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Welcome To Hero Generation Commonwealth

Hero Generation Commonwealth (HGC) is a one day-a-week homeschool cooperative, which means that everyone has the opportunity to help out. One parent from each family is required to stay and either teach or help out in a class. At Hero Generation Commonwealth there are classes for all ages 0-17+. We meet for classes during two semesters each year: Fall and Winter. Each semester runs about twelve weeks of classes. HGC education is based on the Leadership Education Model and principles found in A Thomas Jefferson Education, written by Oliver Demille. This philosophy encourages a style of education "...where parents, teachers and other mentors help each individual student discover and refine his/her unique, innate genius and get an education to prepare for life success." Learn more at the Thomas Jefferson Education official website!

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Phases Of Learning Classes

In following a Thomas Jefferson Education philosophy, we utilize the Phases of Learning. At HGC, we have a nursery and classes that are offered by parents as volunteer-mentors, who desire to provide quality experiences that will assist youth in gaining vision, skills, and abilities specific to their age and phase of learning and inspire them in their personal life mission. 

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Nursery- ages 0-3

Core 1- ages 4-5

Core 2- ages 6-7

 We all start and often return to the Core Phase focused on: what is right and wrong, good and bad, how to make choices, how to work and be responsible. Core phase is about building family relationships, family work, love and nurturing and learning through play! Those beginning core phase are exposed to inspiring music, good books, and an atmosphere of learning through the family culture. Academics are not yet a part of a Core Phase child’s life. This phase never ends and needs to be strengthened and nurtured throughout life. Having a strong core is crucial to experiencing healthy love of learning and scholar phases.

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Love of Learning 1- ages 8-9

Love of Learning 2- ages 10-11

In the Love of Learning Phase a child begins to play in new ways, and this sometimes begins to look like study, but it’s not; it’s still play. If a child at this stage (or earlier) is forced into academics, what results is usually a “Hate of Learning.” If this phase is successfully nurtured, scholar phase will come naturally as a child develops. Love of learning begins when children begin to explore new ideas and become interested in everything around them. This is the asking WHY? stage. Students are excited to learn anything and everything and jump quickly from one subject to the next. Learning through play will include things that sometimes do and sometimes don’t look like work: reading, writing, discussing, drawing, sculpting, building, cooking, and cleaning. The stage of loving to sample all the things to learn.

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Practice Scholar- ages 12-13

Project Scholar- ages 14-15

Self Directed Scholar- ages 16-17

As the student nears the end of a successful Love of Learning phase, he naturally begins to transition towards more scholarly pursuits, until he enters the Scholar Phase, the first of the more serious and grown up Educational Phases. Within Scholar Phase, there are a number of different levels built one upon another. During the scholar phase years, the student develops and changes quickly, what works for a child in the beginning of Practice Scholar will not necessarily work for the serious Self-Directed Scholar. This begins as students mature and become ready to focus longer and go deeper into their studies and development of “Scholar Skills.”

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Clubs and Activities for Students

Yearly Scholar Retreat

Monthly Youth Movie/activities

Love of Learning Book Club

Scholar Book Club

Entrepreneur Day 

Yearly Out-door School

Writing Camp

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Support for
Families, Parents and Mentors

Parent meetings before each Semester

Monthly Parent Book Club

Yearly Mom's Retreat

Yearly Training Meeting

Great Wolf Lodge Trip

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