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The Part-time School with a Full-time Heart!
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Overview

Welcome to Illuminate Academics

"The Part-time School with a Full-time Heart!"

Dynamic Staff

Our full-time teachers and expert part-time instructors share many combined years of experience in traditional classrooms and the homeschool environment.

Welcoming Atmosphere

Small student-teacher ratios and a comfortable, family-like community help students feel at home.

Meaningful Education

Middle school and high school students engage with rich, challenging material in the context of a less stressful pace and unhurried assignment schedule.



Illuminate Academics is a small house school in Duluth, Georgia. We exist to provide a meaningful Christian education in a close-knit, homelike setting. By meeting only two mornings a week and limiting assignments, our unique hybrid program offers the reassurance of structured academics with the freedom that accompanies a true homeschool experience.

Our students meet in 2 separate multi-age classrooms

The Intermediates program is for 6th-8th graders. This class serves as a bridge between a relaxed elementary education and a more traditional high school curriculum. In addition to a full language arts and math program, intermediate students also engage with formal lessons in science and history. Daily assignment loads are still closely monitored to ensure a gentle transition to more rigorous material.

The Core program is for high school students and advanced or gifted 8th graders. Although the high school subject matter shifts from year to year with the age and needs of our student body, the goal is fulfillment of core high school transcript requirements by the end of a student's junior year in high school. Every year, the Core class completes one course in each of the following disciplines: history and/or foreign language, English, science, and math. The 3-year cycle for each high school subject is as follows:

  • History (U.S. History, World History, Civics/Economics)
  • Science (biology, physical science/conceptual physics, chemistry)
  • Math (algebra 1, geometry, algebra 2)
  • English (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3)

Details & Costs



Location & Meeting Times:

We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at a home in the Duluth/Suwanee area.

9:00 Classes begin
12:00 Lunch hour
1:30 Pick up

The Illuminate Academics year consists of four quarters, each 7-8 weeks in length, totaling approximately 32 weeks of instruction.

Our school year begins with special community events and math and reading assignments in mid-August. Regular classroom meetings resume in the last week of August.

We conclude our academic year in mid-May.

Tuition 2024/25 academic year:


Two day programming: $1300

One day programming : $800

Registration: $100 ($60 each for additional siblings)

Annual supply fee: $120

* Tuition costs may increase slightly from year to year to accommodate increases in our expenses, but it is our goal to keep the cost as reasonable as possible.

Registration & additional fees:

The spring/summer registration fee is $100 with a $60 reduced cost for additional siblings.
$120 annual materials fee per student (remitted in four quarterly payments along with tuition)

Curriculum & Textbooks:

The cost for curriculum and books is in addition to tuition and materials fees. Math and science programs making use of video tutoring are the most significant expenditure. The following is a sample of a typical high school student’s curriculum expenditure for one year:

  • Algebra 1
    • Math Without Borders video program: $130
    • Textbook: $50
  • English
    • Literature selections: $80, with novels purchased over the course of the year
    • Grammar and composition workbooks: $50
  • History
    • U.S. History titles: $60-70
  • Chemistry
    • Clover valley video program: $130 annual fee
    • Chemistry text: $40

Core



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Science

The Core science program is comprised of the following courses of study -- biology, conceptual physics, and chemistry. Years of carefully curated curriculum and experience have resulted in a dynamic approach to science that works especially well for hybrid school students, including regular labs and hands-on classroom experiences. A selection of our texts and materials is as follows: Paul Hewitt and Conceptual Academy's Conceptual Physics, Clover Valley Chemistry, The Riot and the Dance (biology).

History

Over the course of our three year cycle, high school students receive instruction in U.S history, civics and economics, and world history. With interactive history simulations, current events, and real books such as Joy Hakim's History of US serving as a cornerstone for our program, the study of history comes to life in the context of small group interaction and discussion.

Mathematics

Our math program includes one credit each in Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2. All math courses include two days of classroom instruction and at-home video helps. An emphasis on deeper understanding, the setting of a reasoable pace, and a supportive environment are all designed to promote student success and confidence in a subject that can often feel intimidating.

English

High quality literature, real reading, and real writing form the basis of our 3-year English cycle. Core students delve into a variety of classic, modern, and Christian literature, applying a distinctly Biblical worldview to the material, exploring literary devices, and gaining an understanding of common themes. Writing and speech are implemented throughout each year as critical exercises in thought and communication.

Intermediates Class

The Intermediates class will serve as a bridge from the elementary to the middle years by increasing academic requirements while still retaining the fun of learning. Our teachers pack every moment with math and thinking skills practice, public speaking opportunities, history, science, and art activities, thought-provoking discussion of literature and literary devices, and grammar and writing instruction. Your child will be engaged and learning from the moment they set foot in her classroom until the minute they pack up to go home. With twice weekly meetings, the students receive enough assignments to foster responsibility while still leaving time to include activities unique to their own family’s homeschool culture.

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Weekly Science Experiments

Future Architects

Our Amazing Staff

Here are the full-time teachers with Illuminate

Grace Johansen

Core Class, Director

Angela Grubbs

Intermediates Class, Co-Director

Cindy Heath

Juniors Class

Contact Us

You can email Grace at directly at grace@IlluminateAcademics.com

or call 937-360-8370