Home Study ProgramSaint Paul parish Home Study program is offered as an alternative to our classroom program for Pre-Confirmation. For Confirmation II, pre-approval is necessary from our pastor, Fr. Pierce.
For families already enrolled in our home study program for the 2019/20 school year, you will find the necessary instructions, pacing guides, and information below to guide you through the year. Again: this page is for families who have registered for the 2019/20 home study program, have been approved, and have met with a member of our religious education staff to be trained on the material. |
"Families must have the courage to set before young people the radical decision to follow Christ, showing them how deeply rewarding it is." |
Pre Confirmation
Here's how to access the lesson instructions for your student's Alive in Christ book.
- Go to www.aliveinchrist.osv.com
- Hover over the green "Student and Family" option on the top menu.
- Choose "In the Home" from the drop down bar.
- There will be a line of gray tabs that mark the grade levels, choose Grade 6.
- From the list of chapters under "Home Session Plans" please click the blue "Download" button next to the Chapter number of the chapter you are covering (refer to the pacing guide to know what chapters to cover and which to skip.)
- A PDF will be downloaded to your computer that contains all the instructions for leading your student through the lesson in a home setting.
- Feel free to use other features of the website, including online review quizzes.
- When you have finished, mark the chapter off on your pacing guide. At the end of the year you will turn in your pacing guide to show you have completed all the lessons.
Confirmation i
Here's how to access the lesson instructions for your student's Alive in Christ book.
- Go to www.aliveinchrist.osv.com
- Hover over the green "Student and Family" option on the top menu.
- Choose "In the Home" from the drop down bar.
- There will be a line of gray tabs that mark the grade levels, choose Grade 7.
- From the list of chapters under "Home Session Plans" please click the blue "Download" button next to the Chapter number of the chapter you are covering (refer to the pacing guide to know what chapters to cover and which to skip.)
- A PDF will be downloaded to your computer that contains all the instructions for leading your student through the lesson in a home setting.
- Feel free to use other features of the website, including online review quizzes.
- When you have finished, mark the chapter off on your pacing guide. At the end of the year you will turn in your pacing guide to show you have completed all the lessons.
confirmation ii
The Chosen program we use in class has video content that is available online. You must create an account that would allow you access to the Chosen content. If you already have an account, skip down to the numbered directions.
If you haven't yet made an account, go to https://ascensionpress.com/redeem to create your account using the code: JSCBKL. IMPORTANT: We have only paid for a limited number of uses for this activation code, so if you have used it do not use it again, simply log in to the account you have already created.
If you haven't yet made an account, go to https://ascensionpress.com/redeem to create your account using the code: JSCBKL. IMPORTANT: We have only paid for a limited number of uses for this activation code, so if you have used it do not use it again, simply log in to the account you have already created.
- Prepare for the Lesson
- You will need your Chosen Parent's Guide book that you received at our Orientation meeting.
- Open to the lesson to be covered (refer to the pacing guide to see which lessons to cover and which to skip.)
- Read the information about this lesson and review the Conversation Starter questions.
- Access Videos Online
- Go to www.ascensionpress.com
- Log in. Once you are logged in it should take you to a page labeled "My Dashboard" (if not, you can go to your dashboard in the upper right hand corner of the page)
- Under "Current Studies" you should see CHOSEN, click on the image
- On the Chosen video page you should have access to all the videos, which are listed in a scrolling box on the right by Lesson number and Segment number.
- Guide your Teen through the Lesson
- Have your student turn to the first page for the lesson he or she missed.
- Start with the Opening Prayer.
- On the next page you will find a "Dive In" page. Read this together and discuss.
- On the next page you will find three sets of questions for three video segments.
- At this point, watch through each of the video segments that you accessed on the Ascension Press website. Be sure you are choosing the correct lesson videos from the scroll box.
- After each segment, discuss the content with your teen. Use the conversation starter questions you found in your Parent's Guide to help get you started. Be sure to share in the discussion personally, this is an amazing opportunity for your teen to witness your faith journey.
- After the videos and discussion, read the To the Heart story on the following page.
- Review the Hero of the Week.
- Have your teen pick on of the Challenges of the Week to work on this week. Choose one for yourself and share with your teen which one you are planning to do.
- Do the Closing Prayer together.
- There are additional pages that follow the lesson titled "Taking it Home". This is good review to go over together another time.