery store, to playing in the park. These everyday mundane tasks can be used to teach math, science, nature, etc.
The academic backbone of our Academy is the Waldorf method. Our Academy provides all the Waldorf material to our students, free of charge. For a little bit of background, Waldorf is a traditionalist, developmental-based academic program. Across the country, there are private Waldorf schools, and their homeschool curriculum is tried and true for decades. We use this to anchor our program, and then edit it to fit an Ásatrú education. We also add in religious material written by our Goðar, plus tons of fun activities and videos. This provides an all-around academic and religious education for our youth to ground them and solidify them in our faith, and also gives them a quality education that they can use and be proud of.
The Academy staff is dedicated to your home school success. We have experienced home schoolers, a former schoolteacher, a former professor, and very knowledgeable Folk in our staff that will help you every step of the way.
We are proud of our program, hope to see you enroll, and are excited to see our students return!
Goði Rob Stamm
Dean of Ásatrú Academy