Amarillo's
Classical, Christian, Collaborative School
Classical
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As a Classical School, we seek to cultivate habits of virtue and nourish student loves as we study the liberal arts, natural sciences, and the great books. We practice embodied - or liturgical - learning and prioritize depth over breadth to foster delight and mastery while honoring the limits of human capacity.
We study latin, logic, and rhetoric. We teach with the grain of student development. Our curriculum and standards meet or exceed those of state standards in terms of content, but our teacher and student habits and our classroom conversations take us far deeper and beyond content “covered.”
At its heart, the modern Classical education movement is a return not simply to a curriculum but to a way of being. The student who exercises prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude is equipped for a rich academic experience and to pursue a wide range of vocations.
Christian
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Our educational aim is the person of Christ. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together (Col. 1). He is truth and wisdom incarnate; Paul says that in Christ are “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:8). Academic study has everything to do with Christ.
Christ-centered education means that we seek to enjoy Christ and to conform our lives, our school, and our homes to his likeness.
This means that we enjoy Christ and so glorify Him (Psalm 73), order our lives around Christ, doing the things Jesus did (Romans 12:1-2), read and behold truth, goodness, and beauty - namely, Christ - to pursue transformed minds (Romans 12:1-2), and practice the love of God and neighbor (Deuteronomy 6:5, Luke 10:25-37).
Collaborative
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We partner closely with parents in the formation of students. We know that formation is caught more than taught. For an integrity between what we think and believe and what we habitually do, we partner with families in pursuing virtue and well-ordered loves in the way of Christ.
Because formation takes time and proximity, our high view of the parent role and the home is central to our endeavors. Our partnership with parents is built on a shared vision and mission. We cannot give what we do not have. Our parents, faculty, and staff humbly seek to grow in the embodiment of our portrait of a graduate.Our parent partnership requires clear and kind communication as well as consideration of the interest of each other (Phil. 2).
