Homeschooling Families

October 4, 2020

Dear Junior High School Religious Education Homeschool Parent: 

I am very pleased to welcome you and your children to the Junior High School Religious Education Program here at Corpus Christi.  I am confident that the curriculum will create a welcoming, inviting and engaging program for your child to grow in our Lord, Jesus Christ.  

The program is designed to help young adults know, live in, love and befriend the Blessed Trinity.  We make connections between what we believe, how we live and how we pray. The three-year curriculum covers God the Father, the Jesus Christ the Son, the Holy Spirit, Prayer and the Sacraments, and Catholic Social Teachings and Morality.

Class schedules for each grade can be found on the Corpus Christi website under “Schedules”.   Lesson homework can be found on the website under “Homework”.
Below are listed Middle School special events that homeschooled students are invited and encouraged to attend along with students attending Zoom classes.

Special Events:                                
Oct. 25, 2020      7:00 – 8:00pm    6^th Grade Mass                  Church 
Nov. 1, 2020       7:00 – 8:00pm    7^th Grade Mass                  Church
Nov. 15, 2020     7:00 – 8:00pm    8^th Grade Mass                  Church
Feb. 21, 2021      6:00 – 7:30pm   8^th Grade Retreat             Gym, Theme:  COURAGE
Feb. 28, 2021      7:00 – 8:30pm    Reconciliation                   ALL Grades, Church
Mar. 7, 2021       6:00 – 7:30pm    6^th Grade Retreat             Gym, Theme:  GRATITUDE
Mar. 14, 2021    6:00 - 7:30pm    7^th Grade Retreat             Gym, Theme:  KINDNESS
Mar. 21, 2021    6:00 – 7:00pm    Ice Cream Social               ALL GRADES, Gym

Homeschool Instructions:

1. Look at your schedule and see which chapter you will need to complete for that week.
2. Read the chapter from the Catholic Connections Handbook.  Discuss the chapter with your parent.   Read the Bible references discussed in the chapter.
3. From the Corpus Christi website, print and complete the homework questions given for each of the chapters under “Homework – Grade X”.
4. Place in an envelope:  Attention:  Brian Duemling and drop off with the Receptionist in the Main Office at church OR email to me directly at bduemling@corpuschristi.org.
5. Please return any/all books, if used, at the end of the year.