Mission

It is our mission to provide a rigorous, joyful, classical education from a Catholic point of view that is tailored to the educational goals of each family and that sparks and then deepens the students’ love of learning and truth through a collaborative community of learners.

Every student can and should be taught to unabashedly love Truth, reason to Truth, and live in Truth so he or she can be a model of wisdom regardless of his or her vocation. This is the root of our Catholic view of education.

We recognize that every child has different aptitudes and interests. Our students may want to attend prestigious universities, become entrepreneurs or athletes, or take up a trade. We support our students’ future endeavors (academic and vocational) by allowing families time to pursue these goals.

Our small-classroom, half-day model (9 to noon) allows families to have a certified teacher thoroughly instruct the core courses of math, English, composition, science, geography, and art. After dismissal, the remainder of the day is available for families to choose their own enrichment, such as music, athletic, and second-language lessons.

To best serve our families, parents have the choice of electing three different levels of homework depending on their extra-curricular commitments and desired educational outcomes:

§ Primary- all students are expected to read 20-30 minutes a day (either the literature book read by the class or their own selection) and complete 10-20 minutes of Math facts or supplementary problems for lesson reinforcement. Homework may also consist of drawing, recording nature observations, completing sections of a larger in-class project, and presenting information to the student’s family.

§  Assertive- in addition to the Primary homework, students will be assigned an additional 15 to 30 minutes of homework. The nature of the homework will be determined by the teacher’s observation of any areas where improvement is beneficial as informed by the student interests and parents’ educational goals. This material will usually be “horizontal enrichment” intended to deepen a child’s understanding of the current material rather than to advance it outside of the classroom. For example, a child who is interested in space but could use more practice in composition may be assigned an article about Saturn and asked to draft a paragraph summarizing the planet’s most distinctive features.

§  Adventurous- in addition to Primary homework, students will be assigned an additional 30 to 45 minutes of homework. As with the Assertive level of homework, this homework is intended to be mostly horizontal enrichment. However, students who express a proclivity for and interest in a particular course of study may be given additional work that advances and deepens their understanding. For example, the child who likes space and has shown aptitude as a writer may be given two articles with different theories of black holes and asked to compose a paragraph detailing the differences using four adverbs, two prepositional phrases, and persuasively laying out the students own conclusion. 

We are special because we offer a classical curriculum that gives you freedom.

Most classical schools require your student to be at school for 7 hours and in a desk for 6 of those hours. Most elementary students don’t learn best when sitting at a desk all day, and they do not all learn the same way or at the same pace.

Our certified teacher has 18 years of experience in the classroom and knows how to reach students of different aptitudes and attitudes.

Our small class sizes allow each student ample opportunity to participate. The teacher evaluates and provides feedback in real time—constantly assessing the student’s level of mastery. In a traditional school, assessment is incomplete and feedback is often delayed while stacks of worksheets are collected, graded, and returned one or more days after they are received.

Our schedule allows students to receive individualized attention in a small, collegial environment so they can accomplish more in less time. This, in turn, allows our students to stay energized and focused to complete their core courses by lunchtime. The result is families have more time to spend together and kids have time and energy to pursue their extracurricular goals. 

Because of our size and efficiency, we can reinforce the classroom learning with more hands-on learning and field trips than a traditional school. It is our goal to make learning as tangible, relevant, and fun as possible so that students are sustained through the hard work of winning each truth for themselves and carrying those truths with them as they grow in wisdom.

Unlike many other religiously-affiliated schools, we do not teach catechism. We reserve this to families and their good judgment. However, we teach with a Catholic lens, pray before and after school, support your family’s liturgical living, and provide a wholesome environment for your students. 

Instructor

Our lead instructor is Mrs. Callie Ward. She is a certified teacher with 18 years of elementary and middle school teaching experience. She has experience in multi-age, multi-grade classrooms and is skilled at differentiating instruction to meet the needs of each individual student. She enjoys collaborating with students and parents to create interesting and exciting ways for students to demonstrate learning.