Philosophy of Education

A classical education places an emphasis on Western culture.  The material that makes up its curriculum will focus on the canon of  “Great Books” and seeks to understand the ideas that have shaped our present culture.  Providentially, Christianity was born in the classical world and then grew throughout medieval Europe and the Reformation.  Knowledge of our own heritage is worth having.  It is also worth examining under the light of scripture to praise and build on its strengths and to critique and correct its deficiencies.

In a climate of educational innovation, it is good to know that there is a method that has proven successful. The ancients divided all of learning into seven liberal arts. The first three were known as the TRIVIUM. The Trivium provides a structure and methodology for a strong elementary through high school education. It can be summarized as follows:

Language Arts

Students should learn to read well because God has revealed Himself in the written word.  Phonics and Grammar are taught so that students understand the mechanics of the written word and will be well equipped to read and understand God’s revelation.  At the higher grades students read secular literature and learn to critique its content and appreciate that which is true, beautiful, and good.

Science & Math

Psalm 111:2 proclaims, “The works of the LORD are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them.”  God’s wondrous creation is ours to discover.  The study of its mysteries should make us wonder at God’s greatness and move us to worship Him.  In the Christian school, science is much more than just refuting the fallacy of Darwinism.  The sciences are the diligent study of God’s creative and sustaining work in which He has revealed His own glorious wisdom and might.

History

Psalm 111 also declares that His works are to be remembered.  In Psalm 143:5 David sings, “I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I muse on the work of your hands.”  History is another study of the works of God, not in creation but in providence.  It really is HIS story.  All of human events reveal God’s providential dealings with man.  It honestly looks at the events and people (both sinners and saints) that God used to shape the story of mankind.

Logic

Thinking is fundamentally an art. An argument is an attempt to achieve mutual understanding. 

Arts

When God finished creating, He said that it was good. Like our Father, we should create. Furthermore, we should create in such a way that we recognize and appreciate that which is good, beautiful, and sublime.

Foreign Language

Students learn Latin as the foundation for understanding language, for development of thinking skills, and for connecting modern children to the scholars of the past.

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Language Arts

Students should learn to read well because God has revealed Himself in the written word.  Phonics and Grammar are taught so that students understand the mechanics of the written word and will be well equipped to read and understand God’s revelation.  At the higher grades students read secular literature and learn to critique its content and appreciate that which is true, beautiful, and good.

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Science and Math

Psalm 111:2 proclaims, “The works of the LORD are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them.”  God’s wondrous creation is ours to discover.  The study of its mysteries should make us wonder at God’s greatness and move us to worship Him.  In the Christian school, science is much more than just refuting the fallacy of Darwinism.  The sciences are the diligent study of God’s creative and sustaining work in which He has revealed His own glorious wisdom and might.

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History

Psalm 111 also declares that His works are to be remembered.  In Psalm 143:5 David sings, “I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I muse on the work of your hands.”  History is another study of the works of God, not in creation but in providence.  It really is HIS story.  All of human events reveal God’s providential dealings with man.  It honestly looks at the events and people (both sinners and saints) that God used to shape the story of mankind.

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Arts

When God finished creating, He said that it was good. Like our Father, we should create. Furthermore, we should create in such a way that we recognize and appreciate that which is good, beautiful, and sublime.

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Logic

Thinking is fundamentally an art. An argument is an attempt to achieve mutual understanding. 

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Foreign Language

Students learn Latin as the foundation for understanding language, for development of thinking skills, and for connecting modern children to the scholars of the past.  

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