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Mission
Mission
Good Tree Catholic Homeschool Hybrid at St. Cornelius Catholic Church partners with families to support, structure, and enrich the work of homeschooling through two days each week of Christ-centered academic instruction, daily spiritual formation, and intentional Catholic community. We are shaped by our belief that the subjects we study are not merely collections of data, but reveal an intelligible world created with purpose. This world points us to our Savior, Jesus Christ, and to the loving providence of God at work in all things. To that end, we seek to cultivate curious minds, confident hearts, and faithful disciples through our academic pursuits.
Vision
Vision
At Good Tree, our desire is to nourish the whole child and to nurture a culture of life within our community. We walk alongside our children on the paths of heroic virtue lovingly mapped out for each of them by their Creator. Our task is to present to them the truth, beauty, and goodness found in every area of learning. With the guidance of the Holy Trinity and Our Blessed Mother, we pray that our children may bear good and lasting fruit for the glory of God, the life of the Church, and the good of the world.
Our Campus
Our Campus
Good Tree Catholic Homeschool Hybrid at St. Cornelius Catholic Church begins its inaugural year at the beautiful campus of St. Cornelius Parish in Chadds Ford, PA for the 2026-2027 school year. We will occupy four classrooms in one wing of the school building. In addition, we will share cafeteria, gym, library and outdoor space with the St. Cornelius Early Learning Center.
About Good Tree
About Good Tree
Good Tree co-op was started in 2023 by a group of Delco Catholic homeschooling families who desired to offer academics and activities for their children using a Charlotte Mason-inspired approach to education. We still hold to Mason's priorities of treating children as whole persons, using living books, narration, plentiful time outdoors, and a broad curriculum.
As of the 2026/2027 school year, Good Tree will operate as a Catholic homeschool hybrid, meaning that students are educated primarily at home while gathering regularly for shared classes and community life. Subjects taught during hybrid sessions may either complement families’ home instruction or stand independently as enrichment. This model allows parents to maintain responsibility and control over their children's education.
Students engage with their subjects in a low-tech setting through living books, discussion, hands-on learning, and shared inquiry.
Our program aims to:
Support and strengthen the work of homeschooling families
Provide instruction from trusted teachers within a Catholic worldview
Integrate faith and learning in all areas of study
Foster friendships and community among Catholic families
The Good Tree community and homeschool hybrid pledge our fidelity to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.
Patron saints & Consecration to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
St. Albertus Magnus &
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Albertus Magnus &
St. Thomas Aquinas
Claudio Coello 1642- 1693
St. Albert the Great, also called Albertus Magnus, a Doctor of the Church, is known for his love of the natural world and the breakthrough scientific research he conducted. He had a great passion and ability for explaining the relationship between theology and science, reason and philosophy. He was also the teacher an mentor of the great St. Thomas Aquinas, "the Angelic Doctor."
We desire to demonstrate to the children that God can be found in everything. Religion is not strictly a subject separate from the others, but the others are woven into Who God is within the world He created. We will look for the Hand of God in science, in art, in music, in history, in math, in literature.
We aim to foster the curiosity of each student, keeping always in mind that our role is to humbly assist each student on his or her own path to sainthood, as St. Albert did for St. Thomas Aquinas.
2026/2027 Consecration to
2026/2027 Consecration to
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Letter to Clergy from Bishop Chylinski
lettertoclergy4152026 (5).pdf“How many scientists, in fact, in the wake of Saint Albert the Great, have carried on their research inspired by wonder at and gratitude for a world which, to their eyes as scholars and believers, appeared and appears as the good work of a wise and loving Creator! Scientific study is then transformed into a hymn of praise.” -Pope Benedict XVI
Tour video
Tour video
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