About Classical Civitas
Mission
The mission of Classical Civitas is to serve and support homeschooled families by facilitating classical, Christian, homeschool programs. Our members have access to community, classes, field trips, and educational development opportunities.
Community
Homeschooling on your own can be lonely. Classical Civitas seeks to build a diverse community among homeschooled students and parents. Civitas members have access to instant communication with our group through BAND for support, access to playdates, and social events for both younger and older students, as well as access to some parent-only events, to refresh, to recharge, and to encourage one another on this homeschool journey.
Classes
We offer a one-day-a-week program in West Chester, PA, where Nursery-8th meet at Meadowcroft Presbyterian Church and high school meets at Bethlehem Church. Classical Civitas hosts these student classes on Wednesdays that are classical, diverse, and taught from a Biblical worldview. We meet for a total of 28 Wednesdays throughout the school year. Being a true co-op, every parent has a tutor role and or leadership role and participates in facilitating our community days.
Our Nursery-6th grade program runs in the morning with optional classes in the afternoon. Please note that our Nursery program is only for families that have students enrolled in our K-12 classes and our PreK program is given priority to families that have students in our K-12 program. Our 7th-8th grade program runs all day, and our 9th-12th grade courses are offered a-la-carte.
We follow a four-year learning cycle in history and science from PreK-12th allowing families to study topics together at home and scale across all ages. We also include cycle memory work in grades K-6th. Memory work is taught at home and then co-op morning classes are used to extend their knowledge of the memory work in a fun, creative, integrated, and meaningful way.
A shared curriculum is used in some grade-specific afternoon classes offered from 2nd-6th. Tutors of these afternoon classes guide class discussions and activities and assign work for the week. As the lead teachers in their homeschool, parents support their students at home through accountability, scaling, and grading when needed.
In 7th-12th grades, every class is run this way with a shared curriculum guided by tutors and parental support at home. Exams, student feedback, and support are offered but ultimately the grade comes from the parent.
Participating in classes requires an OPERATIONAL FEE for the year to cover the costs of running the classes:
| Nursery | $30 |
| PreK-8th | $175 |
| Returning High Schooler enrolling in .5 - 3 credits | $150 |
| Returning High Schooler enrolling in 3.5 or more credits | $300 |
| New High Schooler enrolling in .5 - 3 credits | $200 |
| New High Schooler enrolling in 3.5 or more credits | $400 |
Once enrolled in classes, a $100 non-refundable family deposit of the Operational Fees will be invoiced and due within 30 days to secure your student/s spots.
Field Trips
Classical Civitas members organize local field trips that correlate with the content being taught in our classes. Prices for these field trips will vary between free, minimal cost, and pricey to meet every family's budget. All these along with posted social events keep our calendar full for members to do as little or as much as they would like.
Educational Development
As we seek to raise life-long learners, we ourselves want to be life-long learners. We seek to grow as educators and parents. Classical Civitas members may host regular book clubs, podcasts, and discussions to encourage spiritual leadership in our homes, as well as classical coaching events for members who seek to grow in their knowledge of the classical method and general homeschooling.
Membership
Civitas memberships are active from June 1st through May 31st of the following year and are renewed between February and August of the same year. The membership fee for the 2026-2027 school year is $50 per family, which is non-refundable.
Total Cost = $50 Family Annual Membership Fee + Operational Fees + Curriculum needed for classes purchased yourself
To become a Classical Civitas member, simply click the Join button at the top right to fill out our online application.