One ordinary morning at a LUMEN kitchen table, from 8:30 to 10:30. Four things are different about it, and each one is marked where it happens.
Prayer, the saint of the day, and memory work. About ten minutes, led by you, with nothing switched on.
One Socratic question, asked out loud, that the whole table argues about. Nobody is shown a video.
She is nine and working two steps ahead of where a class would have her. The voice teaches one step. She works it in pencil. It does not move on until she has it.
Taught in the voice of its patron saint. A real book, open on the table, read aloud and talked about.
Finished work goes up to the camera so it can be checked and recorded. Then she opens her dashboard to see the badge she just earned and what comes next. About six minutes, and it is the only screen in her school day.
What did I attempt? What did I master? Who am I becoming? Then the books close.
School is over for the day. It is Tuesday morning and the rest of it belongs to her.
What each child attempted, what they mastered, and what tomorrow holds. You did not write it, and you did not plan tomorrow either.
This family is a composite, drawn to show how a day runs. It is not a testimonial.
A voice in the room, paper on the table. Your child faces a screen for minutes a day, not hours.
Every lesson starts at the exact step your child is on, so nothing is wasted and nothing is skipped.
Catholic in every lesson, and not only in religion class.
The plan, the tracking, the records and the nightly recap are ours. The relationship is yours.
A seat at a screen-based private school runs $25,000 to $75,000 a year, per child. LUMEN is priced per family. Two children or nine, the number does not change.
$10,000 a year. No contract. Cancel in one click.
Your rate stays at $8,000 for as long as you stay.
In exchange for an honest written account of your family’s year.
Every path starts with seven days free. Cancel inside the trial and you owe nothing.
For your child, very nearly. Lessons are spoken aloud and the work is done on paper. The voice comes from a device that sits on the table the way a speaker would, and your child faces it for two things: holding finished work up to the camera, and checking their own badges and progress on the dashboard. Together that comes to about half an hour a week. You use a screen too: the Guide’s dashboard, and the nightly recap in your email. We would rather say that plainly than have you find it out.
For core academics taught one-to-one, it often is, because nothing in those two hours is spent waiting for a group or repeating what your child already knows. It is a floor, not a promise. A child who needs longer gets longer, and the plan adjusts without you rebuilding it.
It is written to be. Every session is anchored to Scripture and the Catechism. The Socratic method governs how we teach; the Creed governs what. Guides never answer a question a child can wrestle with, and they never put revealed truth to a vote. LUMEN is a catechetical aid for families. It is not a catechism, it is not an official text, and it carries no ecclesiastical approbation.
The plan for the year, the lesson for the day, the tracking of what each child has mastered, the written record, and a recap sent to you each evening. What stays with you is the relationship, the authority, and your standing as the school of record in your state. We are not an accredited school and we do not issue transcripts. We keep the evidence organized so that your paperwork is a short job.
On day eight your card is charged for the path you chose, unless you cancel. Cancelling is one click in the app, or a reply to any of our emails. No retention script. The founder reaches out the day you start to book a 30-minute walkthrough, so nothing about day eight is a surprise.
Seven days free, every child, the whole academy.