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Education is discipleship.
One of the passages that guides what we do at Oaks Family Ministries is Deuteronomy 6:6-7, "These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." It is our conviction that God has placed the responsibility for educating children squarely in the hands of families. This includes both education in spiritual matters, as well as matters pertaining to life in God's creation. That means that math, science, history, grammar, and all the other subjects are part of God's world and should be approached through a biblical worldview. If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, surely that applies to geometry and physics as well as biblical interpretation and morality.
Just as the church plays in integral role in the life of the Christian, and the Christian family, we believe that there is a place for corporate education of children under the close oversight of their parents (sometimes grandparents as well!). Therefore, we support and encourage what has become known as "hybrid-model" education, which is a combination of homeschooling and corporate classroom learning. This allows parents to remain in the driver's seat of their child's education and enjoy some of the benefits of a classroom environment a few days per week.
To help support and encourage this model of education OFM is partnering with Oaks Classical Christian Academy through the OFM Scholarships. The nature of hybrid-model schooling demands that many parents are also teachers. In order to act on their convictions they sacrifice time that could be spent in other endeavors that might provide additional income for their families. Furthermore, most hybrid-model schools make an effort to keep tuition as reasonable as possible so that it is not an obstacle to entry. All of this means that teachers/parents who have committed to being actively involved in their children's education through hybrid-model schools often are only compensated through tuition credit.
Will you partner with OFM to help bless and support these families?
We welcome monthly partners or one-time donors. Please know that every dollar given to the OFM Scholarships will go directly to tuition and other related expenses. No administrative fees are taken out of this pool. Oaks Family Ministries is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization so every gift is tax deductible.
Q: How is "hybrid-model" different than a co-op?
There are certainly some similarities between a hybrid-model school and a homeschool co-op. Both are designed to support homeschooling families, and both have a high level of parent involvement. However, in a hybrid-model school the students generally come more that one day per week, the bulk of the instruction happens on campus for those classes, and the families pay tuition and have the option to drop-off their students. A hybrid-model takes on much more of the instructional load and operates more like a school than a co-op.
The expectation that the only path to success is through a Bachelor's degree or higher is a fallacy that has come back to bite an entire generation of Americans. For a select few, it is the sensible educational path. For a large group of others their path after high school may lie in the trades. But which one? There are too many stories of people who have gone to a trade school, and only later found out that that particular vocation wasn't for them.
What if students could experience various trades and gain valuable classroom AND hands-on experience before entering a dual-enrollment of trade school program?
It is the vision of Oaks Classical: Trades to create such a program.
This program would take place on Mondays (8:00AM-2:30PM) and Wednesdays (8:00AM-12:00PM) with each 12 week term focusing on a different trade.
In order to launch this program in the Fall of 2026 we are seeking to raise $50,000 to cover the tuition for 10 students the first year.
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