Last night was the year-end program for Sequitur, the classical Christian homeschooling tutorial in which our older son has been studying for the past academic year. At evening prayer the night before, Matthew thanked God for Sequitur. In that, he certainly spoke for his parents. This program has been a godsend for our family.

About a year and a half ago, some homeschooling parents got together with two smart and engaged college graduates — one an art teacher, the other a literature and humanities teacher, both of them practicing Christians — to see if there was enough interest in starting a classical schooling tutorial. There was. Our Matthew was in the first Sequitur class. Twice a week — on Monday and Wednesday mornings — Matthew joined his classmates in Baton Rouge for four hours of lectures and workshops. They learned basic art techniques and forms. They read The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and other Greco-Roman classics, and studied logic. And they did so in an orthodox (small-o) Christian setting.

Julie and I really can’t say enough about this program. Yes, we had to drive Matt 40 minutes into Baton Rouge twice weekly, but that’s a small price to pay for what he learned and experienced. We have enthusiastically signed him up for the fall session. They’re still taking students. If you live in the Baton Rouge area and have a homeschooled kid of junior high age or older, and are curious about Sequitur, e-mail me at rod (at) amconmag.com, and I’ll put you in touch with the teachers and program directors. It’s not for every kid, but for our kid, it’s been terrific.