Ginny’s Gems

In the Odyssey, Homer’s epic about the family as the center of civilization portrays two ways of life—the civilized and the barbaric. The civilized dwell in homes, the barbaric in ...

Seton Home Study School is a college preparatory program, so it is reasonable to surmise that most of our high school students hope to attend college. In some ways, college ...

The McWilliam family was featured in the January, 2013 issue of Seton Magazine, in which we got to hear about their adventures homeschooling on the high seas.  This summer, the ...

During the Battle for Fort Moultrie (then named Fort Sullivan), South Carolina, on June 28, 1776, the flag flown over the American emplacements was a dark blue field with a ...

by Ken Clark Over the years, people have asked us to bind our books in different ways. 1. Perfect Binding There are two main ways that textbook publishers bind books. ...

The old phrase “hate the sin, but love the sinner” reveals a deeply Christian sentiment. Yes, we see sin as the greatest offense against God, but we don’t consider the ...

In Robert Frost’s “After Apple-Picking” the narrator spends an entire day from morning till evening picking all the apples before the first frost of the season. He has spent the ...

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The McWilliam family was featured in the January, 2013 issue of Seton Magazine, in which we got to hear about their adventures homeschooling on the high seas.  This summer, the ...

“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.” G. K. Chesterton Homeschooling is not without its tensions. Nothing truly good ever is. But one of the blessings of homeschooling is ...

A person can live in a narrow world or a wider universe. He can live in a state of stagnation with no goals or ambitions, or keep his life in ...

A number of parents have asked us for information about the Common Core and how it will affect homeschooling. This, from a concerned mother, well represents the questions we are ...

On a graduation day, it is fitting that you graduates and your families reflect on the past. Parents, now that you have brought your child safely to the end of ...

When asked what supplemental products they wanted added to our online store, Seton parents overwhelming chose Science labs and kits. Since then we have been determined to find good science ...

Several years ago, Seton decided to produce tutorial videos to help parents and students with answering the most common questions that come through our phones and message boards. We discovered ...

Certain things in life seem common to all men.  The physical things are the most obvious: we all need to eat and to sleep, and we all need shelter.  But ...

The most important final preparation for college lies in seeing to your continued spiritual health once you are away from home and on your own.  The basics are quite clear, ...

by Renee Mills “Put all your heart’s confidence in the Lord, on your own skill relying never. If you but keep him in your thoughts wherever you go, he will ...

How to write book reports are not as hard as they seem; it's like following a roadmap that teaches children to think analytically.