What Distinguishes Classical School?

Classical School integrates an expertly crafted curriculum, Core Knowledge®, with the elements of time-honored classical education and direct instruction methods to deliver a program that is rigorous, rich, and thorough.

We deliver the curriculum in a disciplined, teacher-led classroom environment where expectations are high for virtuous behavior and studious practices.

The components that make up Classical School are unique to us and differ from neighborhood public schools:

We teach the Core Knowledge® Curriculum (CK) authored by education theorist E.D. Hirsch, professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. The CK Curriculum consists of a specific body of knowledge outlined by Hirsch in science, language arts, history & geography, visual arts, music, and mathematics. 

We use direct instruction teaching practices, particularly in the areas of reading, spelling, and math at the earlier grade levels.

We adhere to the classical education trivium, a methodology that corresponds to the developmental stages of the learner and use classical education components such as recitation, memorization, Latin instruction, the study of classic literature, instruction in fallacies of logic, and the use of Socratic questioning.

Students receive daily instruction in the Spanish language.