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Our mission is fostering academic excellence and biblical virtue to equip students for lives as local and global Christian servants.
TPS was founded in 1997 in the early days of homeschooling when the movement was focused on seeking excellence in Christian education in all subjects for all students. Though homeschooling has changed, TPS’s mission and core values have remained the same. Please review Our History to learn more.
TPS is accredited as a private school for grades 4-12 by the Middle States Association. Accreditation as a school (versus a “learning provider” or “course provider”) requires additional standards of coherence in our curriculum and demonstrated sustained accomplishment of our academic outcomes. These credentials allow us to confer accredited high school diplomas and provide enhanced benefits for the U.S. homeschool community and independent students worldwide.
- TPS is uniquely established and enduring as a non-profit accredited independent Christian school providing live online classes for U.S. homeschool and international students worldwide.
- TPS courses uniquely integrate traditional academic standards with a comprehensive biblical worldview.
- TPS courses uniquely support individual homeschool values by offering Our Courses Your Way with adjustable credit options.
- TPS Campus uniquely offers extensive (and secure) student life opportunities like hanging out after class, studying together, worshipping together, getting involved in clubs, posting your yearbook page, writing for the school news magazine, and more.
- TPS offers an optional Diploma Partnership uniquely designed for homeschool students who want to maximize their opportunities to apply to competitive colleges or for competitive scholarships or who are required by their regional laws to be in an accredited diploma program.
Please review Our Distinctives to learn more.
Please see details about the TPS writing curriculum and teaching: TPS Writing Courses – Become a skilled and confident writer!
Please see details about the TPS math curriculum and teaching: TPS Math Courses – Be prepared and confident in Math!
TPS offers academically excellent courses with adjustable credit as Our Courses Your Way.
Our Courses Your Way allows students in any context — including homeschool taking one or more courses, co-op enrolled, enrolled in another accredited school, or enrolled in TPS for a high school diploma partnership — to benefit from the unmatched teaching and evaluation in our courses while choosing the credit standards to suit their own context.
Please review Our Courses Your Way to learn more.
Please see the TPS Diploma Graduate Acceptances and Awards information compiled from 2018 to the most recent grad year.
In a partnership between TPS and Belhaven University, High Scholars is a Great Books program that studies western history, literature, and art from ancient to contemporary historical periods.
- Four (4) live interactive classes each week, including periodic “round table” discussions
- Two-year curriculum (enroll one year at a time)
- 24 college credits (Freshman Comp 1 and 2, World Lit 1 and 2, Western History 1 and 2, Contemporary History, Art Appreciation)
- Six high school credits (Western Lit and Comp 1, Western Lit and Comp 2, Western History, Contemporary World History, Art History, Western Worldviews)
- Content integration allows for considerably lower total workload than each subject taken separately
- Grades 10 and up
Learn more about TPS High Scholars.
TPS certified AP courses provide excellent AP exam preparation while integrating a uncompromised biblical worldview into every AP course subject. Most of our student earn scores of 4 or 5 on their AP exams, and nearly all earn 3 or higher (depending on the college, a score of 3, 4, or 5 is needed to receive credit for the AP exam score). Our students reach their AP exam score credit goals without compromising their faith.
- Highest scores. TPS AP students earn the highest AP Exam scores each year so they gain the most competitive rankings with colleges and earn the most widely useful college credit.
- Individual goals met. TPS uniquely helps you identify and accomplish your individual AP exam score goal (3, 4, or 5) for each course and exam.
- Flexible scheduling. TPS AP courses may be taken by recorded classes (i.e., without live attendance) for students with schedule or time zone conflicts.
- Direct college credit. Some TPS AP courses are also eligible for direct college credit without taking the exam.
- Accredited transcript. TPS provides an accredited transcript to report your certified AP course to your colleges or scholarships (AP course providers for homeschool often cannot provide an accredited transcript to boost your competitive application).
- Biblical worldview. TPS AP courses combine top scholarship with an uncompromised biblical worldview.
TPS college dual credit courses are full year courses that offer high school credit from TPS and university credit from Belhaven University. It is optional whether you register and pay for the college credits, and you do not decide until the second half of the full year course. You get to see how you are doing in the course before you commit to the college credit fees and create a permanent college grade record.
- Dual credit optional. With TPS College dual credit courses, you register and pay for the college credits in the second half of the course. You have the option to complete the course as only a high school credit without the college record and fees.
- Full-year top-quality live classes taught by our master teachers with timely effective feedback and ample evaluated opportunities to build a good course grade over a year.
- Other college dual credit courses are usually one semester, covering less material at a faster pace with less instruction, less feedback, and with all the course grade weight on a few high-value assignments.
- Other courses offered by colleges to high school students are often taught by part-time adjuncts with little or no involvement from the college’s academic departments.
- Flexible scheduling. TPS College courses may be taken by recorded classes (i.e., without live attendance) for students with schedule or time zone conflicts.
- Cost-effective. The TPS College dual credit option adds a relatively small cost to the high school tuition, for a lower total cost than you can find nearly anywhere, especially compared with the university level credit offered by TPS College courses.
- Biblical worldview. TPS AP College dual credit combine top scholarship with an uncompromised biblical worldview.
If you have a schedule or time zone conflict that prevents regular attendance in a TPS AP or TPS College course, you may enroll for full credit with reduced or no live class attendance (using class recordings).
Please review the Flexible Scheduling details to learn more.
TPS Elementary classes instill a love of learning while teaching foundational academic skills. They are delightful while they also accomplish measurable objectives based on what the student needs for starting a smooth progression toward high school success. In particular, TPS Elementary writing and math are unmatched in effectiveness for these two most foundational subjects where a strong early start is important.
- Exceptional Writing and Math preparation. TPS is unmatched in effectiveness for these two most foundational subjects where a strong early start is important.
- Instill a love of learning while teaching foundational academic skills. TPS Elementary classes are delightful as they also accomplish measurable objectives based on what the student needs for starting a smooth progression toward high school success.
- Live online interactive classes in secure classrooms with engaging audio-visual instruction features.
- Build independent study skills so that by grade 7 most students can work on their own with limited supervision.
- Reading, Writing, Grammar, Math (standard and accelerated), Science, Literature, History, Geography, Art, Spanish, and more!
- Introductory and Online Study Skills course specialized for grades 5-7.
- Build your complete curriculum or choose one or more individual courses for grades 4 and up.
- Get school done while freeing busy parents for other family priorities.
TPS offers writing, math, and study skills summer classes to prepare you for the coming year or fill gaps from the prior year. TPS summer classes feature relaxed attendance and assignments so you can also enjoy your summer break.
Please start on our Enrollment page.
Please see our detailed information on Obtaining Books, Materials, Labs and Other Resources.