Core Values

Classical

We commit to instilling wisdom and virtue through the cultivation of the affections for truth, beauty, and goodness.
We commit to equipping children to be free people and live in the freedom of Christ.
We are guided by the great, classical works, languages, and disciplines found in the Western Tradition.
We employ distinct teaching methods as they exist in the grammar, logic, and rhetoric stages.
We affirm rigor (extended focus and depth) and stir wonder with the aim of developing a love of learning.
We are not a reform school for behavior or academics.

Discipleship

We require, upon admission, custodial parents to provide the following:
a profession of faith,
evidence of involvement in a local church, and
a pastoral/elder reference from current/past church.
We require custodial parents to believe the statement of faith and affirm the core values and secondary doctrinal statements (sign off on annually).
We require board members and the head of school to believe the statement of faith, core values, and secondary doctrinal statements as evidenced by application, interview, and lifestyle.
We require faculty and staff to believe the statement of faith and affirm the core values and secondary doctrinal statements as evidenced by application, interview, and lifestyle.

In Loco Parentis

While holding the authority of the parent, we commit to love the child as Christ loves them.
We recognize that the ultimate responsibility to educate a child remains with the parent.

Christ-Centered

We believe God’s Word is inerrant, infallible, and authoritative regarding truth in all things.
We believe knowing Christ more deeply and becoming more Christ-like is the ultimate goal of education.
We believe serving Christ and seeing Him glorified compels us to do all things with excellence and to the best of our abilities.
We follow the example of Christ by communicating the gospel through love and relationships.
We believe prayer is central to the life and health of the school.