ORCHARD Contact: Heather King 214-679-9211
metromama@swbell.net
Staff Liaison: Kathy Kunes, Director of Community Life
972-596-5505 x4246, kkunes@eseton.org
ORCHARD stands for Opportunities for Roman Catholic Homeschoolers Religious & Academic Development. We are a parent-taught teaching co-op for families who are Roman Catholic.
We meet at Seton from September to November and February to April on Fridays from 11:20-3:30 (this includes Holy Mass and lunch). Your oldest child must be six years old to join.
Our primary goal is to supplement what is being taught in the home.
We offer a diverse selection of classes. We have a different schedule every semester based on what parents want to teach.
Topics that we have explored in past semesters are:
- Academic subjects - Science with experiments, literature and book discussions, creative writing, problems in math.
- Classes in religion and faith formation
- Exploration of the arts - drawing, dance, music, and culinary
Classes are approximately an hour long following this schedule:
| 11:10 |
Meet in Parish Hall | |
| 11:15 | Dismiss to First Class | |
| 11:20-12:20 | 1st Class | |
| 12:30-1:00 | Holy Mass | |
| 1:00-1:30 | Lunch & Announcements - Meet in Parish Hall | |
| 1:20 | Announcements | |
| 1:30 | Dismiss to 2nd hour | |
| 1:35-2:30 | 2nd Class | |
| 2:35-3:30 | 3rd Class | |
We have a support group called PARCH (Plano Area Roman Catholic Homeschoolers) that offers support meetings for parents, field trips and feast day parties. ORCHARD grew out of PARCH.