Branches & Vine Cottage School
  • ABOUT US
    • Welcome From the Director
    • Parents' Required Reading
    • Calvary South Dayton
    • Charlotte Mason Resources >
      • AmblesideOnline
      • The New Mason Jar Podcast
      • CM's 20 Principles
      • Delectable Education
      • The Literary Life Podcast
      • Habit Formation
  • LIVING CURRICULUM
  • COTTAGE SCHOOL LIFE
  • WHY CHOOSE US
  • ADMISSIONS
    • Full Day & Half-Day Options
    • Fees (2025-2026)
    • Enrollment Steps & Interest Form
    • New Student Application Form
  • PARENT PORTAL MAIN
    • Returning Student Form
    • Online Payment
    • Parents' Required Reading
    • 2024-2025 Portal Docs
    • T3: Wk 5 (Apr 14-17)
    • T3: Wk 4 (Apr 7-10)
    • T3: Wk 3 (Mar 31-Apr 3)
    • T3: Wk 2 (Mar 24-27)
    • T3: Wk 1 (Mar 17-20)

Living Curriculum

The Scarlet Thread of History 

Chronological History is the "pivot upon which our curriculum turns." Its chronology forms the framework for nearly all other areas of study.

Each academic year, Branches & Vine Cottage School students focus on one specific window of time.

Rotation 1 - 2020-2021
Creation, Greece & Rome

Rotation 2 - 2021-2022
Middle Ages & Renaissance (500AD -1600)

Rotation 3 - 2022-2023
Early Modern Times (1600-1865)

Rotation 4 - 2023-2024
The Modern Age (1865 - 20th Century)
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Fall 2020 Term Areas of Study

  • ​Bible & Theology: ​Book of Genesis & Gospel of John
  • Chronological History & Geography: Creation to Early Greece
  • English Language Arts:
    • Copywork & Dictation (Penmanship, Spelling, Grammar)
    • Literature (Living Books)
    • Composition
  • Poetry Study: ​Book of Psalms and others
  • Science: Nature Study: Birds of Ohio
  • Foreign Language - Latin 
  • Classical Studies: Aesop's Fables
  • Physical Activity
  • Life Skills
  • The Arts
    • Composer Study: Aaron Copland
    • Artist Study: Greek & Roman Architecture
    • Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
    • Drawing & Handicrafts: TBD
    • Private Lessons: Piano, Violin, or Music Theory

"Our aim in education is to give a full life. We owe it to them to initiate an immense number of interests. Life should be all living, and not merely a tedious passing of time; not all doing or all feeling or all thinking - the strain would be too great - but, all living; that is to say, we should be in touch wherever we go, whatever we hear, whatever we see, with some manner of vital interest."
~ Charlotte Mason (1842 – 1923)

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESS

Cultivating young lives to abide in Christ as they think biblically,
​love whole-heartedly, and serve faithfully.
- ​Branches & Vine Cottage School Mission -

" I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit;
​for without Me you can do
 nothing." John 15:5
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3150 WEST ALEX BELL
DAYTON, OHIO
45449
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(937) 618 3030
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[email protected]
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY: Branches and Vine Cottage School admits students of any national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at our school. It doesn't discriminate on the basis of national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs, and school-administered programs.
EMAIL US WITH QUESTIONS!
All applicants and BVCS parents are expected to have read: For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay and In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass. Our families must be supportive of classically-based Charlotte Mason principles and methods to ensure that your hopes for your children resonate with our vision and priorities for B&V, and are in keeping with the philosophical distinctives of our work.
ENROLLMENT STEPS
​[email protected]
​(937) 825 1248
​3150 W ALEX BELL, DAYTON, OH 45449
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PAY FEES ONLINE
INTEREST FORM & ENROLLMENT PROCESS
​NEW STUDENT APPLICATION FORM
RETURNING STUDENT FORM

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Branches & Vine Cottage School is a four-day Charlotte Mason/Classical Cottage School walking alongside families located in Dayton, Ohio.

Abiding in Christ and His Word, aligning with Charlotte Mason’s classically-based principles, and partnering alongside parents ... we spread a rich and varied feast of a life-giving education (truth, goodness, beauty) through three-fold knowledge with deepening relationships (God, humanity, universe). Our three instruments of education are atmosphere, discipline, and life.

This is to be used by the Holy Spirit in transforming students to genuinely love the Lord and others, lead gracious and flourishing lives of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, and bear much fruit for His glory. (Deut 6:4-9, Prov. 24:3-4; John 15:1-11)
“I am the VINE, you are the BRANCHES. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:5

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A 501c3 educational
​ministry initiative of
​Calvary South Dayton​
  • ABOUT US
    • Welcome From the Director
    • Parents' Required Reading
    • Calvary South Dayton
    • Charlotte Mason Resources >
      • AmblesideOnline
      • The New Mason Jar Podcast
      • CM's 20 Principles
      • Delectable Education
      • The Literary Life Podcast
      • Habit Formation
  • LIVING CURRICULUM
  • COTTAGE SCHOOL LIFE
  • WHY CHOOSE US
  • ADMISSIONS
    • Full Day & Half-Day Options
    • Fees (2025-2026)
    • Enrollment Steps & Interest Form
    • New Student Application Form
  • PARENT PORTAL MAIN
    • Returning Student Form
    • Online Payment
    • Parents' Required Reading
    • 2024-2025 Portal Docs
    • T3: Wk 5 (Apr 14-17)
    • T3: Wk 4 (Apr 7-10)
    • T3: Wk 3 (Mar 31-Apr 3)
    • T3: Wk 2 (Mar 24-27)
    • T3: Wk 1 (Mar 17-20)