Curriculum Overview
At Virtualis, the curriculum isn’t just what students learn—it’s how they are formed. Our academic program is rooted in the classical liberal arts tradition and powered by Great Hearts Online’s nationally recognized model. Students encounter a rich, integrated curriculum that is both intellectually rigorous and morally formative.
What Every Virtualis Student Studies
- Literature & Language Arts: Students read timeless works that cultivate imagination, empathy, and eloquence. Grammar, composition, and rhetoric build toward clear, persuasive expression.
- History & Geography: Rooted in Western and world civilization, courses emphasize human dignity, virtue, and continuity across generations.
- Mathematics: A structured progression from arithmetic to advanced math, emphasizing logic, precision, and order.
- Science: From observation-based early grades to formal biology, chemistry, and physics—students see nature as ordered and knowable.
- Vitae Health & Human Formation: A graded core subject taught by Virtualis, this program integrates modern health science with classical anthropology. Topics include sleep, nutrition, physical training, and human biology as part of moral and theological formation.
- Christian Faith Formation: Required but not graded, this weekly instruction grounds students in Christian doctrine, virtue ethics, and habits of prayer, service, and responsibility.
- Fine Arts (Optional): Music, visual arts, and drama are available through Great Hearts. Participation is encouraged but not required.
- Foreign Language (Optional): Latin and other classical languages may be available. Not required unless selected by the family.
What Sets Virtualis Apart
Most online schools teach academics. Virtualis forms persons.
Through Vitae Formation, students are equipped not only with knowledge, but with the wisdom to live rightly. They are taught that:
- Health is a liberal art, not an elective.
- The body is a sacred trust, not a scientific object.
- Parents are the primary educators—Virtualis walks beside them, not ahead of them.
- Education must serve eternity, not just college and career.
This is not enrichment. This is education as it was meant to be: integrated, eternal, and wholly human.
