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Eight local students earn Memory Master Award

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Top row: Benjamin Stegner, Evan Boyett, Natalie Arellano, Lydia Bailey Bottom row: Mary Bailey, Laila Boyett, Daniel Wise, Blaze Krall
Top row: Benjamin Stegner, Evan Boyett, Natalie Arellano, Lydia Bailey Bottom row: Mary Bailey, Laila Boyett, Daniel Wise, Blaze Krall [Contributed]
PALMDALE – Eight students from homeschool community, Classical Conversations Palmdale Central, recently capped months of study by correctly reciting over 400 facts from a multitude of subjects as part of the Classical Conversations Memory Master program.

The students, ranging in age from eight to 12, earned the Memory Master award in April, when each child spent approximately five hours total recalling facts from six subjects, as well as a history timeline.

Classical Conversations is an academic homeschool group that follows the Classical Education model. Memory Master is a program that is available to all elementary aged Classical Conversations participants nationwide.

Besides a chronological timeline of 160 events and people, the students had other subjects of study, such as:

  • History, including the world leaders and countries of World War 1 and 2, the formation of the United Nations, the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and free elections in South Africa;
  • 122 geographical locations in Africa and Central America, and cities, features and bodies of water in the Euro-Asian continent;
  • Science, including facts in ecology, astronomy and physics, including the Laws of Thermodynamics and Newton Laws of Motion;
  • Latin verb endings in the first conjugation;
  • English grammar facts;
  • Math, including multiplication tables to the 15’s, common squares and cubes, basic geometry formulas, and unit conversions; and
  • Reciting all 45 US presidents.

“Memory Master is a very difficult endeavor that very few students accomplish,” said Barbara Bailey, director of Classical Conversations Palmdale Central. “The goal is mastery, which is getting the material into the long term memory.”

Bailey continued: “This is not a test where you cram and then forget the information once the test is over. There are four tests given over a period of three to four weeks. [In] the last two tests, students must exhibit 100 percent mastery in order to receive the title Memory Master. These students work very hard.”

Classical Conversations is a nationwide program for home educators that helps train and equip both students and parents. To learn more about Classical Conversations, contact Barbara Bailey at bbaileyhomeschool@yahoo.com, or visit www.classicalconversations.com.

[Information via news release from Classical Conversations Palmdale Central.]

5 comments for "Eight local students earn Memory Master Award"

  2. This is a huge accomplishment from these clever students. Congratulations to all of them, I am so
    proud of each and every one. Shout out to Mary, Lydia and Daniel, I love you guys! Shout out to the Director of Classical Conversations Barbara Bailey , whose dedication to leading the troops to homeschool excellence is quite admirable. Congratulations All!