The greatest thinkers throughout the ages, including Archimedes, Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton, Shakespeare, and Thomas Jefferson, all had one thing in common: a classical education. A classical education represents a return to a time-tested educational philosophy that was standard in the United States and the western world until the early 20th century. In recent years, classical schools have revived across the nation, with amazing results.

Classical education utilizes:

• A systematic, building-block approach to learning;
• A focus on core academic subjects and the study of some of the greatest works in the history of the western world;
• historical timeframes to structure learning (Ancients, Medieval, Modern);
• Integration across subject disciplines; and
• A pattern of education known as the Trivium

o     Grammar Stage in Grades 1-4 focuses on acquistition of knowledge facts to build comprehension.

o     Logic Stage in Grades 5-8 concentrates on achieving a higher level of understanding of the organization and relationships among previously acquired facts, allowing for application and analysis.

o      Rhetoric Stage in Grades 9-12 emphasizes problem-solving and communication skills, in both oral and written forms, thereby developing the ability to synthesize, express clearly, and evaluate ideas.
 

Benefits of Classical Education:

• Higher student achievement and greater satisfaction among teachers and parents.
• A classical education inspires a life-long passion for learning by encouraging each student's natural sense of curiosity and discovery.
• The systematic and rigorous nature of a classical education trains a student's mind in the fundamental intellectual habits: critical and logical thought, persuasive writing and speaking and the ability to recognize truth, beauty and goodness.
• A classical education prepares students to participate in public life and debate by inviting them to join ongoing conversations of great minds through the ages as embodied in the "great books", which provide insight into enduring truths about our nature and role in the world.
• A classical education cultivates the character traits that lead to a virtuous life: integrity, honesty, respect, perseverance, self-discipline, and hard work.