About Memoria Academy

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Memoria Academy (MA) is the online classical school associated with Memoria Press. In eighth and tenth grades I took classes through MA, which is what I want to talk about here.  

 

My Experience 

In eighth grade, the class I took through Memoria Academy (which was then still known as Memoria Press Online Academy) was Physical Science. Memoria uses the Novare curriculum for most of their upper science classes (older middle school and high school). Even though I no longer use MA for science, I have continued to use the next three Novare science books. In tenth grade, I took Henle Latin II: Caesar through MA. This class was made to follow Fourth Form Latin and is designed for students who have a good grasp of Latin grammar. I had done Latin through Memoria Press’ curriculum for the past two years, so I decided to continue with MA for one more year. I’ve found Henle a lot harder to teach myself, so that was the main reason I took the live class versus just going through the Henle II book.  

 

What does a class usually look like? 

Memoria Academy classes are held on the platform Adobe Connect. They usually range from an hour to an hour and a half long. My science class in eighth grade was only an hour long, but my Latin class was an hour and a half. Students usually have their webcams and microphones turned off, with primary participation through the chat box. However, students will be occasionally asked to answer a question or read a passage on mic instead of typing in the chat box or just listening to the teacher read. The instructor will usually have his or her webcam on and does all the teaching on the microphone. Live classes are either once or twice a week depending on the subject and grade level. My science class was twice a week while my Latin class was only once per week.  

 

What does a typical week of homework look like? 

Memoria Academy uses the platform Moodle for keeping track of and completing grades and assignments. There will be assigned homework that usually does not have to be turned in and is not graded. Even though the work is not seen by the teacher, for success in the class it is recommended to complete all the homework. The instructors teach assuming you have seen the material and practiced it in the weekly work. At the end of most weeks, there are short quizzes or graded assignments that will be completed online. Many (but not all) of these have about two attempts and the grades are either averaged or only the highest grade is recorded depending on the type of assignment. 

 

I hope this post helped explain and introduce you to Memoria Academy!