OUR THREE-DAY MODEL

Three Days Together. Two Days at Home.

A Hybrid Homeschool

Taught by Teachers on Campus

Discipled by Parents at Home

Joyful, Hard Work for Everyone

  • Monday, Tuesday & Thursday · On Campus · 8:30am–3:00pm
    Students gather with their classmates and teachers for instruction, recitation, discussion, and community. Campus days carry the weight of new teaching, with trained teachers leading each subject.

    Wednesday & Friday · School From Home
    Students continue their studies at home, completing the work their teachers assign while parents guide, encourage, and review. Home days are real school days; they are where lessons are practiced, reinforced, and made their own.

    This rhythm gives students the structure and expertise of a classroom together with the attention, flexibility, and discipleship of home.

Yes, This Is Homeschooling

Eden families are homeschooling families. Our students learn on campus three days a week, but legally they are homeschooled, and parents remain the primary educators of their children. In California, Eden families choose one of two paths.

Join a Charter. Many families enroll through a public charter school’s independent study (homeschool) program. The charter handles the state paperwork and may offer instructional funds for approved educational expenses. Each charter has its own requirements, so check with yours about what it asks of you and what it will cover.

** Eden maintains no direct relationship with any Charter schools.

Remain fully private (Private School Affidavit). Other families homeschool independently by filing a Private School Affidavit (PSA) with the California Department of Education each year during the October 1–15 filing window. This path gives you full freedom over your home days, without public oversight or public funding.

  • Hybrid homeschools have grown steadily across the country, and families often describe them as the best of both worlds. Here is what we love about this model:

    Parents remain the primary disciplers. Two days a week at home means more time together and more opportunities to shape your child’s heart, not just their mind.

    Excellent teaching where it matters most. Trained teachers lead each subject on campus, which is especially valuable as students move into the demanding work of the logic and rhetoric years.

    Real community. Students learn alongside classmates, build lasting friendships, and grow within a Christ-centered school culture.

    Independence and college readiness. Much like a college schedule, the rhythm of class days and study days teaches students to manage their time and take ownership of their work.

    Room to breathe. A three-day campus week leaves margin for reading, family, church, and the interests that make each child unique.

  • We will be honest: this model asks a lot of everyone. Students carry real responsibility for their own learning. Parents give their time, attention, and patience on home days. Teachers plan carefully so that what happens on campus and at home fits together as one education.

    It is hard work, but it is joyful hard work. Parents get a front-row seat to their children’s growth and the freedom to disciple them in the ordinary moments of a school day. Students learn diligence and discover the satisfaction of work done well. And home and school get to labor side by side toward the same good end.

    “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.” (Colossians 3:23)

Come and See Eden for Yourself

The best way to understand our model is to experience it. Join us for an Open House, attend chapel as our guest, and see a day at Eden for yourself. Attendance at an Open House is the first step toward applying.

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  • As image bearers of Christ, education is more than the acquisition of knowledge; it is about soul formation. Education must involve pursuit of rightly ordered virtues, culture, and affections.

    Therefore, our mission is to come alongside parents as they pursue this Biblical calling to raise up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Eph 6:4, Deut 6:4-7).

  • We exist to glorify God by cultivating students in wisdom and virtue through collaborative, classical, Christ-centered education.

  • Eden Classical Academy is a ministry of Doxa Church. Please be sure to read Doxa’s Doctrine Statement and understand that we only enroll families with parents in agreement with the Doctrine Statement.