EMEA Learning Communities

We are delighted that you are considering joining our EMEA* Learning Communities and look forward to helping your children learn “by study and also by faith.” 

We anticipate that your child will learn important academic concepts and enriching aspects of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Thanks for inviting us along on the journey up the mountain of scholarship, as we seek to raise an “Ensign to the nations.”

*EMEA stands for Europe, Middle East, Africa

We offer middle and high school learning communities in Central European Time, during regular school hours. Live classes are held on Zoom. Student interact with their mentors and with each other. 

Find out if we are a good fit for your family:

How to Apply

Visit our Admission Process page. Locate the large blue applications button. Fill out and submit the application. Pay the $35 application fee by using the payment tool located under the blue application button.

7th – 12th Grade students are welcome to enroll in our live EMEA classes anytime during the year, though it is ideal to join at the beginning of the year or at the beginning of 2nd semester. K – 12th Grade students are welcome to enroll in self-paced courses anytime throughout the year.

Full program or à la carte: Most students enroll in the full live program schedule of classes. All students are welcome to enroll à la carte in any live or self-paced course or courses, at any time.

EMEA High School Tuition

2025-2026 special tuition rate for high school students residing in Europe, the Middle East or Africa is 10 monthly payments of $269, for full enrollment in these 7 online courses:

  • English: Writing Adventures
  • High School World Literature
  • American History
  • Biology
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Computer Technology
  • Principles of Leadership
  • Math*

*We will assist you with placement into the math course that matches your skill level.

If you prefer not to enroll in all 7 courses, you may opt to enroll in any of the above individual courses, for $39 per course per month.

EMEA Middle School Tuition

2025-2026 special tuition rate for middle school students residing in Europe, the Middle East or Africa is 10 monthly payments of $239, for full enrollment in these online courses:

  • English: Language Arts Companion
  • Middle School World Literature
  • Science: Cells and Classification of Living Things, Genetics and Heredity
  • World History
  • World Geography
  • Math*

*We will assist you with placement into the math course that matches your skill level.

If you prefer not to enroll in all courses, you may opt to enroll in any of the above individual courses, for $34 per course per month.

EMEA Middle School Courses

Each year, our middle school students (7th and 8th grade) attend a set of live, online classes as a Learning Community of no more than 25 students per class. This facilitates the development of great friendships within the Learning Community. Students may opt out of any live class, and tuition will be reduced accordingly.

These courses will be offered live in the 2025-2026 Middle School EMEA Learning Community:

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World Literature

2-semester course (parts 1 and 2)

This course provides an exciting journey through world mythology, classic stories, and fairy tales. It is taught in tandem with English: Language Arts Companion.  The literature selections provide a platform for understanding other cultures, while exploring themes of virtue, integrity, courage, and the importance of preserving liberty. Students will gain fluency with a variety of literary devices. Students will also study biography as a form of literature, and be introduced to East Indian poetry.

Part 1 Readings (not included)

Part 2 Readings (not included)

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English: Language Arts Companion

2-semester course (parts 1 and 2)

The articulate use of language is a foundational tool for Christian scholarship. Instruction interrelates with the World Literature course to provide topics for students to use as they analyze, interpret, and evaluate the readings.

Part 1: This semester engages students in developing expository writing. Students will explore the concepts of theme, audience, and paragraph structure. Language arts comprehension and skills are strengthened by studying Latin and Greek roots, and through proper use of MLA formatting. Students will also sharpen their skills through fun games and activities designed to teach grammar.

Part 2: This semester teaches students persuasive writing, and how to expand their creativity through writing poetry and the art of the fairy tale. Students will learn the skills of writing a summary and evaluating writing samples. Students will also sharpen their skills through fun games and activities designed to teach grammar and capitalization.

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World History

2-semester course (parts 1 and 2)

Part 1: This semester will take students on an exciting and fascinating journey from pre-history to the present day. Learn about the beginnings of civilization, the brilliant innovations of the Mesopotamians, the ancient and mighty Egyptians, the dramatic history of the ancient Hebrews, the important contributions of the ancient Greeks, and the powerful early civilizations of India and China. Explore the Roman Republic and how it became the mighty Roman Empire. Discover parts to the story of early Christianity you may not have previously heard. Find out about the influence of the Byzantine Empire and the culture of Islamic civilizations during the Middle Ages. Learn about Imperial China, the great African Empires and Feudal Japan. Throughout each semester, students will be invited to see the hand of God in the story of His children.

Part 2: This semester will invite students to discover Meso-American and Andean Civilizations, learn about the Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation eras in Europe, and the Age of Exploration. Find out about the Colonization of Africa, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment. Understand Latin American Colonization and Independence Movements. Study Canadian and Australian History. Learn about the great progress and struggles of the Industrial Revolution. Understand the causes, belligerents, conflicts and results of the World Wars. Discover how life changed as a result of the Information Age and Globalization. Throughout each semester, students will be invited to see the hand of God in the story of His children.

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World Geography

2-semester course (parts 1 and 2)

Part 1: Take a trip around the world, as you learn about the continents, oceans, mountain ranges, major rivers and largest lakes. Explore the Arctic and learn the geography of Canada and Mexico. Learn some new geography terms. Find out about the land, countries and peoples of Central America, the Carribean, South America and Europe. Enjoy learning about the growth of Christ’s church in these regions.

Part 2: Take a journey through the countries of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and the South Pacific. Visit the world’s largest cities. Enjoy learning about the growth of Christ’s church in these regions. Learn about Antarctica, and the world’s major deserts, temperate forests, tropical rain forests, grasslands, tundra and taiga. 

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Science – 1st Semester: Cells and Classification of Living Things

1-semester course

Cells Unit: This unit will help students to understand and appreciate the basic building blocks of God’s living creations. Learn about cell theory. Find out about prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, cell structure, and the difference between plant and animal cells. Discover the wonder of photosynthesis. Learn about cellular respiration, homeostasis of cells, and the difference between unicellular and multicellular organisms.

Classification of Living Things Unit: This unit will help students understand and appreciate the grand design and order of God’s magnificent living creations. Learn the seven levels of classification. Enjoy a fascinating introduction to the Monera Kingdom. Discover the Protist Kingdom. Explore the strange Fungi Kingdom. Take a walk through the Plant Kingdom, including trees, grass, flowers and algae. Gain insight into the wonders of the Animal Kingdom as you learn more about fish, birds, mammals and invertebrates. 

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Science – 2nd Semester: Heredity and Genetics

1-semester course

This course emphasises the brilliance of God’s design for all living creatures. Gain an understanding of chromosomal structures, the genetic attributes of life cycles, meiosis and mitosis, and the molecular basis of inheritance. Learn the history of Mendel and the idea of genes. Be introduced to protein synthesis. Learn how the structure and behavior of living creatures relates to their survival and ability to reproduce. Find out about variations among individuals in populations, and changes in populations over time. Learn about genetic mutations, common genetic disorders, and the strange world of ever-changing viruses. Gain insight into artificial selection, genetic modification and animal husbandry. Find out about biotechnology and genomes. 

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Principles of Liberty Part 1

1-Semester Course

Discover fundamental principles of liberty upon which peace and prosperity are based. Learning is done through engaging object lessons, games, stories and activities designed to engage the young student. This course cultivates a love for liberty as it teaches how to apply these principles to real life decisions as students prepare for active citizenship. Students will learn of the indispensable role of religion and faith, in preserving liberty. Part 1 teaches different principles from part 2.

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Principles of Liberty Part 2

1-semester course

Discover fundamental principles of liberty upon which peace and prosperity are based. Learning is done through engaging object lessons, stories and activities designed to engage the young student. This course cultivates a love for liberty as it teaches how to apply these principles to real life decisions as students prepare for active citizenship. Students will learn of the indispensable role of religion and faith, in preserving liberty. Part 2 teaches different principles from part 1.  Note: Part 2 may be taken without having taken Part 1.

These Middle School courses will be offered live in 2026-2027 for EMEA students:

  • English: Focus on Language Arts
  • American and British Literature
  • Chemistry and Ecology, Geology and Astronomy
  • US History
  • US Geography
  • Middle School Music Appreciation
  • Middle School Art Appreciation

EMEA High School

Each year, our high school students (grades 9-12) attend a set of live, online courses, as a Learning Community of no more than 25 students. This facilitates the development of great friendships within the Learning Community.

The courses listed below will be offered live in the 2025-2026 High School EMEA Learning Community. A completely different set of High School courses will be offered live in future years.

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English: Writing Adventures

2-semester course, 1 credit

Will be taught live for the 2025-2026 school year for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades.

Always offered as a self-paced course.

Part 1: This course focuses on writing as communication across history and culture. As such, this course compliments the World Literature course, and the writing skills and assignments parallel the readings in World Literature. Students in this course will think about and learn ways in which their writing communicates messages to the reader and the powerful influence they can have on others through their writing. In the first semester, the students will work on creative projects such as poetry and an oral history project that focuses on family history. This semester also gives the students the opportunity to hone their critical thinking and argumentative skills through the Persuasive Essay assignment.

Part 2: The writing assignments in the first part of the second semester will focus on providing students with the skills necessary to succeed in communicating their message in a more formal environment through the speech and business letter. They will learn how to use proper tone, language, style and grammar to communicate effectively in these important scenarios that will serve them throughout their lives. As students learn how to understand the needs of their readers, they will be more readily prepared to assist in spreading the message of the gospel to others. In the second half of the semester, students will take on cultural projects of their own in the Ethnography and Memoir assignments. Each of these assignments will give the students the opportunity to delve into the cultural experiences of others and to reflect on their own culture and life experiences. These assignments will help students acquire skills to help them communicate with and about others to the world now and in the future.

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High School World Literature

2-semester course, 1 credit

Will be taught live for the 2025-2026 school year for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades.

Always offered as a self-paced course.

Part 2: In this course, students embark on a historical journey throughout the world through poetry, drama, short story, oral history, fiction and nonfiction. The texts for the first semester span the history of the written word, beginning with poetry from the Asian continent written around the 7th century and ending with a play written by a German playwright about the life of Galileo, which was published in 1938. These texts will introduce the students to a variety of cultures, histories, societies and stories that represent the countries and times in which they were written. In the first semester, the students will read texts from the Asian continent, the Marshall Islands, Spain, Russia, Germany and Tibet. 

Being exposed to other cultures and peoples will help students to become more like Christ as they learn about God’s children in other parts of the world. These texts each deal with issues that are central to our experience here in mortality and help students to find similarities with those who lived in a different time and place. This compassionate view of the world will help prepare them to build the kingdom of God on the earth through Christlike love, just as the Savior did. 

Part 1 Readings (not included)

Part 2: The second semester starts with Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda, who published from the 1920’s to the 1970’s, and it ends with a contemporary memoir, published in 1996, from a group of young girls who escaped a government-run boarding school after being forcibly removed from their aboriginal mother. This semester also includes The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, which documents her life as a Jew in Holland during World War II and how her faith in God helped her to survive. Through reading these and other texts this semester, students will learn the importance and value of the freedom that they enjoy every day in America, where they can live, speak, worship and study without the oppressive forces of violence and fear.

The focus and goal of the course in its entirety is to provide the students with an immersive cultural experience of the world, which will highlight both the literature and the unique culture of each country that they will study. This second semester, they will read texts from Chile, Holland, Nigeria, Argentina, Brazil and Australia. The texts were selected not only to offer the students a glimpse of the magnificent world in which we live, but also to provide them with rich, enjoyable reading experiences to which they can relate and from which they can learn.

Part 2 Readings (not included)

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American History 

2-semester course, 1 credit

This course is required to graduate.

This course invites students to discover for themselves the tremendous blessings that have been bestowed by the Creator upon the “choice land” known today as America. Read reflections of America’s Founders on the divine purposes of the nation. Experience the joy of reading inspiring stories of the Lord’s providential hand in American history. 

Part 1: What happened when three worlds met, on the American continent? How do historians use artifacts, oral histories, legends and primary sources to explain the reasons for exploration and early settlements? Learn how European powers shaped the dominant political, economic, linguistic, and religious traditions of the United States. Find out about the daily lives of the variety of people who inhabited America during the Colonial Era. Study the mind and heart of the patriots of the American Revolution, the cause of liberty and its long term effects on American identity. Meet key individuals who helped shape the new nation. Gain insight into the origins and drafting of the US Constitution. Learn about the development of political institutions and processes. Gain insights into the growth of religions, western expansion, immigration, transportation and communication. Find out about the Mexican War and how it relates to Latter-day Saints. Learn about the causes, battles, generals and conclusion of the U.S. Civil War and the reconstruction era that followed.

Part 2: Explore the effects of industrialization, compare examples of philanthropy and greed in U.S. History with similar examples from the Book of Mormon. Review various reform movements. Study globalization, intervention and territorial expansion. Learn why and how the U.S. entered World War I, their involvement, and the influence of media and propaganda. Gain a basic understanding of the Spanish American War. Learn about migration, trade and the Spanish Flu. Explore the cultural changes in the early 1900’s including the effects of prohibition, the roaring 20’s, nativism and the growing differences between urban and rural communities. Learn about the Vietnam War and its protestors. Understand the cause and conditions of the dust bowl and the Great Depression. Learn about the New Deal, the Progressive Movement and pros and cons of government involvement during economic crises. Learn why and how the U.S. entered World War II and what defined the conflict for U.S. soldiers in both the European and Pacific theaters. How did the war end and how did it set the stage for the Cold War? Study Soviet expansion and the foreign policy of Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nixon. Learn how to navigate ideology and read prophetic quotes on slowing the spread of communism. How did the Reagan Revolution provide economic success which was counter to the New Deal? Explore major themes of the 21st century including the war on terrorism, immigration, the socialist agenda, populism, national debt and energy. Conclude with a presentation on preserving this “choice land” known as America.

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Biology

2-semester course, 1 credit

Part 1: In this course, students will learn about biology as it relates to their environment and to themselves. Gospel principles will be likened to natural mechanisms, processes, and the levels of organization found in each. Students will learn about ecology through discussion of populations, natural cycles of energy and matter, and good stewardship of the Earth. Students will also learn about physiology of organisms, including the basic chemistry and building blocks of life, the processes of growth and change, and the natural flow of resources within an organism and its cells.

Part 2: In part two of biology, students will explore biological principles featuring genetics, inheritance and evolutionary theories. Students will learn how genetic material is passed from organism to organism, and how it guides the growth and development of those organisms. Students will also learn about prevailing theories of evolution, diversity among species, and their connection to intelligent design. Biotechnology, gene therapy, and other applications of biology will be explored.

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Principles of Leadership

1-semester course

0.5 credit

Great joy and personal fulfillment can result from leading a project or an organization well. In this course, students will explore leadership philosophies, tools and practices that contribute to better families, communities, businesses and church groups. Students will learn to connect their personal mission with a servant-leader approach to life. They will gain an understanding of how to develop a vision for anticipated projects and initiatives. Students will learn to use some key leadership tools and techniques, including how to engage others in a good cause, effective communication, cultivating and nurturing relationships, conducting events and using parliamentary procedure. This course will culminate with a leadership project instead of a final exam.

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Computer Technology

1-semester course, 0.5 credits

This unique course provides broad level computer literacy to prepare students for future careers and to provide general comprehension of computer-related topics, so that students feel confident in seeking for technology solution in many aspects of their lives. Topics covered include hardware, operating systems, software, productivity software, networks, the internet, programming, databases, creativity and entertainment, social platforms, family history, using lds.org, security, safety, privacy, data protection, societal impact, ethics, intellectual property, and legalities, careers and further education, and emerging technologies.

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Entrepreneurship

2-semester course, 1 credit

Part 1: Why do people choose to be entrepreneurs? Hear stories of successful entrepreneurs, including youth-owned businesses. Consider the risks and rewards or business ownership. Learn the best processes for identifying a business opportunity. Give attention to the possibility of becoming a craftsman and going into the trades, as an entrepreneur. Explore the types of education and preparation needed to succeed in various types of businesses. Learn how to evaluate a business opportunity, assess the market and leverage experiments to validate your concept. Review the various business entity types as you consider the best fit for different business opportunities. What are the key financial decisions and sources of funding needed to start a business? How do entrepreneurs best manage their finances? Relate your new knowledge with the parable of the talents, as you learn to be a good steward of the opportunities and gifts the Lord has given to each of his children.

Part 2: Understand the entrepreneur mindset. What does it take to be successful? Every business is a marketing business – learn winning marketing practices that have contributed to the success of many businesses. Who’s on the bus? Find out about the types of people needed to run a business. Even a “one-person-show” needs good advice and support services. Learn about contractors, consultants and employees. Discover effective time management techniques for the entrepreneur who knows how to work in the business as well as on the business…and avoid getting caught up in the whirlwind. What is the meaning of scalability? Consider how to determine goals for business growth. Learn how to protect your ideas. Find out how to write a business plan, and how to create, use and refine a good business strategy. Learn how entrepreneurs choose a location for a retail or service business. Evaluate e-commerce as a business option. Discover ways to improve your competitive advantage. Discuss the joys of determining your lifestyle, and becoming able to contribute generously to philanthropic and humanitarian causes.

Mentors for our EMEA Learning Communities

Leilani Zufelt: Principles of Liberty, American History

Jennifer Baxter: High School World Literature, English: Writing Adventures, Middle School World Literature, English: Language Arts Companion

Jill Zwygart: Entrepreneurship, Computer Technology, Principles of Leadership

Rebecca Hume: Biology, Cells and Classification of Living Things, Genetics and Heredity

Hello! I’m excited to be teaching science this year and look forward to an engaging and inspiring school year. My background includes hands-on experience as a medical assistant and a teacher’s aide in physiology and anatomy. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and have worked in a variety of clinical settings as a registered nurse.

After several fulfilling years in nursing, and feeling very torn between career management and a growing family, I stepped away from the professional field to focus on raising and educating my children. Managing a busy household, homeschooling, and serving as both mother and mentor have been incredibly rewarding, and often more challenging than full-time nursing. These experiences have deepened my skills in organization, communication, and adaptability, all of which I bring into the classroom.

I’m passionate about helping students understand the relevance of science in everyday life and encouraging curiosity, critical thinking, and a love of learning. I’m honored to be part of your educational journey this year.

Eghosa Oghodo: Secondary Math I and III

Eghosa Oghodo is the founder of Ena Technologies Co. a solar energy company in Benin City, Nigeria. He obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Benin and is a member of the Association of Energy Engineers. While in college he taught high school math, physics and chemistry part time in private schools across his city. Eghosa is passionate about youth development and mentoring and this passion inspired him to launch the Ena Technologies Scholarship a program that offers free solar PV installation training, mentorship and internship opportunities for recent high school graduates. He volunteers as a Sunday school teacher in his local branch and enjoys reading and singing.