Why Classical Christian Education?

Classical Christian Education (CCE) is a time-tested educational system which establishes a biblical worldview (called Paideia), incorporates methods based on natural phases of child development, cultivates the seven Christian virtues, trains students in reasoning through the Trivium (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric), and engages children in “the great conversation” through the historical Great Books.

Briefly, the aim of CCE is to form the affections of children to be more like Christ and to love the Good, True, and Beautiful.

What is so special about a Classical Liberal Arts Education?

  • Are all Educational models similar?

    Studies show that CCE unlocks the best in its students, especially when contrasted to the life outcomes of graduates of other models. Despite teaching to the test, national scores are dropping, and US education satisfaction is at all time lows. Even your local schools are not immune.

  • What Makes CCE unique?

    Aquinas. Luther. Washington. Lewis. History’s brightest minds, bravest reformers, and boldest leaders shared one key commonality: they all received a Classical Christian Education. This is because parents and educators across the millennia reached the same conclusion: CCE best feeds the mind, fills the heart, and nurtures the soul, through essential differentiators absent in even most modern Christian schools.

  • What does all that Classical jargon mean?

    Pai-dei-huh? Quad-rivia-wha? Don’t worry; it took most of us a while to really understand the definitions of these Classical terms and phrases. We’ll save you some time and point you to the best resources available to research at your leisure. We believe in life long learning, so stretch your intellectual muscles and re-discover something old!

  • Aren't the Liberal Arts "liberal?"

    The Latin root “liber” roughly translates to “freedom” or “liberty”, so the Liberal Arts are the subjects a person studies in order to become an independent individual capable of thriving peacefully in a free society. Numerous studies have proven that private Religious schools, particularly Classical Christian ones, create more engaged and informed citizens.

  • Why not just study STEM?

    Our school’s founders include software engineers, digital marketers, and medical professionals, so we understand the value of science and mathematics. But when combined with a Classical Education, focused on the formation of the Whole Person, students are better prepared to succeed in any endeavor they may pursue, professionally, personally, and spiritually.

  • Isn't CCE outdated?

    Thanks to a renewal of ancient principles and a revival of faith, Classical schools are the fastest growing educational model in the USA. 2,500 year ago, Classical education was designed to cultivate virtuous citizens who could think critically, debate amicably, and love well. Sounds like we could use more of that, especially in today’s day and age!

Want to Dive Deeper into Classical?

Educating the Whole Person

Do you wonder why we are so passionate about Classical Christian Education? Because it isn’t just about cultivating knowledge, which is an admirable goal, but growing hearts to love others and love the Lord. We think the results speak for themselves. Explore the Classical Difference.

Cultivation of Virtue

American Classical Education renewal is on the rise thanks to organization like Hillsdale College and Great Hearts Academies. Virtue and Wisdom take deliberate effort to grow in any image bearer, and Classical Christian schools exist to partner with parents to grow these qualities in their students.

What are your goals for your children?

Do you want your child to be an independent thinker who fears God, loves their neighbor, pursues after Truth, and is passionate about Justice? If yes, then your goals may align with what a Classical Christian education can nurture in your child.

Men, not Machines

In stark contrast to a Classical Christian education, "modern progressive” government schools resemble a sterilized and efficient production factory, a model first developed to serve the militaristic and industrial goals of 19th century Prussian technocrats. The end goal was to manufacture not life long learners, but machines without an appreciation of the past, imprinting upon them the philosophical ideologies of those wielding institutional power, and constructing young people to accomplish the in-vogue social & political causes of the elites. This has produced what C.S .Lewis calls “Men without Chests.”