Introduction to A Classical Christian Collaborative Education
Classical
A classical education seeks to form a person by looking to the great works of the past. It begins with the 'grammar stage' which teaches children the fundamental definitions and rules of each subject. The next stage is the 'logic stage' which teaches children how to think and reason well. Last, is the 'rhetoric stage' which teaches children how to express the truth beautifully. Sayers articulated these stages and educational methods well in her essay "The Lost Tools of Learning." At the core of that work she states, “Is it not the great defect of our education to-day (—a defect traceable through all the disquieting symptoms of trouble that I have mentioned—) that although we often succeed in teaching our pupils “subjects,” we fail lamentably on the whole in teaching them how to think? They learn everything, except the art of learning.” (‘The Lost Tools of Learning’ by Dorothy Sayers)
Christian
A Christian education begins and ends with the belief in the Triune God. It forms well-read and well-spoken disciples whose ultimate goal is not worldly success but the love of God and neighbor. A Christian education adheres fervently to primary Christian doctrine. Trinity Classical Academy is an ecumenical community of believers coming together with a common goal of classically educating our children in a loving Christian community. As R.L. Dabney once said, “True education is, in a sense, a spiritual process, the nurture of a soul…Every line of true knowledge must find its completeness as it converges on God, just as every beam of daylight leads the eye to the sun. If religion is excluded from our study, every process of thought will be arrested before it reaches its proper goal. The structure of thought must remain a truncated cone, with its proper apex lacking.” (n Secular Education by R.L. Dabney)
Collaborative
At Trinity Classical Academy we are a Hybrid or University Model academy that collaboratively teaches alongside homeschool families. Our students attend Trinity two or three days a week, and they are homeschooled by their parents on the other days. We strive to empower and equip parents as educators of their children. Curriculum is conscientiously curated, and parents work alongside our teachers using lesson plans they provide to follow on the students' homeschool days. It is a true partnership and a beautiful model of education.
A classical education seeks to form a person by looking to the great works of the past. It begins with the 'grammar stage' which teaches children the fundamental definitions and rules of each subject. The next stage is the 'logic stage' which teaches children how to think and reason well. Last, is the 'rhetoric stage' which teaches children how to express the truth beautifully. Sayers articulated these stages and educational methods well in her essay "The Lost Tools of Learning." At the core of that work she states, “Is it not the great defect of our education to-day (—a defect traceable through all the disquieting symptoms of trouble that I have mentioned—) that although we often succeed in teaching our pupils “subjects,” we fail lamentably on the whole in teaching them how to think? They learn everything, except the art of learning.” (‘The Lost Tools of Learning’ by Dorothy Sayers)
Christian
A Christian education begins and ends with the belief in the Triune God. It forms well-read and well-spoken disciples whose ultimate goal is not worldly success but the love of God and neighbor. A Christian education adheres fervently to primary Christian doctrine. Trinity Classical Academy is an ecumenical community of believers coming together with a common goal of classically educating our children in a loving Christian community. As R.L. Dabney once said, “True education is, in a sense, a spiritual process, the nurture of a soul…Every line of true knowledge must find its completeness as it converges on God, just as every beam of daylight leads the eye to the sun. If religion is excluded from our study, every process of thought will be arrested before it reaches its proper goal. The structure of thought must remain a truncated cone, with its proper apex lacking.” (n Secular Education by R.L. Dabney)
Collaborative
At Trinity Classical Academy we are a Hybrid or University Model academy that collaboratively teaches alongside homeschool families. Our students attend Trinity two or three days a week, and they are homeschooled by their parents on the other days. We strive to empower and equip parents as educators of their children. Curriculum is conscientiously curated, and parents work alongside our teachers using lesson plans they provide to follow on the students' homeschool days. It is a true partnership and a beautiful model of education.
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