"Blending the best of home with the best of traditional education."

What makes Veritas, a University-Model School® (parent-based program), different from a traditional private school?

1. High academic standards emphasizing a strong student work ethic: Although less time is spent in school, a UMS is still a full-time program, and high standards must be set to encourage the development and maintenance of a strong work ethic among students.
   
   
2. Low student/teacher ratio: Low student/teacher ratios provide for greater instructional effectiveness and thus better use of limited classroom time.
   
   
3. Professional and local management: A UMS must be directed by professionals and governed at the school-level by participating parents.
   
   
4. Admission policies that consider student supervision: Since students participating in a UMS will spend less time in the central classroom at school, a UMS must have admission policies that consider the adult supervision of minors while students are in the satellite classroom at home.
   
   
5. Semester-by semester admission and registration: Students must enter courses only at the beginning of a semester, not while the semester is in progress.
   
   
6. Semester Length: The regular semester length will be 16 weeks each in duration, leaving valuable time off for families in the summer and fall holiday season.
   
   
7. Single subject (and grade level) classes: All academic classes for Middle and High School must be offered as single subject (or grade level) classes to best utilize available instructional time.
   
   
8. Core prerequisites: Course prerequisites should be established to provide the professional teachers with a clear starting point for course instruction.
   
   
9. Flexible course level registration: Course registration at a UMS should be flexible enough to allow students to advance by individual courses rather than by complete grade-level to ensure mastery of all subject matter in a given course sequence.
   

University-Model School®	vs.	Traditional private school
Progress by individual class mastery		Progress by one grade level
Direct partnership with parents		Less parental involvement
Two or three day schedule		Five day schedule
Variable schedule (part/full-time)		35+ hours in class
Low cost		High cost

Parent       Teacher       Administrator                   HS Student  

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