JON WATSON

Oxford Style Instruction

Supporting the Christian homeschool community in the Georgetown, Texas area

Oxford style instruction is a personalized Socratic approach in which an instructor discusses course-related issues with a handful of students.

  • Personalized attention

  • Deeper engagement in ideas

  • Development of confidence, critical and independent thinking

  • High levels of interaction between the students and the instructor

Subjects

Integrated Studies

  • Christian Thought-World View

  • Apologetics

  • U.S. History and Government

  • Literature

  • Philosophy

  • Science

    Instructor - Jon Watson

Latin Instruction
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced.
Instructor - Jill Watson

Instructors

Jon Watson
Integrated Studies

  • B.S. in Biological Science, Chemistry, Secondary Education from Biola University

  • 90+ graduate units in Biblical Studies, Christian School Administration, and Apologetics from Talbot Seminary

  • 35+ years of teaching experience: Bible, Science, History, Literature, Philosophy

Jill Watson
Latin Instructor

  • B.A. in Education from Biola University

  • 25+ years of experience teaching Latin to K-12th grade students

  • Numerous years of experience tutoring and teaching home school students in a co-op environment.

LATIN INSTRUCTION

HOW LATIN DEVELOPS THE MIND

Yes, Latin helps with SAT scores. It does make learning a modern vocabulary easier. True, Latin is abundant in the technical vocabularies of the soft and hard sciences and law. A student of Latin should also gain a firmer grasp on English vocabulary by recognizing that almost all the big words come from Latin. While these benefits are impressive, they are minor compared to the real value of Latin. There are more important objectives that Latin achieves better than any other subject: The first is mental development, and the second is an understanding of English grammar.

Cheryl Lowe, January 13, 2017

HOW LATIN BUILDS VOCABULARY

No other foreign language equals Latin in helping a student develop a rich English vocabulary. It has been estimated that fifty percent of English words are derived from Latin, with that share exceeding sixty percent for more difficult, polysyllabic words. Certainly we see these derivatives from Latin all throughout our language. Indeed, English is so indebted to Latin that classical scholar Berthold Ullman remarked a century ago that our language would more properly be named "Latin-English."

Bonnie Graham, July 25, 2019

“Today we have a weakness in our education process in failing to understand the natural associations between the disciplines. We tend to study all our disciplines in unrelated parallel lines. This tends to be true in both Christian and secular education.”

— Francis A. Schaeffer

Books and Materials

Families are responsible to purchase required books and materials.

Grades and Credits

Assignments and participation will be graded and parents will be provided a grade report for all completed subjects. The designated credits earned will be at the discretion of the parents, according to their homeschool grading system.

Charges for Instruction

Integrated Studies:

Please contact Mr. Watson directly for individual or small group tutoring. Payment would be made directly to him on an hourly basis.      Jon@integratedchristian.com

Latin Instruction:

Please contact Ms. Watson directly for individual or small group tutoring. Payment would be made directly to her on an hourly basis.       Jill@integratedchristian.com