St. Peter the Rock Tutorial assists homeschooling parents in preparing their children (grades 8-12) with a solid academic foundation and a faithful moral perspective before matriculating to college. The tutors work as a team to integrate courses so that literature complements history, science demonstrates math, critical thinking prepares students for all future classes, and field trips and science labs enrich book learning.
St. Peter the Rock's tutors collaborate to ensure that all students actively participate in our Western civilization program, which begins in 8th grade (Ancient Civilizations) and continues through 11th grade. Literature courses reflect this emphasis on Western civilization and provide students with opportunities to discuss, and analyze poems, fiction, and plays ranging from Antigone to Hamlet to Fahrenheit 451.
All students have the opportunity to attend daily Mass before the school day begins. Priests from Sacred Heart offer the sacrament of Reconciliation to students on a regular basis.
St Peter the Rock offers a variety of field trips. St. Peter the Rock parent involvement in our program allows us to offer relevant field trips to our students each year.
Students interested in STEM careers, military service academies, and science scholarship opportunities can bolster their STEM credentials by participating in the physical science, biology, chemistry, and physics classes offered to St. Peter the Rock students each year..
In the past, St. Peter the Rock 's 12th grade year continued this emphasis on the intersection of world history, philosophy/apologetics and literature with a focus on how today's young adult Catholics can intellectually engage with modern thinkers and with movers and shakers from previous eras. Pre-calculus (with a CLEP-preparatory emphasis) and physics round out this year-long program, featuring practical demonstrations when coursework intersects so that students observe applications in mathematics. We hope to offer 12th grade classes again in the future.
As students progress through their time at St. Peter the Rock, they are continually challenged to grow in holiness, think critically, develop solid problem-solving skills, and learn independently through Socratic discussions in history classes, literary analysis, proper scientific methods with increasing complexities, and challenging math classes. By graduation, students have the well-rounded education that will help them succeed in the future, both academically and morally.