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Community Stories
Hear from Veritas families about their experience.
Homeschooling and online learning can feel lonely. They don't have to be. These are the stories of families who chose classical Christian education, found their footing, and kept going. We share them here to encourage you along your path.
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She Left Her Local School: Here's How It's Going
Community Stories | 8 Minutes
Veritas Press builds momentum with record enrollment and innovative new courses
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Veritas Scholars Academy Student Art Showcase
Community Stories | 1 Minute
2025 Veritas Scholars Academy Mission Trip: Kenya
Community Stories | 11 Minutes
Classical Education Down Under | David Elsing | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 22 Minutes
Veritas Press announces 2025 graduating class headed to top colleges and universities
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Veritas Scholars Academy Class Officer Announcement 2025
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Veritas Press Announces Strategic Partnership with National Bible Bee
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Taking Every Math Class at Veritas Scholars Academy | Abby & Jen Bellucci | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 13 Minutes
Meet Amy Redelsperger | VSA Omnibus, Composition I, and Literature 5 & 6
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
What's Going on This Summer at Veritas | Marlin & Laurie Detweiler | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 15 Minutes
Student Community at Veritas Scholars Academy | April 2025 Open House Webinar
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Student Leadership at Veritas Scholars Academy | VSA Student, Lauren Hall | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 21 Minutes
2024 VSA Senior Eden Sturm's Thoughts on her Veritas Experience!
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Student Leadership at VSA
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
Watch C.S. Lewis (and more!) Live On Stage
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Will Classical Education Help Me in a Military Career? | Student Testimonial: William A. | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
From the Classroom: Art by Salome M.
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Two Former Veritas Students Now Publish Children's Books | Melba & Caleb Voskamp | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 21 Minutes
Mission Trips at Veritas Scholars Academy | Laura King | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 17 Minutes
Fiction Writing Workshop: A Student Review
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Poetry by Phoebe
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Veritas Press expands courses and staff to meet needs of swiftly growing student body population
Community Stories | 1 Minute
VSA National Honor Society Induction 2024
Community Stories | 1 Minute
A Letter from the President | Welcome to the 2024 School Year!
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
A Warning and Encouragement for Parents | Sam Sorbo | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 24 Minutes
From the Classroom: U.S. Government Project
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Senior Thesis Defense
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Art I Grammar Student Work
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Doing Veritas Scholars Academy in Thailand
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Abigayle Lumley U.S. History Project
Community Stories | 1 Minute
2024 EOYG Recap
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
VSA 2024 Valedictorian Daniel Ekstrom Looks Back at a Full K-12 Veritas Experience
Community Stories | 22 Minutes
VSA Alumni Spotlight: Breanna & Nate
Community Stories | 1 Minute
2024 VSA Student Awards & Recipients
Community Stories | 1 Minute
2024-2025 Veritas Scholars Academy Student Body Officers
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Recipe: Pizza Toast
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Adelaide Nickles Self-Publishes
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
From the Classroom: Saxon Geometry
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Recipe: Molasses Sandwich Bread
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Jael's Omnibus Comic Strip
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Amanda & Arris: An Upcoming VSA Wedding
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Sir Haarhoff Makes Math a Joy | Damian Haarhoff | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 19 Minutes
Recipe: Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Until We Meet Again | Fiction Writing Workshop Feature by Mikhaela G.
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
Art II Grammar 2022 - 2023 Project Features
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Classic Crackle Top Brownies
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
More Than Gifted Hands | Dr. Ben Carson | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 20 Minutes
From the Classroom: Le Petit Prince | French IV
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Chocolate Chip Salted Caramel Cookie Bars
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Stories From a Missionary Bush Pilot | Paul Hadfield | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 19 Minutes
Life After VSA and College | Lucas Sobczak | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 18 Minutes
How Students are Sharing the VSA Experience With More Families | Emlianna King, VSA Student | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 14 Minutes
Veritas Press Expands Global Reach and Accessibility Amidst Record-High Student Enrollment
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Field Trips at Veritas Scholars Academy (and our recent trip to Israel) | Bob Cannon | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 20 Minutes
Veritas Press awarded charter for National Honor Society
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
2023 VSA Israel Trip Recap
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Hope International - Sometimes one man's idea can change the world | Peter Greer | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 24 Minutes
2023 Back to School Photo Challenge
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Veritas International Teacher Spotlight | Holly Scott Riddell | Zimbabwe
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
"Why do I need to learn this?" A Veritas Student Journey | Taylor Saldana
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
Q & A With 4 Veritas Scholars Academy Seniors
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
VSA Student Essay | Foundations of Courage
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
Wendy Swem: Our Valedictorian on Her Experience with Veritas | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 20 Minutes
A Handprint in Heaven | Student Writing Feature by John Aboukhair
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
A Homeschooler's Review of Veritas Press | Rebecca Devitt
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Veritas establishes chapter of Delta Epsilon Phi (ΔΕΦ), National German Honor Society
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Like Father, Like Son? | Brandon Detweiler | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 25 Minutes
The Battle for Educational Freedom | Michael Farris | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 25 Minutes
Ed Stengel: One of Veritas' Great Teachers | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 25 Minutes
Laura King: Veritas Scholars Academy's Dean of Students | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 21 Minutes
Rob Shearer: Homeschool Pioneer & Omnibus Enthusiast | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 25 Minutes
End of Year Gathering: You Don't Want to Miss it! | Erickson Family | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 21 Minutes
Merry Christmas from Veritas Press!
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Insights from a Veteran Teacher | Al Keller | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 23 Minutes
What is Being a Diploma Student REALLY Like?
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
An Unfiltered View: Ansley Schreiber ‘22 VSA Alumni
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
Veritas Around the World: East Asia
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
From the Classroom: Winter Perspective Drawings
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Veritas Around The World: Q&A with Fiona | Australia
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
Veritas Around the World: Western Australia | Ruth Else
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
A Back to School Message from VSA Teacher Amanda Jager
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
Meet the Headmaster of the World's Largest Classical School (part 2) | Dr. Robert Cannon | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 23 Minutes
Win $25 in the Back to School Photo Challenge!
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Comparing Machiavelli's The Prince with Steve, Minecraft Steve.
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Meet the Headmaster of the World's Largest Classical School (part 1) | Dr. Robert Cannon | Veritas Vox
Community Stories | 20 Minutes
From the Classroom: Andy Warhol Inspired Work
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Geometry Infographics
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: The Convict
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
Congratulations, Class of 2022!
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
From the Classroom: Twenty-One Balloons
Community Stories | 1 Minute
In the Classroom: Short Story Contest Winning Entries
Community Stories | 9 Minutes
2022 Summer Reading Contest
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Happy Easter
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Amidst the Mid of April (Student Poem)
Community Stories | 1 Minute
In the Classroom: "Christ Being Led Away From Pilate"
Community Stories | 1 Minute
In the Classroom: A New Year Prayer
Community Stories | 1 Minute
In the Classroom: Minoan Artwork
Community Stories | 1 Minute
In the Classroom: Stars, by Melanie Doyle
Community Stories | 1 MinuteIn the Classroom: Zechariah by Crystal Ye
Community Stories | 1 Minute
How Veritas Prepared me for College
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
25 Years...and Counting
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
In the Classroom: Josiah Peterson's Student Guide to Omnibus
Community Stories | 1 Minute
What the Fly on the Wall Sees
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
Following a Fellowship
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
In the Classroom: The Artwork of Students from Art Studio II
Community Stories | 1 Minute
2021 Deans List Students
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
Student Spotlight: A Poem by Luke Boer
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Eric Metaxas' Convocation Address
Community Stories | 14 Minutes
In the Classroom: A Roman Head Study by Grady Duncan
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Student Essay: Machiavelli and Jules Verne
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
2021 Summer Reading Contest
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
VSA Student Poem: Love is Strange
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
The Gimotty Family: Our Veritas Story
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
In the Classroom: Art 1, "Cave Canem"
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Student Spotlight: The Story of P-nut Hathcox by Lucy Hathcox
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Lindstrom Family: Our Veritas Story
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
Short Story Season is Back!
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Student Spotlight: The Bat and the Nightingale
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Resolved, Even With Uncertainty
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
When Violet Fades to White
Community Stories | 7 Minutes
Lessons and Carols: A Virtual Christmas Celebration
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Advent and the Gift under the Tree
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
A Letter & A Gift
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
In the Classroom: The Courage Fairy
Community Stories | 7 Minutes
Advent and the Race to Christmas
Community Stories | 7 Minutes
Happy Thanksgiving!
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Celebrate Christmas with Veritas
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Student Spotlight: Shakespeare Comics, Henry IV
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: In Composition I: C2-5 Aquaman
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
Student Spotlight: A Study in Cubism, by Simon Kelm
Community Stories | 1 MinuteStudent Spotlight: Tobias Hullete’s Sonnet
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Student Spotlight: A Collection of Artwork by Charis Linton
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Short Story Contest Winners Grades 4-6 and 10-12
Community Stories | 8 Minutes
Early Introductions: The Game of “Authors” at Veritas Press
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
A Message from the Detweilers
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Career or College: How Classical Education Prepared Me
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
One VSA Graduate's Love of Pi: Why Pi Matters
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
From the Classroom: Rene Descartes: Man of Math and God, by Student Vera Swem
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
The Esterly Family: Our Veritas Story
Community Stories | 7 Minutes
From the Classroom: Pastel of Human Figures
Community Stories | 1 Minute
The Cumings Family: Our Veritas Story
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
Christmas is Over…Or is It?
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
In the Classroom: The Cellular Respiration Story by Carley Thomas
Community Stories | 5 Minutes Advent IV: When Violet Fades to White
Community Stories | 7 MinutesThe Lodmell Family: Our Veritas Story
Community Stories | 7 Minutes Advent & Christmas Blog Series
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Advent III: Reflect and Rejoice
Community Stories | 6 Minutes Advent II: The Gift under the Tree
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
Field trips, projects, and activities: Helping Students Reach for the Impossible
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
Veritas Teachers and Students Christmas Traditions
Community Stories | 8 Minutes
Poetry in the Classroom: A Modern Eve
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
A Christmas Poetry Teatime
Community Stories | 2 Minutes Advent I: The Race to Christmas
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
Happy Thanksgiving from Veritas Press!
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Show Kindness Every Day
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Helping Your Kids Understand and Remember Veterans on Veterans Day
Community Stories | 1 Minute
In the Classroom: Drawing of Roman Bust by Art 2 Grammar Students
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Biblical Justice, Simple Enough for Us All
Community Stories | 7 Minutes
Pumpkin Carving with Veritas Designs!
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Learning to Say “No”
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
From the Classroom: A Dante Poem by Gabriel Lysne
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
From the Classroom: Senior Thesis
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
Catching Entrepreneurship
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
Ice Cream Science Plus and Ice Cream Recipe!
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
From the Classroom: Pastel Copy of a Monet Painting
Community Stories | 1 Minute
The Homeschool Supermom
Community Stories | 7 MinutesFrom the Classroom: Omnibus II: The Maps of Middle Earth
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Pathos and the Power of Story
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
Don’t Waste Your Educational Wealth
Community Stories | 7 Minutes
From the Classroom: Grammar 1 Art: The Book of Kells
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Merry Christmas!
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: The Truth Behind the Facade
Community Stories | 8 Minutes
Happy Thanksgiving Day from the Veritas Family!
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
From the Classroom: The Past: Guidance, Not Life
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
In the Classroom: Behind the Glass
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
In the Classroom—A Dinosaur
Community Stories | 1 Minute
Back To School
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
Memory Lane
Community Stories | 4 MinutesReality Check
Community Stories | 5 Minutes Robin Williams – A Tribute and Some Observations
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
The Waves of Life
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
Honor Your Parents
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
Another School Year Begins
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
Finding the Grace in Flannery
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
Summer Classes: More to Jane Austen than Meets the Eye
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
How Should Christians View Memorial Day?
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
How Do We as Christians Handle Patriotic Holidays?
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
2017 Veritas 500-Year Reformation Tour
Community Stories | 5 Minutes
From the Classroom: The Cat Problem By Kayla Cannon
Community Stories | 9 Minutes
Fall Leaf Wreath Craft Project
Community Stories | 1 Minute
From the Classroom: Finding the Gospel in The Dark Knight
Community Stories | 9 Minutes
From the Classroom: True Son Becomes No Son
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
R.C. & Vesta
Community Stories | 3 Minutes
From the Classroom: Futility Live Online Poetry
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
President's Day Project: Pretzel and Graham Cracker Log Cabin
Community Stories | 2 Minutes
From the Classroom: In Omnibus VI Secondary - Duty to Truth
Community Stories | 6 Minutes
How Easter Killed My Atheism
Community Stories | 4 Minutes
