2025 -26 Middle School Seminars
Updated classes, prices, and schedule as of 6/6/25
I’ve had to push back the start time of all classes to accommodate our fall milking schedule.
Fall Semester - Tuesdays
Weeks 1 - 16
August 26-December 16 & January 6 (no Tuesday classes on Veterans Day)
10:00 - 12:00 Math 8 + Honors Pre-Algebra Includes drop-in tutoring on Thursdays for 45 minutes $450 per 15-week semester, 2.75 hrs/week (January 6 is a make-up day for Math.)
Weeks 1 - 4
August 26- September 16
Month-long workshops in the Sci-LA time slots $230 per class. Each class is 4 weeks.
12:00 - 2:00 pm Writing Workshop: Art of the Essay- timed in-class writing $230 Lunch recess included
12:00-3:30 Shakespeare & Co. -$330 Second Semester January 13 - February 3 (no longer a second Writing Workshop in this time slot)
Weeks 5 - 16
September 23- December 16 & January 6
12:00 - 4:00 Science & Language Arts in the Writing Workshops time slot $700 per 12-week semester Lunch recess included
Spring 2026 Same classes + Shakespeare
Second semester is January 13- May 21. Make up week the last week of May.
Weeks 1 -16 Math classes January 13, 2025 - May 21, 2026 - Last class in May is a math make up day.
Weeks 1-4 Shakespeare & Co drama/literary workshop instead of Writing Workshop (Tuesday 11-2:30) January 13 - February 3, 2026
Weeks 5-16 Sci-LA & Real Life Farm Science February 10/12, 2026 - May 21, 2026
Fall Semester - Thursdays
Weeks 1 - 16
August 28-December 11, January 8
10:00 - 11:45 Math 7 Includes drop-in tutoring on Thursdays for 45 minutes $450 per 15-week semester 2.5 hrs/week (January 8 is a make-up day for Math.)
11:45-12:30 Drop-in Math tutoring for Math 7 and Math 8 + HPA (this is included in the price of both math classes)
Weeks 5-16
September 25- December 18 & January 8
12:30 - 2:30 Real Life Farm Science $400 per semester - Lunch recess included
*2:30 - 4:30 Real Life Farm Science $400 per semester* This section will be offered if the 12:30-2:30 section fills up.
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FALL SEMESTER IS AUGUST 26-JANUARY 8
Weeks 1 - 4 are August 26-September 18
Math and Writing Workshops start Week 1
Weeks 5 - 16 are September 23- December 16 & January 6*
Math classes continue
Writing workshops end
Science and Language Arts starts
Real Life Farm Science also starts
FALL HOLIDAYS
No classes Veterans Day
No classes Thanksgiving week
Winter Break is three weeks Dec 17 - January 5
*Last week of the semester is January 6 & 8 for all non-math classes. This is a planned make-up week for Math. If we don’t need the make-up week we will start spring semester that day.
If we need additional make up days (and we usually do) they will be May 26 & 28
SPRING SEMESTER IS JANUARY 13 - MAY 21, 2026
Weeks 1 -4 are January 13 - February 3
Math classes resume
Writing Workshop: HS Research Paper
Just Shakespeare
Weeks 5-16 are February 10/12, 2026 - May 21, 2026. May 19/21 is a make-up day for math.
Writing Workshop ends
Just Shakespeare ends
Math classes continue
Sci-LA & Real Life Farm Science start
SPRING HOLIDAYS
February Break is 2/15-21
Spring Break is 2 weeks March 30-April 10
If we need make up days for non-math classes (and we usually do) they will be May 26 & 28
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These are middle school classes with significant academic rigor.
SCIENCE & LANGUAGE ARTS 6-8th grades
REAL LIFE FARM SCIENCE 5-8th grades
MATH CLASSES -any age/grade as long as they meet the math prerequisites and have the maturity to do homework and be in class
WRITING WORKSHOPS
WW: Art of the Essay - 5-8th grade, but must be writing fluent paragraphs
WW: Creative Writing & Poetry Analysis: 5-8th grade
WW: HS Research Paper 7-9th grade. Must be able to write a full essay and read at a 7-8th grade level at least
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PDF of Farm School 2025-26 Calendar: class schedule, start and end dates, and breaks - updated 6/6/25
Classes now need to start at 10 instead of 9 to accommodate Ursula’s milking schedule and my daughter’s class schedule.
Science & Language Arts: Zoology & Botany
Real Life Farm Science
Math 7
Honors Pre-Algebra + Math 8
Self-Paced Math 7 Course
Shakespeare & Co.
Writing Workshop: Art of the Essay
Dairy Delights: Milking a Cow
Honors Algebra 1 Next Offered 2026-27
Writing Workshop: HS Research Paper offered 2027
Writing Workshop: Creative Writing offered 2027
Priority enrollment in March and April 2025 is for students signing up for both a math class and another class. Learn more about Farm School on Mt. Helix by visiting our About page.
Spring Semester 2025
January 13 - April 28 (. All Math classes are January 13 - May 5th + make up day
Spring Break is two weeks: April 7-18.
Sci-LA and S&Z Extension - 3 more weeks of awesomeness April 28- May 14.
For reference purposes this is our current spring 2025 Farm School Seminar Schedule
Ms. Lisa Clark-Burnell teaches all the academic seminars at Farm School.
2024-25 prices per semester: Math Classes $625, Science and Language Arts $775, Shakespeare and Zoology $675, Small group Math Tutoring - $240,
Extension: Sci-LA and S&Z Extension is $200 for 3 more weeks of awesomeness at the end of the regular semester, April 28- May 14
Mondays
9:00 - 10:30 Math 7 - Ms. Lisa (Day 1 of 2)
10:30 - 11:45 Math 8 + Honors Pre-Algebra - Ms. Lisa
11:45 - 4:15 Science & Language Arts - Ms. Lisa
4:20-5:00 Small group Math Tutoring with Ms. Lisa
Wednesdays
9:00 - 10:30 Math 7 - Ms. Lisa Day 2 of 2
10:30 - 1:45 Shakespeare & Zoology - Ms. Lisa
1:45 - 3:30 Math 8+ Honors Pre-Algebra - Ms. Lisa Day 2 of 2
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FALL SEMESTER 2024
Fall Semester Class: Math starts September 4, Wednesday. All other classes start September 16th through December 18, 2024
SPRING SEMESTER 2025
Spring Semester: January 13 (all classes start on same week) through April 25th (with possibility of a make up class the last week of April if needed) for Sci-LA and S&Z and through May 14th for math classes.
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Winter Breaks is 12/19-1/12
All FS Classes resume week of January 13th.
Weeks 15-17 are January 13 & 15, 20 & 23, 27 & 29. Weeks 18-19 are February 3 & 5, 10 & 12.
February Break President’s Day 2/17-21 UNLESS we need a make-up week.
Weeks 20-25 are February 24 & 26, March 3 &5, 10 & 12, 17 & 19, 24 & 26, 31 and April 2
Spring Break is two weeks: April 7-18.
Weeks 26 is April 21 & 23 and this is the LAST WEEK OF Sci-LA and S&Z unless you’ve signed up for the three-week extension. (Math continues until May 5)
Sci-LA & S&Z Extension = Weeks 27, 28, 29 which are April 28 & 30, May 5 & 7, May 12 & 14