IHS Academy | Schola Major

S C H O L A M A J O R

"In every Christian family the greatest weight must be attached to the bringing up of the children in conjunction with the practice of religion. In relation to this matter it behooves parents to bear in mind the Saviour's exhortation: 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His justice.' Parents ought not to have merely worldly aims in regard to the education of their children; they ought not only to seek to have a large fortune to leave them, or to enable them at a later period to acquire much wealth; it is their duty to take care, first of all, that their children are religiously brought up. In the generality of cases the whole subsequent life depends upon the early training received--the happiness or misery of both parents and children. The words of Our Lord are worthy of attention: 'Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?." -- Rev. Lasance

Book List by Level

Schola Color
Red - symbolizes the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Schola Motto
Ut in omnibus glorifiectur Deus
"In all things may God be glorified"

Schola Patroness
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Prayer: Remember, O Our Lady of the Sacred Heart! the unlimited power that thou possessest over the Heart of thy adorable Son. Full of confidence in thy merits, I come to implore thy protection. O sovereign Mistress of the Heart of Jesus! of that Heart which is the inexhaustible source of all graces and which thou canst open at thy pleasure, and cause all the treasures of love and mercy, of light and salvation, that this Heart incloses, to descend upon man, grant me, I conjure thee, the favor I solicit. No, I cannot bear a refusal, and because thou art my Mother, O our Lady of the Sacred Heart! favorably receive my prayer, and vouchsafe to grant my petition. Amen.

Objectives and Goals

Level 9

To know what the Catholic religion teaches on all major points of faith.
To be well grounded in the testimonies of Scripture and understand how deeply the Sacred Books should be esteemed.
To complete the mastery of English grammar through review and reinforcement.
To complete an eight-paragraph report using three sources including bibliography cards.
To learn about commutative, associative and distributive properties, Cartesian coordinates, slope-intercept formula and graphing.
To delve into historical non-fiction through the lives of Saint Dominic Savio, Saint Frances Cabrini, Saint Pio and others.
To receive an in-depth study of syllogism, the Porphyrian tree, logical statements and the rules for validity.
To understand in Italian the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics.
To be able to interact with a degree of Italian fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers possible.
To read and understand the Rule of Saint Benedict in the Italian language.
To research topics in microbiology: metabolism, genetics, protozoa, fungi, viruses, prions and combating antimicrobial resistance.

Level 10

To have a right knowledge and thorough study of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the seven Sacraments.
To complete the study of formal Latin through the translation of two encyclicals by Pope Saint Pius V and Pope Clement V.
To master advanced vocabulary through the study of Latin and Greek roots.
To review previous composition and introduce the timed essay through directed writing.
To explore American history from the founding of Catholic America to modern day time.
To discover in Logic the ways in which something can exist, the ways something can be said about something else and the questions that must be answered in order to know what it is.
To understand a wide range of longer texts in Italian and recognize implicit meaning.
To expand the student's knowledge in geometric terminology and other etymological derivation.
To explore the lives of Saint Hilarion and Saint Martin in the Italian language.
To learn about the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals.
To study the singing of the Psalms, the three styles of chant, the treatment of accents, varieties of notation, forms of composition and the diagramming of chants.

Level 11

To understand Catholic morality through the in depth study of sin, virtue, conscience, duties toward God, neighbor, family, state and the Church.
To read about the greatest minds and some of the greatest Saints of the Catholic Church.
To translate from the original Latin text, the 1917 Code Canon Law.
To continue to master advanced vocabulary through the study of Latin and Greek roots.
To review complex diagramming through the readings of British authors.
To work on complex algebraic formulas: rational expressions, scientific notation, factoring polynomials, solving equations with rational expressions, etc.
To learn about the history and structure of the constitution and the American government.
To read history spanning four centuries from the life of Saint Joan of Arc to life of Pope Pius VII.
To understand the reasoning behind Greek literature through ancient speeches by Saint Justin and Tatian.
To understand with ease everything heard or read in Italian and to be able to summarize information from different spoken and written sources and reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.
To explore the lives of Saint Cyprian, Saint Ambrose and Saint Augustine in the Italian language.
To research the physical steps to the nomenclature of compounds, chemical reactions at the atomic structure and inorganic biological chemistry.
To master the Little Hours of the Divine Office through song.

Level 12

To be able to answer clearly the challenges of those who do not believe in God, who do not believe in Christ or who do not believe in the Catholic Church.
To translate from the original Latin text, the 1983 Code Canon Law.
To accomplish the senior year research paper.
To introduce the student to trigonometric ratios, the trigonometry tables, angles of elevation and depression, angles less than 0° and angles greater than 360°.
To better understand the reasoning behind issues in medical ethics, international relations, family issues, etc.
To discover the compendium of Luca Pacioli on mathematical and geometrical problems and equations.
To study mechanical engineering, thermodynamics, acoustics and optics in the area of physics.
To establish future goals through prayer and research.