Hi, I'm Cathy. I've been a classroom teacher for 18 years. I've watched what the secondary years do to kids who don't fit — the slow accumulation of failure, the behavioral referrals, the anxiety, the families who keep hoping this year will be different. And I've watched equally what happens when a family finally makes a different choice and doesn't know where to start. I specialize in middle and high school for a specific reason: these are the years where decisions actually have consequences. A wrong curriculum in 3rd grade is frustrating. A wrong plan in 9th grade affects transcripts, college options, and a young person's sense of what's possible for them. These years deserve a guide, not just a list of resources. I work with all kinds of families. Some have neurodivergent kids whose brains were never going to thrive in a standard classroom. Some have gifted kids who are technically fine but completely unchallenged and quietly struggling socially. Some are leaving school because it stopped being safe — physically, emotionally, or both. All of them have one thing in common: they know the current situation isn't working and they want someone to help them figure out what will. I know the Las Vegas landscape, as someone who has taught in CCSD, online and in local charters. If you're navigating CCSD charters, dual enrollment at CSN or Nevada State, or trying to understand what homeschooling actually requires in Nevada — I can walk you through all of it. I also work with families online, so location is never a barrier. My own three kids have navigated public school, charter schools, homeschooling, online school, gifted programming, and active preparation for competitive academic pathways including boarding school. I'm not giving advice I read in a book. I'm giving advice I've lived — and rebuilt after it didn't work — more than once. In a single 90-minute consultation, we'll build your child's learning profile, clarify what your family actually needs, create a specific and affordable plan, and identify exactly where to start. You'll leave with a real next step.

Whole Life School Community Post · Copy + paste into Skool feed Here's what Explorer members are working through right now If you're a free Community Member, here's a peek at what Explorer members have full access to right now. Each of the 5 books in the Literature Lab has 4 complete checkpoints. Each checkpoint includes exploration paths, a learning log, Big Picture discussion questions, and a guided AI task. Below is a sample of what's inside — and what's waiting for you. 📖 A Wrinkle in Time You've seen Checkpoint 1 (Identity & Context — who Meg is and why she doesn't fit). 🔒 Checkpoint 2 — The Adventure Begins Exploration paths: the physics of space travel, what courage actually requires, chosen family vs. biological family Big Question: What does it mean to leave safety behind for someone you love — and is it brave or reckless? AI Task: The Risk Analyst — help me think about what Meg is willing to lose and what that tells us about her 🔒 Checkpoint 3 — The IT: Conformity & Control Exploration paths: totalitarianism and how it works, the neuroscience of conformity, what makes a mind dangerous to power Big Question: Is a world without suffering but without freedom better or worse than ours? Who gets to decide? AI Task: The Resistance Mapper — help me think about what the IT fears and why free thought is treated as a threat 🔒 Checkpoint 4 — Love & Rescue Exploration paths: what science says about love as a force, C.S. Lewis on the four types of love, forgiveness vs. acceptance Big Question: Meg defeats IT with something IT doesn't have. What does the book say that thing is — and do you believe it? AI Task: The Love Philosopher — help me think about whether love is a feeling, a choice, or something else entirely 🔒 End-of-Book Research + Creative Project Big Question: What does A Wrinkle in Time say about the relationship between difference, danger, and love? Choose your curiosity: astrophysics, totalitarian history, neuroscience of conformity, the meaning of love, creative response

Community Member — Free! Get a real taste of the Whole Life School (WLS) approach and find your people before you commit to anything. Includes the full "From Overwhelmed to On Purpose" mini course, a sample Literature Lab lesson, community feed access, and free monthly parent webinars. Explorer — $22/month! The full Literature Lab, self-paced and family-led. All 5 books (more being added frequently), all checkpoints, guided AI tasks, Big Question library, end-of-book projects, and community access. New books added as the library grows — founding members keep access at this price. Reading list, curriculum map, and parent learning sessions coming soon. Discounts on WLS consultations and programs included. Scholar — $79/month! Everything in Explorer, plus live access to Cathy. Monthly Socratic Seminar, monthly office hours, quarterly deep-dive Book Seminar, VIP Discussion Circle, full digital resource library, priority enrollment for new programs, and $50 off 1:1 consultations ($197 instead of $247). Live sessions begin when the founding Scholar cohort forms — join now to be part of it.

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