Register for the Gloria Deo Academy Band Additional Information for Band Great music and opportunities await Gloria Deo Academy Band students in 2023-2024! We’ll be offering: 1) Beginning Band for 4th-6th grades (M/W, T/Th 3:35-4:10pm) 2) Intermediate Band for 5th-6th grades (M/W, T/Th 4:10-4:55pm) 3) “Advanced Beginning Band” NEW for 2023-2024: available for 7th-12th grades [...]
“I will offer sacrifices in His tent with shouts of joy. I will sing and make music to the Lord.” Psalm 27:6. It is a biblical expectation that God’s people will make music to the Lord. At Gloria Deo Academy, we are helping train students for this important way of glorifying God. Classical [...]
Come Pray With Us! Weekly Prayer Meetings Golden M/W: Please join us on Wednesday mornings at 8:30 AM. All parents and grandparents are invited. Please enter through the business office door and the secretary will direct you. Plan to be there together 30-45 minutes. If you have any questions, please contact Joey Hay [...]
Mrs. Strain led Gloria Deo Academy students in an Opening Ceremonies devotional on Veterans Day. Mrs. Strain talked about how the widow gave all that she had when she gave her two coins, like many military personnel have given all for our freedom during Opening Ceremonies on Veterans Day. The following blog is an example [...]
The transition from summer to school can be a struggle for everyone in the family. The early wake-up calls, the after-school activities, and the (ahem) homework means all you really want to do is hit the snooze button. Again. We’ve all been there. You grow accustomed to your leisurely summer lifestyle, but back-to-school time throws [...]
Whether you're the student or the parent, the end of the school year is always the most difficult. Students contract “summer fever” as the end of the year approaches and begin to slack off and lose interest in school work. It is extremely important to finish the school year strong, so we have put together [...]
Every subject that is systematic has a certain inherent order to it that dictates its approach. For some subjects, this order is more explicit than in others. In mathematics, for example, there is a widely acknowledged sequence of what should be learned and when it should be taught. When working in other subjects, such as [...]
Let's be frank for a moment. Homeschool days can be hard enough on their own. Throw a toddler into the mix and it can feel like pure chaos! Thankfully, we have several families who've survived the toddlerschool years (the years when you homeschool kids and have a toddler at home who isn't old enough to [...]
With homework assignments, music lessons, church, and extracurriculars... one important activity is unfortunately easy to push aside: reading for fun. It can be tempting after a long day of learning and doing homework to let your kids unwind at night with a television show or a tablet. But research has proven time and time again, that childhood [...]
In recent years, cognitive scientists have shown that a few simple study habit tips can reliably improve what matters most: how much a student learns from studying. The findings can help anyone, from a fourth grader doing long division to a retiree taking on a new language. But they directly contradict much of the common [...]
