- Christian worldview
– teach from the conviction that all truth is God's truth
- History- and literature-based curriculum
- Chronological study of history using
primary source documents rather than simply using textbooks
- Timelines and geography used as building
blocks
- Living Books – study of the greatest
literature of past and present in a way that reinforces
the history being studied
- Phonetics-based reading program
- Traditional math and science study enhanced
with hands-on exercises, manipulatives, and lab work; nature
studies for the younger grades
- Music and music history (study a number
of composers and their major works each year)
- Art and art history (study a number of
artists and their major works each year)
- Foreign language (Spanish for K-2nd and
Latin beginning in 3rd grade)
- Structured physical education, free play,
dance and games; athletic teams planned for upper schools
- Chapel held weekly (will familiarize students
with traditional hymns and seasons of the church calendar, and
will include scripture reading and memorization)
- Recitation assembly each six weeks (students
memorize and recite from primary sources, prose, poetry or scripture)
Inclusion of home school families through block scheduling of
electives
- “Living History” Fair, Shakespeare
Festival, outdoor adventure trips and other educational extracurricular
activities
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