Live online English & humanities classes — rooted in a Christian worldview and the classical tradition — plus private tutoring and college-planning guidance for homeschool families.
Everything is built around meaningful work — not busywork — and taught by someone who has walked the homeschool-to-college road herself.
Weekly online literature & composition, with humanities courses expanding soon. Small groups, Socratic discussion, real writing feedback.
See the courses →Homeschool planning and college roadmapping — transcripts, course sequencing, admissions, and NCAA Division I eligibility.
Book a session →One-on-one online tutoring for any student who needs focused help with reading, writing, or study skills.
Request tutoring →Downloadable guides — starting with NCAA academic eligibility — plus trusted resources I recommend for college-bound families.
Visit the shop →Begin in 8th or 9th grade. Many families count English I as high school credit — and early starters can reach dual-credit English by senior year.
Literature & composition fundamentals — close reading and clear writing.
View course →American literature with structured analytical writing.
Waitlist · view →British literature, deeper interpretation, stronger essays.
View course →World literature and college-level composition.
Waitlist · view →For more than two decades I've taught homeschooled students — including over a decade of high school literature and composition — and I've guided my own children through high school, Division I athletic recruiting, and admission to highly academic universities.
I believe the goal of education isn't simply college admission, but the development of clear thinking, careful reading, and strong communication that lasts a lifetime.
Homeschool athletes face a maze of NCAA academic requirements — approved core courses, documentation, transcripts, and the Eligibility Center. That's my focus: making sure a student qualifies academically. For the athletic recruiting side — coaches, scholarships, and the recruiting process — I point families to Renee Lopez, who's the real expert there.
“I truly cannot put into words how much Mrs. Hunt’s classes have meant to me. From our discussions to the patient way she teaches, I don’t think I would love reading and thinking the way I do if she hadn’t been my teacher. She helped me grow so much — I’ve never had a better English teacher, and I’m so grateful for the impact she’s had on my life.”
— Former student“Kim taught all three of my children throughout high school, and every one of them loved her classes. She has a gift for making literature interesting and engaging while teaching students to think deeply and write exceptionally well. Each of my children became a confident, capable writer because of her.”
— Homeschool parent of three“Kim has guided our family through every stage of homeschooling — from planning middle and high school courses to preparing for college. She even helped us navigate transcripts, NCAA requirements, and athletic recruiting. Her knowledge and guidance gave us confidence that we were preparing our children well for what came next.”
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Once-weekly live classes on Zoom, 30 weeks a year, in small groups of 8–12. Every course is honors-level and discussion-driven, with real writing feedback delivered through our Skipper learning platform.
Start in 8th or 9th grade and build year over year toward college-level writing.
Foundations of Literature & Composition. Grades 8–9 · Mondays 11:15a CT. Close reading, discussion, and the fundamentals of clear analytical writing.
View course & enroll → WaitlistAmerican Literature & Composition. Grades 9–10 · Mondays 12:45p CT. American voices paired with structured essays and deeper analysis.
View course & join waitlist →British Literature & Composition. Grades 10–11 · Tuesdays 11:15a CT. The British canon, richer interpretation, and stronger argument.
View course & enroll → WaitlistWorld Literature & Composition. Grades 11–12 · Tuesdays 12:45p CT. Global texts and college-level composition to finish the sequence.
View course & join waitlist →Live on Zoom, once weekly — 30 sessions across two semesters, with holiday breaks.
Aug 24 – Dec 14, 2026 · 15 weeks
No class the weeks of Oct 12 & Nov 23
Jan 11 – May 3, 2027 · 15 weeks
No class the weeks of Feb 8 & Mar 15
| English I | Mondays | 11:15 am – 12:30 pm CT | Enrolling |
| English II | Mondays | 12:45 – 2:00 pm CT | Waitlist |
| English III | Tuesdays | 11:15 am – 12:30 pm CT | Enrolling |
| English IV | Tuesdays | 12:45 – 2:00 pm CT | Waitlist |
A focused summer intensive to build core writing skills before the school year. Great prep for English I or II.
Join the interest list →A short intensive that readies juniors and seniors for the demands of college-level composition and dual-credit English.
Join the interest list →More humanities courses — history, philosophy, and beyond — are on the way as The Confident Scholar grows.
Classes meet live once a week on Zoom for discussion and instruction. Sessions are recorded, but live attendance is strongly encouraged — the Socratic discussion is the heart of the course.
Each course runs 30 weeks, following a typical homeschool academic year.
Skipper is our learning platform (similar to Canvas). It's where students find assignments, submit their work, and receive grades and written feedback — so both students and parents can track progress anytime.
Plan for roughly 4–5 hours per week of reading and writing. Assignments are intentionally meaningful rather than busywork.
Typically 8–12 students, small enough for genuine discussion and personalized writing feedback.
Tuition covers the live weekly class, all assignment feedback and grading, and full access to Skipper. Books and supplies are purchased separately and typically run under $100 for the year (many titles are free or available through your library).
English I is where strong writing begins. Students learn to build real arguments — inventing, outlining, drafting, and revising five persuasive essays and three comparison essays across the year using the TRIAC proof model. Each essay is anchored to a significant short story or poem, so students always have something worth arguing about.
Along the way they master sentence craft, parallel form, and correct MLA citation — and they learn, through Socratic discussion and the lens of Scripture, to discern what is true and communicate it clearly and persuasively.
How do we learn to argue truly, clearly, and persuasively?
Every warm-up, reading, outline, and draft returns to three questions: What is true? How do I know? And how do I communicate it so others can see it too?
Every essay is anchored to a story or poem worth arguing over:
Five persuasive and three comparison essays, built step by step with the TRIAC proof model — invention, outline, draft, revision, and peer review.
Sentence craft taught in the writing itself — varied openers, sentence types (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex), and parallel form.
Students write and punctuate correct MLA in-text citations and a Works Cited page from their very first essay.
Students weigh ideas through the lens of Scripture and learn to argue clearly, honestly, and persuasively.
One live seminar each week for discussion and instruction. Sessions are recorded for review.
Assignments, grades, feedback, and submissions all in one place (similar to Canvas) — visible to students and parents.
English II surveys the American literary tradition from the Puritans to the modern age — moving chronologically through the major novels, essays, poems, and speeches that shaped the nation. Students read closely, trace how competing worldviews moved through American culture, and ask the hard questions each work raises.
Woven through is a full composition strand — six formal essays a year, built with the TRIAC model — plus Socratic seminars where students learn to weigh subjective against absolute truth and argue it clearly, both on the page and aloud.
In the world, but not of it.
Students study American culture through a Christian lens — asking where we've been, where we are, and where we're going; discerning subjective truth from absolute truth; and learning to communicate that truth clearly and persuasively.
Major works alongside the short stories, poems, and speeches that defined each era:
Three essays each semester — persuasive and expository — built with the TRIAC model, from outline to polished draft.
Regular seminars on the major works, wrestling with worldview, culture, and the hard questions each text raises.
Sentence craft taught in the writing itself — sentence types, parallelism, and amplification.
Students study every era through the lens of Scripture, discerning truth from the ideas that shaped a nation.
One live seminar each week for discussion and instruction. Sessions are recorded for review.
Assignments, grades, feedback, and submissions in one place (similar to Canvas).
English III is a chronological exploration of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon era through the Modern period. Students read major works of fiction, poetry, and drama while wrestling — Socratically — with worldview, truth, and the ideas that shaped each age. It's a discussion-heavy course where thinking deeply matters far more than quick answers.
Woven through the literature is a full composition strand: students write formal literary-analysis essays and timed, AP-style writing checkpoints, building toward writing that would hold up in a first-year college course.
What does it mean to live rightly in a broken world?
Every text, discussion, and essay returns to four enduring questions: What is human nature? What is virtue? How should society be ordered? How should we live?
Across every era of British letters — poetry, drama, and the novel:
Formal literary-analysis essays and timed, AP-style writing checkpoints across the year.
Grammar and style are taught in the writing itself — parallelism, sentence variety (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex), and clarity.
Each student researches an assigned British author and presents to the class in the spring.
Students evaluate each work’s vision of virtue, truth, and redemption through the lens of Scripture.
One live seminar each week. Sessions are recorded for review.
Assignments, grades, feedback, and submissions in one place (similar to Canvas).
English IV immerses students in some of the greatest literature the world has produced — complete works and selected excerpts of classic prose, poetry, and drama, from the ancient world to the modern age. It's the capstone of the sequence: demanding reading, Socratic discussion, and college-level essay composition.
Students learn to read complex texts closely and accurately, trace literary history across periods, think critically about philosophy and the trends of culture — and, above all, articulate their own worldview clearly in writing.
Complete works and selected excerpts, spanning the ancient world to the modern age:
Three formal essays each semester, each a response to a major work — plus research and short informal essays.
Grammar and style are taught in the writing itself — sentence variety, clarity, and precision.
Students weigh each work's ideas through the lens of Scripture and learn to articulate their own worldview in writing.
Twice a year, each student researches a major world author and presents to the class.
One live seminar each week. Sessions are recorded for review.
Assignments, grades, feedback, and submissions in one place (similar to Canvas).
Personalized consultations for homeschool families planning high school and college — including the NCAA Division I academic-eligibility path most advisors don't understand.
Every family is different. Start with a single session or plan the whole journey together.
Focused, individual online tutoring for any student — whether they need to strengthen writing, work through a tough reading, or build study and organization skills.
Essays, structure, grammar, revision — from reluctant writers to students polishing college application essays.
Help understanding and analyzing difficult texts, building comprehension and confidence.
Organization, time management, and academic habits that carry students through high school and beyond.
Practical, downloadable resources drawn from decades in the homeschool community — starting with the NCAA academic-eligibility guide families keep asking me for.
A step-by-step walkthrough of Division I academic eligibility — approved core courses, homeschool documentation, transcripts, and the Eligibility Center — so your athlete qualifies. From a parent who's done it.
Templates and guidance to build a college-ready homeschool transcript — course titles, credits, and GPA, done right.
A year-by-year checklist for homeschool families, from 9th grade coursework to application season.
A student's step-by-step guide to MLA 9 — page setup, in-text citations, ready-to-copy Works Cited templates, practice activities with an answer key, and a printable checklist. 20 pages.
Thesis to final draft — the exact process I teach for building a clear, well-supported literary analysis essay.
My curated grade-by-grade reading list for homeschool high school — yours free when you join the interest list.
Trusted outside resources I recommend for homeschool families and college-bound athletes.
The NCAA's official initial-eligibility requirements for homeschool student-athletes — coursework, documentation, and the process, straight from the source.
An insider's guide to earning athletic scholarships. For the athletic recruiting side — coaches, scholarships, and the recruiting process — Renee is the expert I point families to.
These are independent resources shared for your convenience; The Confident Scholar is not affiliated with the NCAA or the author.
A 20-page student guide to MLA 9 — formatting, citations, Works Cited templates, practice activities with answer key, and a printable checklist.
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Educator, longtime homeschooling mother, and guide for families navigating high school, college, and everything in between.
I've spent more than two decades teaching homeschooled students, including over a decade teaching high school literature and composition. Along the way I co-founded a homeschool academy and served on its board, helping shape a curriculum built around deep reading and analytical writing.
I'm also a homeschooling mother who has guided my own children through high school and college admissions — an experience that spans Division I athletic recruiting, college audition processes, and admission to highly academic universities.
My academic background is in English (B.A., Texas A&M University), and I'm currently completing both an M.Ed. and an M.A. in English — deepening the craft I bring to every class and consultation.
I believe the ultimate goal of education isn't simply college admission, but the development of clear thinking, careful reading, and strong communication. That's what "confident scholar" means to me.
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