Our curriculum content is guided by the "big ideas and essential questions" of broad knowledge and basic skills. It is a classical liberal arts and sciences approach to education which seeks to fill the mind with wisdom, trains the child to be virtuous and fosters an environment dedicated to truth. This is an education that is the true hallmark of the educated person. An education that cultivate wisdom and virtue.
The instructional practices are systematic and integrated. It is academically
rigorous and values excellence and scholarship. Our learning environment produces
intelligent, literate, curious students who are able to read, write,
think, understand, calculate, and solve problems.
We'll use Core
Knowledge, established by E.D. Hirsch, as a starting point or
reference for learning. It is an excellent, well thought-out program that provides
the specific knowledge necessary for children to be culturally literate. Using this specific information we'll generate the "big ideas" and use essential questions to initiate thoughtful lessons and discussions.
The student academic and behavioral
standards are high. Virtues such as hard work, respect, honesty and
responsibility are essential to our students success.
Each students will be
exposed to a broad range of historical, scientific, literary,
mathematic, art, music and cultural topics that will build on one
another. This will prepare the student for later academic success
as this knowledge is expanded upon in later levels.
The
student in a classical liberal arts classroom studies the sciences using the
scientific method and history chronologically in a cyclical and integrate
manner, (i.e. history, geography, politics, science, religion, literature, art,
and music etc.) and will learn about the details of events,
ideas, topics and people and the relationships and connections between them.
We systematically teach skill areas such as English
grammar and mechanics, reading, writing, mathematics, speaking, Latin
and Greek.
