Home Study - 9th and 10th Grade

We are looking forward to a wonderful Catholic Formation year.  Attached you will find our October Home Study Lesson.  We strongly encourage you to complete these lesson plans as a family which could lead to some wonderfully fruitful conversation, however they can be done individually as well.  Our home study students are asked to fill out their reflection sheets (instructions in the lesson plan) and turn them back in to me at any point in the month.  This will allow for me to have a better understanding of where your youth is spiritually and what they may need guidance with.  It will help to prepare us for our zoom small groups as well.

Throughout the year, we will be using multiple different platforms to watch Catholic videos.  I will either send the video in our emails or they can be accessed on our parish subscription to FORMED.  Attached you will find the log-in information for FORMED. This is a free resource for you that the parish has bought a subscription to.  Please have you student sign up for FORMED so that they can watch this week’s lessons.

Attached you will find the following:
October lesson plan

• Participant Guide/Reflection Sheet (to be submitted to Amy)
• Parent Guide should you want more resources to discuss with your students after the lesson.
• FORMED log-in instructions.
• Home Study Schedule Reminders  

If at any point you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me!

9th and 10th graders are on a two-year cycle for formation. This means that they will both have the same lesson plans that rotate every other year. Confirmation has their own set of lesson plans that focus specifically on the Sacrament of Confirmation.

There are two lessons that high schoolers will participate in each month:

• The first lesson plan a month should be completed at home together as a family. 
  • These lesson plans will be sent out on the first Sunday of each month that the in-person high school classes are meeting.  The first lesson was sent out via email on Sunday, October 4^th. 
  • The lesson plans can also be accessed online under our life-long formation tab-high school-home study.
• The second lesson will be completed virtually via zoom and will be a small group session. 
  • The zoom will consist of a video lesson and discussion in a small group of peers.
  • Please use the following link to sign your student up for their zoom sessions.

• 10 hours of service throughout the formation year and the service reflection sheet OR an alternative service option.
• Their corresponding grade level retreat. All retreats are required. If you cannot attend the retreat on the dates provided, an alternative retreat will need to be completed. I can assist you with finding a different retreat option if needed. Dates for all retreats are in  2021.