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Middle School Learning Pods

Learn with a group of friends, have fun, build community, develop relationships, and enjoy the social aspect of learning in addition to learning all content area from a biblical worldview!

Customize Your Pod so It's Just Right

Core Academics:
✅ English
✅ Math
✅ Science
✅ Social Studies
Electives:
✅ Bible
✅ Guitar or Ukulele
✅ Spanish
✅ Tech/Coding
✅ More coming

Study Skills:
✅ Teen, Get Your Groove
✅ Learning with ADHD

Homeroom With Exploratory Intensives:
✅ Jr. EMT
✅ Song Writing
✅ Cooking & Baking
✅ Missionary Hearts
✅ Marketplace / Business
✅ Logic
✅ Art
✅ Student Council

Go From class to class with a group of friends!

Core Academics

We have the core subjects covered: English, Math, Science, & Social Studies. Click here to read about the curriculum.

Select Courses From:
✅ Math (2x per week)
✅ Writing (2x per week)
✅ Grammar (1x per week)
✅ Reading (Bible & Book Club--1x every other week; asynchronous on the off-weeks)
✅ Social Studies (2x per week)
✅ Science (2x per week)

Add the Electives (if you want)

💃 Spanish (1 live class per week)
🎶 Ukulele (1 live class per week)
📖 Bible (1 live class per week)
📲 Tech & Coding (1 live class per week)

Our elective teachers have degrees, experience, and training, giving your learner the expertise you need to grow in skill, knowledge, and wisdom. Each elective class meets once per week. Click here to read about the curriculum.

Exploratory Intensives in Homeroom

In our homeroom that meets once per week, learners explore interesting intensives from our passionate educators who are teaching what they love. These intensives rotate every 3-4 weeks and meet once per week. These are included in all pods at no additional charge! Topics are subject to change as we complete the schedule.

Student Council

Marketplace

Logic

Jr. EMT

Missionary Hearts

Cooking & Baking

Song Writing

Art

The Schedule

Pick your English and add other courses a la carte. Contact us if you have questions.

Join the Pod Anytime!

Class Details:

Homeroom: This is included in all pods at no additional cost. It is here where students gather with a teacher for devotions and prayer, and then we are rotating various teachers in to explore exciting topics and subjects. These may include: Cooking and Baking Through History, Jr. EMT, Logic, Student Council, Entrepreneurship, Art, Song Writing.

Real World English: Books & Beyond: Tech-Integrated English for Future Leaders (semester A) & Innovators (semester B) blends academic excellence with project-based learning. Tailored to develop fundamental ELA skills and independence, active and engaged learners complete projects, enhancing essential technology and critical thinking skills.

English Essentials: The bedrock of all essay writing, The Essentials (semester A) and The Essentials Semester B are must-take courses for learners to establish a solid foundation for all future writing.

English Option #3 (4:00 PM Eastern Mondays & Fridays): In a Journey Through Literature A: Core English Knowledge, a Gateway for All Learning, students study major literary themes by reading novels, various short stories, poetry, and informational texts. This is semester A of a full year’s curriculum, which includes reading, writing, and speech.

Literature-The Bucket List Book Club: In this book club, learners read the top middle school novels of all time from a Christian perspective and fall in love with characters, settings, and cultures different from their own. This class meets every other week.

Grammar: One of the most effective classes we offer for teaching learners how to write correctly, State of the Art shows writers how to communicate at the sentence level.

Organization: In Teens, Get Your Groove: Organize Your Homework and Life, teenagers get help organizing their lives so they learn the skills to independently have success managing schoolwork, sports, family responsibilities, and extracurricular activities.

History – Ancient Cultures: Learners explore Ancient World History, learning about ancient Egypt and the Middle East, India, China, Greece, and Rome. They will love completing hands-on projects, playing games, reading, and more. This is a FUN class where students experience history.

Science: Each week, learners will study and be amazed by God’s creation through experiments and activities. More details are coming soon.

Math Workout: This is a supplementary math course that helps learners think like mathematicians and build confidence in a subject that is often fearful. They work on understanding mathematical concepts while exploring topics from geometry, measurement, algebra, operations, and more.

Spanish: In this lively Spanish course, Learn, Laugh, Speak Spanish: A Middle School Exploration, students learn how to communicate in Spanish while engaging with class peers and the teacher in games, story-telling, acting, crafts, and music.

Bible: In Uncover the Truth: Teens Journey Through the Bible, we use Precept Ministries’ inductive approach in the following topics:

Ukulele: Intro to Ukulele for Middle School is designed to equip with everything you need to become a solid ukulele player, and make learning fun and accessible for young musicians. With practice, by the end of this course, you’ll be able to play full songs and enjoy making music with your friends!

Coding & Tech: In 26 weeks, learners will complete the following courses:

HTML and CSS Basics
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript – A Web-Based Calendar
Web Service APIs – Weather Report
A Web-Based Calculator
Basic Python-Calculator
Basic Python-Hello World
Basic Python-Lost & Found
Basic Python-Tic Tac Toe

The Support You Need, Just in Case

If your learner needs a little extra support, we have safety nets in place such as additional classes, tutoring, and self-paced courses to fill gaps or offer enrichment. Pod learners have access to these supports at a special discounted rate.

Frequently Asked Questions:

We are careful with who we let teach our kids. Are your teachers Christian?

Yes! Yes! We are mission-minded organization and our love for the Lord and intense desire to glorify Him drive us to do what we do. We exist to see children come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ and then to grow in wisdom and knowledge so they can walk in a manner worthy of their calling. We want them to develop an authentic biblical worldview. Karen Lemons, the founder of Lemons-Aid, is fiercely protective of the mission and puts all teachers and staff through a rigorous application process. Our teachers have professional development in how to teach with from a biblical perspective.

Is Lemons-Aid Learning safe for my child?

Yes! All of our teachers have gone through background checks, identification verification, and have training on how to keep learners safe while teaching online. We teach our learners to keep their own personal identifying information private while online. All communication between teachers and students are copied or accessible to parents. We follow COPPA policies to protect young learners while on line. Classes are recorded for transparency with parents.

How big are the classes? Will my child get individual attention?

We have capped the classes to 12 learners. Our teachers have experience building relationships with each learner and making them feel special and loved.

Do I need to purchase materials or curriculum?

The teacher will provide much of what you need; however, some courses do have a required materials list:

Math, Writing, Science, & Spanish: teacher-provided materials and commonly found items around the house (supply list coming soon)
Reading: Parents borrow or purchase 10 class novels (physical copies of books are available for purchase from Lemons-Aid at Amazon prices). Details will be in your welcome email.
Social Studies: Parents purchase a $22 license for the online curriculum. Details will be in your welcome email.
Bible: Parents purchase three bible studies that will take learners through the book of John (from Precept Ministries at $10.99 each). Details will be in your welcome email.
Ukulele: Parents can rent a ukulele from a music store.
If your learner takes all eight courses, materials cost $55 plus the novels required for literature.

Does my learner get grades and individual feedback from the teacher?

Teachers offer helpful and frequent feedback to learners both on the work they do in class and for homework. This is done verbally, through video recordings, messages, and comments on Google docs.

What if we have to miss class?

All classes are recorded and enrolled learners will have access to view those recordings.

How do I finalize our schedule with the classes we have chosen?

After you look at the calendar of classes and make your pod selection, we will send you an email with more details, give you access to our platform, and there you will see your Zoom schedule.

How frequently do my kids have class and how long is the school year?

Each class meets once per week for 45 minutes. Each semester is 13 weeks. We take a week off at Thanksgiving and two weeks off at Christmas. Spring Break is the week following Easter. We are offering our pods as weekly subscriptions to help parents break up tution payments. If you would like to pay for the entire year, you can do so at a discount. Just reach out to ask.

Do you offer sibling discounts or referral discounts?

While our pod classes are heavily discounted, we still provide a 10% sibling discount and a referral bonus. Just ask!

My child may need more help to catch up or fill learning holes. What do I do?

As we work with your child, if we think we need to do something more, we will let you know. We will give you various options and advice from things you can do at home, to additional group classes and tutoring. We want to see your child grow to love learning and to have success.

I have more questions not answered here. Where can I find answers?

You can contact us with more questions. We are happy to chat via email, text. or phone call. We can also pop onto a Zoom call to meet you and a group of friends.

Will this be challenging enough for my college-bound learner?

The foundational learning done in this pod will properly prepare your learner for the rigors of advanced high school work. Our teacher are very good at identifying when a learner needs more challenge, and we work with the students and parents to adapt and modify the learning to meet his or her needs.

Customize Your Pod!

First choose your core pod, then you will be able to build the rest how you like.

2-Course (4 Class) Pod Plus Homeroom

1-Free Class Per Week

Reg $95/week

$76/week

5 live classes per week

BEST DEAL

Unlimited Pod with Homeroom

25% Savings

Reg $285/week

$214/week

Up to 15 live classes per week:
Homeroom
Math x2
English x2
Book Club x1
Grammar x1 Social Studies x2
Science x2
Bible x1
Spanish x1
Ukulele x1 Tech/Coding x1

4-Course (8 Class) Pod Plus Homeroom & Async Book Club

20% Savings

Reg $171week

$137/week

9 live classes per week
One asynchronous book club every other week

If you don't see the pod you like, you can enroll in courses a-la-carte.

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