Interested in joining the community? Reach out to us via the contact form. We will walk you through the next steps.

We meet one day a week for 24 weeks a year: 12 weeks in the fall and 12 weeks in the spring.

Community Day starts at 9:00 am with assembly where we will sing a modern worship song, learn a hymn, recite our Bible verse, say the Pledge of Allegiance, hear encouragement from a parent in the community, pray, and close with the Doxology.

Then the students head to their classrooms with their tutors. From 9:30 to 12:00, tutors lead the class through the following blocks of study: art appreciation, science, history and geography, and presentations/book reviews. Parents are in their students’ classroom participating in the learning.

The entire community eats lunch together from 12:00 to 1:00. Then the 4th and 5th graders start Club 45, during which they practice writing with style and structure, learn Greek and Latin language roots, and do PE or math games (on alternating weeks. Club 45 wraps up at 2:45 pm.

After lunch, the middle school students (6th to 8th graders) also continue their classes until 2:45 pm.

Classes are led by a vetted parent tutor. Each tutor teaches all of the blocks of the day.

On Community Day, the parent or guardian is expected to be actively engaged in the learning process by participating in their student’s classes, offering support to tutors, and fostering a collaborative atmosphere. We understand that parents with multiple students may need to float between classes, and we value their flexibility. In addition to classroom involvement, parents are asked to serve the co-op by volunteering in various capacities and being ready to step in wherever help is needed. Rooted & Rising operates with an “all hands on deck” spirit, where every mom contributes to creating a joyful, supportive, and enriching learning environment for all.

The programming for Community Day was created by homeschooling moms using multiple sources. We do not use one specific curriculum, as none of them fully reflected what we all wanted to do in community. One of our guiding values is that parents are the authority on their children’s education, not our co-op. Therefore, while our lessons are highly informative, biblically- and fact-based, and engaging to allow for deep discovery and discussion, we consider our community days to be primarily for enrichment purposes. Please review our Programs page and reach out if you have further questions about educational sources.

For elementary school, there is no required curriculum to purchase. We highly recommend a home copy of The Story of the World; however, we do not require you to have one.

For Club 45, students are required to have the student spiral for the History-Based Writing Lessons for the year, and parents are encouraged to have the teacher’s manual. Additionally, students are encouraged but not required to have the workbook for Language Roots.

For middle school, students are asked to purchase:

• This volume’s The Mystery of History textbook

• The Fallacy Detective

• The Thinking Toolbox

Those texts are widely available used and can be shared with multiple students within the same family. Purchase of the Language Roots workbook is optional but encouraged.

You can find books and resources lists by program linked here.

Students who are entering kindergarten through 8th grade can be enrolled. The classes will be loosely organized by grades: elementary group (kindergarten through 5th grade), an afternoon session called Club 45 for 4th and 5th graders, and middle school (6th through 8th grades).

No, Rooted & Rising is not a drop-off co-op. A parent or guardian is required to remain on campus and participate alongside their students in the classes.

Elementary school students through 3rd grade are not expected to do any work outside of Community Days. We encourage families to listen to or read different chapters of The Story of the World; however, a student would be able to learn and engage without doing so.

Club 45 students are encouraged but not required to complete a writing assignment a week. To maximize the retention of the language roots definitions, we recommend watching for the week’s roots “in the wild”, but this is not a requirement.

Prior to each Community Day, middle school students will be asked to read the short chapters of The Mystery of History as well as the relevant chapters in either The Fallacy Detective or The Thinking Toolbox. Optional at-home challenges will be offered for Creative Writing, Logic, and Language Roots; however, students are not required to complete those.

Community Day is one of the many ways that students and families build deep and meaningful friendships. We have weekly park play days and frequent outings to museums, zoos, botanical gardens, and other places of interest in the area. We go on field trips, camping trips, and overnight road trips together throughout the year. We also celebrate holidays, birthdays, and achievements as a community.

We will strive to keep the elementary-aged classes at 10 students or less. Club 45 (i.e., the afternoon session for 4th and 5th graders) is targeted for 20 students or less. The average middle school class size is 12 students.

One of our guiding values at Rooted & Rising is that we focus on the subjects and activities that are difficult or less engaging when done at home. Our program is meant to be an enrichment program with opportunities for deep learning and dialogue. It is not a substitute for the core subjects or curriculum chosen by the parent.

We would love to chat with you. Fill out a contact form, and we will reach out.

We understand how overwhelming it can be to start homeschooling, but it is so incredibly worth it. You don’t have to do it all perfectly—homeschooling is a journey, not a race. Give yourself grace, trust your instincts, and remember that connection, curiosity, and joy are just as important as the curriculum. Start simple. Develop a routine (but not a rigid schedule). And enjoy learning with your children!

We encourage you to chat with other homeschooling moms to get ideas on where to start, curriculum recommendations, and general support and community. We would love to be able to help, so please reach out via our contact form if you have any questions.

Additionally, we recommend that you visit the HSLDA website to learn more about Texas’s requirements for homeschooling.

During Club 45 and the middle school’s afternoon session, moms of those students will be in the classrooms. The siblings of those students will have free play, all of which is organized and monitored by an adult.

Homeschool co-ops come in all shapes and sizes with many different goals, programs, and philosophies. In short, a homeschool co-op is a collaborative group of homeschooling families who come together to share resources, expertise, and community. Some co-ops offer structured classes, activities, or enrichment opportunities led by parents or hired instructors, covering a variety of subjects and skills. They provide social interaction, support for parents, and a chance for students to learn in a group setting while maintaining the flexibility and values of homeschooling. Other co-ops are subject-focused (e.g., science, nature study), philosophy-focused (e.g., Charlotte Mason, unschooling) or primarily for socialization.

Rooted & Rising strives to incorporate aspects of the classical education model and Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy.

The Charlotte Mason education model nurtures a love for lifelong learning by emphasizing living books and short and focused lessons. It offers a broad "feast" of subjects like art, music, and poetry. Rooted in respect for the child as a capable individual, this philosophy inspires curiosity, appreciation for beauty, and a deep connection with ideas and the natural world.

The classical education model emphasizes a foundation of core knowledge, critical thinking, and effective communication, aligning with a child’s natural developmental stages (Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric). By focusing on classical languages, literature, history, and philosophy, this model encourages students to seek truth, beauty, and goodness while developing the tools for lifelong learning and intellectual excellence.