Highlands Latin School - South Bay

Highlands Latin School - South Bay In all we do, we seek to engender a love for the good, the beautiful, and the true. At HLS South Bay…
We take a truly classical approach to learning.

Our goal is to enhance the homeschool experience of our students by offering a challenging, traditional academic experience that enlivens the mind and refines the soul. At Highlands Latin we take a Latin centered classical approach to, as Aquinas says, “ordering things rightly” in the heart and mind of the student. We order the mind with Latin. The study of Latin begins as soon as the student reads English fluently and with mastery, typically in 2nd grade, and provides a unifying spine for our language arts curriculum. Vocabulary, spelling, and grammar are all augmented through a mastery of the Latin language. Latin study also orders and disciplines the mind. As the mother tongue of Western Civilization, Latin is central to classical education. We are focused on the liberal arts, which are the skills needed to equip a thinker to approach any subject. They consist of the trivium and the quadrivium. The trivium are language skills:
Grammar – the structure and science of language
Logic – the structure and content of argument
Rhetoric – the art of persuasion
The quadrivium are mathematical skills:
Arithmetic – the study of discrete number
Geometry – the study of continuous number
Music – the application of discrete number
Astronomy – the application of continuous number
We teach the Great Books. These books form the literary foundation of the Western World. We read the classics in their original languages. We read and discuss the best of literature throughout the ages supported by the Memoria Press curricular materials. Uniforms
The goal of Highlands South Bay’s dress code is to foster academic focus, dignity, and community to each student. Orderly outer dress and appearance reflects one’s focus and self-discipline.

01/18/2025

Christmas 2024 had its own magic and one shaky cameraperson. Awesome small community of children and families at Highlands! Come join us for our open house on 1/23!

We proudly use Memoria Press as one of our curricula.  Classical approach to learning and a focus on Western Civilizatio...
01/14/2025

We proudly use Memoria Press as one of our curricula. Classical approach to learning and a focus on Western Civilization.

Most public schools gave up teaching cursive. It's one of the hallmarks of a classically educated person to know cursive.

Top 10 Reasons to Learn Cursive
https://www.memoriapress.com/articles/top-10-reasons-to-learn-cursive/

All the children at Highlands Latin School - South Bay learn cursive. I have seen the difference in my own daughter's ability to write and link ideas moving from manuscript to cursive.

highlandslatin.org/south-bay

Need home school help?  It takes a team! Contact us and stop by on 1/23/2025 for are open house.  See if it's a fit for ...
01/14/2025

Need home school help? It takes a team! Contact us and stop by on 1/23/2025 for are open house. See if it's a fit for your family and values.
9:30 - 10:30 AM
Classical, Christian, Traditional
[email protected]
highlandslatin.org/south-bay
9:30 - 10:30 AM
Address: 1432 Engracia Avenue Torrance, CA 90501

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1432 Engracia Avenue
Torrance, CA
90501

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm

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