CHEMISTRY, PRE -ALGEBRA & ALGEBRA 1

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR:  LISA CATO

After 19 years as a Chemical Engineer, Lisa left the work force in 2010 to homeschool her three girls. She is still homeschooling her third daughter in 7th grade. She remains active in her Classical Conversations community in Simpsonville. Lisa also works as an assistant/bookkeeper for a local architect, enjoys gardening and reading in her free time, and pulls for her Clemson Tigers with her husband and her oldest daughter who's a junior at Clemson. She is coming to terms with pulling for the Carolina Gamecocks next year with her middle daughter who is starting there in the fall.

CHEMISTRY

This class will provide the student with a detailed introduction to the methods and concepts of general chemistry. Lab experiments will be conducted that expand on the chemistry concepts.

Chapters are assigned for at-home reading and completion of problems. Parents are expected to work with their student at home to help him/her understand the material and complete the problems. Class time includes lecture time for each module, reviewing chemistry concepts, working through problems, and answering questions from the reading.

Lab Reports and On-Your-Own problems from the text as well as tests will be completed at home.

Syllabus will be handed out on the first day of class.

This course can be counted as Honors if if all of the material in the book is completed and mastered, and lab reports are completed. The number of lab reports is decided by the parent. 

Textbook: Apologia Exploring Creation with Chemistry, 3rd ed. text (in class)
Apologia Exploring Creation with Chemistry Student Notebook (suggested)
Tests and Solutions (parent use)

Prerequisite: Algebra 1 (if student is strong in math, Algebra 1 can be taken in conjunction with the class)

Target Grades:  10th - 12th 

Schedule:  

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM   ***FULL***     but we have added in  an afternoon option below!

Tuesday 12:15 - 1:45 PM 

September 9 - December 4, 2025  

January 13 - April 21,  2026

Thanksgiving - Week of November 24, 2025

Winter Break - December 15 - January 8, 2026

Spring Break - March 16, 2026

Tuition: 

$420  (two semesters - 26 weeks)

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PRE- ALGEBRA

Target Levels: 7th & 8th Grades

This is math for the 8th grade student taught as preparation for Algebra 1.  A strong 7th grader may take this course upon teacher recommendation and approval of a UHC administrator.

More information will be provided as far as the curriculum to be used.

Target Grades:  7th & 8th 

Schedule:  

Tuesday 10:45-11:45 AM

September 9 - December 4, 2025  

January 13 - April 21,  2026

Thanksgiving - Week of November 24, 2025

Winter Break - December 15 - January 8, 2026

Spring Break - March 16, 2026

Tuition: 

$300  (two semesters - 26 weeks)

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ALGEBRA 1 

This class will provide the student with knowledge of algebraic concepts including various forms of linear, quadratic, and exponential equations and functions. This also includes interpretation of functions graphically, numerically, symbolically, and verbally.

Syllabus will be handed out on the first day of class. This course can be counted as Honors if all of the material in the book is completed and mastered.

Saxon Algebra 1 3rd Edition Text (in class)
Scientific Calculator (in class)
Test Forms and Solutions (at home by parent)

Prerequisite:  Successful completion of Pre-Algebra

Target Grade:  8th - 10th 

Schedule:  

Tuesday 2:00 - 3:00 PM 

September 9 - December 4, 2025  

January 13 - April 21,  2026

Thanksgiving - Week of November 24, 2025

Winter Break - December 15 - January 8, 2026

Spring Break - Wee of March 16, 2026

Tuition: 

$360.00  (two semesters - 26 weeks)