Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What is classical education? This is perhaps the most basic and important question most people ask of us.  The short answer would be, "classical education is the pursuit of the Good Life, or the life lived before the Face of God." We have prepared a longer answer which we invite you to read by selecting "What is a Classical Education" from the menu to the left (run your cursor near the FAQ title).
  2. What assurances can you give that your young school is "bona fide" or up to par with more established schools? We are part of a larger group of schools, many of which are older than our own school. We are seeking accreditation in the future, and currently do well in national standardized testing. For a fuller answer, please read our article, "Are We Bona Fide?" from the menu to the left (run your cursor near the FAQ title).
  3. Is it proper for Christians to pursue a "classical" education?  So many of the great historic men of the Faith have been classically educated that such seems necessary to preserve historic Christianity from modern secularism.  There is no "tug of war" between being Christian and classical.  For a full treatment of this question, read our article, "Should Christians Be Classical?" from the menu to the left (run your cursor near the FAQ title).
  4. Many of the things you are doing at your school are different from current school trends and seem to have specialized terms.  What do your terms mean?  We do have a lot of ideas at work in our school that are different from what other contemporaries are doing.  To understand some of our basic terms, read over our glossay we have put together to answer this question (which you can read by selecting, "Defining Our Terms" from the menu to the left (run your cursor near the FAQ title).
  5. What makes you different than other schools? This is a great and rather involved question, so please read over the article we have put together to answer this question (which you can read by selecting, "What is the Differnece" from the menu to the left (run your cursor near the FAQ title).
  6. What are your class sizes?  Right now we have a wide variety of class sizes depending upon the grade.  Our philosophy of education requires that we keep our teacher to student ratio low and relational. 
  7. What grades do you have? We currently offer 8th grade down to Kindergarten.  We have plans to expand into high school with the what would be the graduating class of 2015.  You can read more about our Strategic Plan here.
  8. Do you do field trips, class parties, have open classes?  We believe very deeply in the benefits of well rounded and varied experiences for our students both in and out of the classroom.  We have field trips regularly and provide many opportunities for our students to have fellowship and fun.
  9. What is your manner of dealing with student discipline?  We believe students should be discipled in the Lord by their teachers.  This means that each teacher is not only responsible for the academic development of their students, but the moral and character work as well.  Open communication with the home is maintained and children are trained and admonished by their teachers with the focus being given to the student's heart and the Gospel of Christ.
  10. What kind of extra curricular activities do you have?  We are always seeking to fit our activities to the interests of our students.  We currently have the following clubs:  Karate, Chess, Press (Yearbook and other printed publications), Beta Club (community service), and a Student Book Club.  We will add more as we have interest from our students and the resources to do so.
  11. Do classical schools believe in modern technology?  Do you have computers and science labs?  We believe modern forms of technology are a wonderful resource for any school, but that they cannot replace good education.  We continue to pursue the use of technology in every way we can.  We hope as resources allow to have our own building and include both a computer lab and several science labs in that building, but at the moment we have very limited resources and facilities, though we believe we still have an excellent math and science program.