ABOUT US
Learning Should Be an Adventure
A homeschool family turned curriculum creators.
How Our Homeschool Journey Began
In 2014 life looked pretty good on the surface. Luke (5th grade) and Serenna (1st grade) were earning top marks in school, Adam had shifted from finance into university teaching, and Lindsay was thriving in landscape design. We even pulled off a big summer road trip.
But beneath the report cards, we noticed gaps. Luke’s reading and writing challenges were being glossed over, and Serenna was struggling in math. We realized that straight A’s didn’t necessarily mean real growth. And although family life was strong – we were always feeling rushed and frazzled as we tried to balance school and work.
So we decided to make homeschooling an experiment—a family adventure. If it didn’t work, we could always put the kids back in school. One semester stretched into a decade.
Taking School to the Road
We didn’t just bring school home – we took it on the road. Adam had traveled solo across the globe in his twenties; Lindsay grew up camping through America’s national parks. Together, we merged our love of travel with homeschooling.
Since then, we’ve studied ancient history in Southeast Asia, learned Spanish while stranded on an orange farm in Spain, and logged more than thirty countries and countless national parks. Along the way, we discovered what we believe to this day:
learning should be an adventure, and one worth sharing.
From Kitchen Table to LOCAJ
What started around the kitchen table has grown into
Lines on Clay Academic Journeys (LOCAJ) – a family-built company creating interactive, challenging, and visually engaging courses for homeschool teens.
From Kitchen Table to LOCAJ
What started around the kitchen table has grown into Lines on Clay Academic Journeys – a family-built company creating interactive, challenging, and visually engaging courses for homeschool teens.
Adam
Adam, a finance and economics professor with 10+ years of college teaching, builds rigorous, real-world curriculum.
Lindsay
Lindsay, a homeschool mom turned designer and videographer, makes learning visually engaging and approachable.
Serenna
Serenna (Journalism) helped shape our Life Strategy courses, bringing the teen perspective parents often miss.
Luke
Luke (Applied Math grad, future PhD in Statistics) co-authored our Statistics courses and is one of our Stats teachers.
Where Are We Now?
- Adam and Lindsay are currently “vanlifing” through the Pacific Northwest, building curriculum from trailheads and coffee shops.
- Luke just returned from five weeks backpacking across Norway’s fjords and will soon begin a PhD program in Statistics.
- Serenna spent the summer managing trails with the Forest Service in Bend, Oregon and plans to continue her education at ASU in 2026.
For us, LOCAJ is more than a company. It’s a family journey – and we’d love for you to be part of it.
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