Our Family
Life was “swell” for our family back in 2014.
Luke (5th grade) and Serenna (1st grade) were acing classes, Adam had mostly left his job in finance and was teaching classes as a university professor. Lindsay was working for friends in landscape design. We had even managed a huge summer roadtrip together. Healthy and happy – yeah: swell!
Yet, as parents, we noted that our kids were missing out on a deeper educational experience. While they were both ‘all-A’ students, Luke was having issues with reading comprehension and writing that were being glossed over. Serenna struggled with math.
We figured that we could make homeschooling an experiment – a family adventure. If it wasn’t working out, we could put the kids back in school. A single semester turned into multiple years.
But now we felt there was a deeper life experience we were missing out on.
International travel had been a big part of Adam’s life, traveling the world solo in his early twenties.
Lindsay grew up camping throughout the national parks as a kid. So we decided to merge our love for travel with homeschooling. To date, we’ve visited thirty countries together and the parks of the western states. It’s true what they say: that travel is an education in its own right.
Whether working alone at the kitchen table or meeting up with other traveling families in Southeast Asia, learning should be an adventure, and a shared one at that. Friends have travelled with us throughout the world; rarely was our time spent alone as a family unit, especially as Luke and Serenna got older.
Now, Luke is in college at Arizona State University (Math, Philosophy), fleeing the campus whenever he can to kitesurf around the world. Serenna is soon to finish her high school requirements simultaneously with an associates in Communications. She’s also rocking a job she loves at Dutch Bros Coffee.
Building these classes at LOCAJ has brought our family full circle.
Not only have we developed the curriculum in house, but Luke (Statistics) and Serenna (Strategy) have been highly involved in creating the materials. Furthermore, some of Adam’s most gifted former college students work at LOCAJ, adding their own perspective, wit, and genius to the finished product. The company is a culmination of our efforts over the last decade or so.
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