Romeschool

The Founding Era · July 4 – August 24 · MMXXVI

An education Rome would recognize.
Founded in America’s 250th year.

Romeschool opens its doors July 4 — the day America turns two hundred fifty. The first 250 families lock in $499 a year, for as long as they stay, and everything comes with it: every tool live today, every course in the Roman core as it ships — and every dollar back through September 15 if it isn’t carrying its weight.

You found the door early. Come in — we’re still hanging the laurels.

Rome counted its years from the day it was founded. So does America — this is year 250. So will we.

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Become a Founding Family

$499/yr locked for as long as you stay · 250 families or August 24 — whichever comes first

The Founding Family Offer

$499 a year. Locked at the founding.

As Romeschool grows, its price will move with it. Yours won’t. This is the only time the founding rate will ever be offered — and the lock holds for as long as you’re a Founding Family.

$499 / year
Locked for as long as you stay. Your rate never rises — not at renewal, not ever.
Every dollar back through September 15
If school starts and Romeschool isn’t carrying its weight for your family, say so. Full refund. No forms, no friction. The risk of the founding is ours, not yours.
Everything included
Every tool, live today. Every course in the Roman core as it ships. One price, per family — every student at your table.
$250 under the standing price
After the founding, Romeschool is $749 a year. Founders hold $499 for good.
Closes August 24
Two hundred fifty families or August 24, whichever comes first. Then the founding is over.
✦Founder
Yours to keep

After the founding — $749 / year

$499/ year

✦ Locked at the founding

That’s $250 off the standing price, held for as long as you’re a Founding Family. Annual, per family. Refundable in full through September 15.

Familiae CCL

Two hundred fifty families, for the two hundred fiftieth year.

On July 4, America turns 250 — Rome would have written it CCL, and counted it from the founding, because Rome counted everything from the founding. We’re marking the year the Roman way: two hundred fifty Founding Families, and not one more. The number isn’t a marketing trick; it’s the year on the calendar, and it’s honestly the number we can onboard properly, answer personally, and build around this year. Founding Families get the locked rate, first word on everything we ship, and a direct line to the people building it. When the 250th family joins — or when August 24 arrives — the founding closes for good.

The Curriculum

Twenty-two courses. Five tracks. One gate.

Rome taught in an order: first the person, then the tools, then the power. Romeschool keeps that order. Every student walks the Wisdom & Character track before the doors of Rhetoric open — wise before persuasive. That isn’t a slogan; it’s the architecture. And every course forms the student without installing conclusions: we make the strongest case for each position, and the student chooses.

01

Wisdom & Character

The person before the power. Scale, self-knowledge, judgment, choosing well — the track every student completes before Rhetoric will have them.

02

Language & Voice

The trivium spine: grammar, Latin, logic — and rhetoric, earned at the end of it.

03

The Mind

The big questions asked on purpose, and a seat in the long argument of the great books.

04

The Inheritance

Greece, Rome, America, citizenship, economics: what your kids were handed, and what it took to build.

05

The Builder

Science by doing, the line of inventors who made life this good this fast, and the first real taste of building something that works.

There’s a course your student can’t take yet. Via Rhetorica — the capstone — teaches the oldest power one person has to move another: standing up in a room and changing minds. Rome guarded that power, because persuasion without character is a weapon. So do we. The gate opens only when Wisdom & Character is done, and the system stamps the record itself, as the work happens — no shortcuts, no backfilling. When your student finally stands up to speak, the transcript behind them is real.

Walk a real lesson

The Calendar

What’s live today, and what’s landing.

01

Today

Every tool. Planner, logbook, portfolios, transcripts, state requirements, curriculum finder, field trips, ESA tracking — the whole operating system, working now.

02

August 10

The on-ramp courses: enough of the catalog, across the tracks, to start the school year properly. Founding Families start day one.

03

Through the fall

The rest of the Roman core, on a published calendar. Every date on it is a commitment, not a hope.

Every course ships in a form we’d hand our own kids: readings worth a young person’s time, with discussion, writing, and quizzes built in. As richer formats arrive — video, interactive, whatever we build next — Founding Families get them at no new cost. The lessons only get richer. Your price never moves.

The Homeschool Operating System

The education is the point. This is the machine that runs it.

A curriculum this serious still has to survive a real house — the sick week, the new baby, the state that wants paperwork. Every one of these is live today.

Planner

FASTI

Map the year, the term, or the week — subjects, goals, and the rhythm that actually fits your family.

Logbook

ACTA

Log what you actually did. Attendance, hours, and days, captured as you go.

Portfolios & Transcripts

TABVLARIVM

A plan becomes a log becomes a portfolio — and a transcript when it's time.

Filings & Requirements

LEX

Know what your state asks for, and keep your records ready when it's time to file.

Curriculum Finder

INDEX

Find curriculum that fits your kids, your values, and the year you're planning.

News & Alerts

NVNTII

Stay ahead of homeschool law with news and alerts that matter in your state.

ESA Wallet

AERARIVM

The treasury, kept: balances, receipts, and reimbursements in one clean ledger.

Field Trip Finder

ITINERA

Tens of thousands of destinations, graded by subject. An afternoon at the aquarium becomes a memory — and a logged lesson.

From the founder

I built Romeschool for my own kids.

Not as a figure of speech — the courses on the calendar are the ones my family runs at our own table, and the tools exist because we needed them and nothing out there held together. We’re a small family company, not a venture-backed content farm, and that cuts both ways: you won’t get a call center, but you will get me. The dates on the calendar are public because I’m the one writing the courses — and the one you’ll email if a date slips.

The founding rate exists because the first 250 families are taking a chance on something new, and I think that deserves the best price this will ever have, locked for as long as you stay. Through September 15, the risk runs the other way: if it isn’t real for your family, every dollar comes back.

Wisdom first. Then eloquence. It’s the oldest promise in education, and we intend to keep it.

— Doug Berry, Atheneum Academy

Sapientia · Eloquentia

Wisdom first. Then eloquence.

Why Families Trust It

Your school. Your convictions. Your call.

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    Values-aligned, never in the way

    The platform keeps the records; you keep the lead. We built the sequence and the gate. What your family believes is your business, and the tools never argue with you.

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    Everything in one place

    Curriculum, plan, log, portfolio, filings, courses — one home instead of a drawer full of half-systems.

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    Built to last

    Romeschool is built by Atheneum Academy, a family company that thinks the oldest education — wisdom first, then eloquence — is still the best one ever designed. We're building it the Roman way: to hold weight, for a long time.

Fides

Our word, in writing.

Rome sealed its agreements under one word — fides. Good faith, kept. Here’s ours: five promises you can hold us to before you pay a dollar.

  1. I

    The tools work today. Not “coming soon.” The planner, logbook, portfolio, transcript, requirements, and field-trip tools are live the hour you join.

  2. II

    The courses land on a published calendar. The on-ramp opens August 10; the catalog fills through fall. The dates are public, and we hit them.

  3. III

    The lessons only get richer. Every course ships whole — readings, discussion, writing, quizzes. Every richer format we build afterward comes to founders free.

  4. IV

    The records are real. Transcripts and course records issued through Atheneum Academy — consistent credit math, clean course descriptions, a transcript a registrar can read. Accreditation is on the public roadmap.

  5. V

    Every dollar back through September 15. If school starts and Romeschool isn't carrying its weight for your family, say so. Full refund. No forms, no friction.

+ The grandfather clause. The path to Rhetoric will grow as the catalog grows — but work your student completes always counts. Nothing done is ever done over.

Asked Straight, Answered Straight

We've never homeschooled before. Is this for us?

You're exactly who we built it for. Romeschool assumes nothing: it tells you your state's rules in plain English, builds the year around your family, keeps every record as you go, and the courses arrive ready to teach — readings, discussion, writing, quizzes. You bring the table. It brings the school.

What can we actually use today?

Every tool — planning, logging, portfolios, transcripts, state requirements, curriculum finder, field trips, ESA tracking. Courses begin landing August 10 on the published calendar.

When do the courses arrive?

The on-ramp set opens August 10 — enough across the tracks to start the year properly. The rest of the twenty-two-course core lands through fall, each with a public date.

Is this per student?

Per family. One price covers every student at your table, and the records tools handle each of them separately.

Can I use ESA funds?

Romeschool receipts are written for ESA paperwork — clean line items, issued by Atheneum Academy LLC. Florida PEP families can submit for reimbursement today. Direct-pay listings, Arizona ClassWallet first, are in progress.

What if it's not for us?

Then it's not for you, and you keep your money. Full refund through September 15.

What happens after August 24?

Romeschool goes to its standing price — $749 a year, or $69 a month. The $499 founding rate will never be offered again.

Is the Rhetoric gate really locked?

Yes. Progress toward Via Rhetorica is stamped by the system as the work happens — it can't be backfilled or hand-waved. That's the promise behind the transcript.

A founding happens once.

Rome dated everything from the year it was founded — every law, every triumph, every ordinary Tuesday, counted from the beginning. America is about to mark its 250th count. Romeschool’s count starts now: two hundred fifty families, $499 a year locked for as long as they stay, every tool live today, every course as it ships — and every dollar back through September 15 if it isn’t real. After August 24, this page comes down and the price goes up.

$499/year · annual · per family · locked for as long as you remain a Founding Family · refundable in full through September 15

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