WHY CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION?

​It is academically enriching:

• Classical education aims to cultivate the free mind to think logically and employ sound reasoning while fostering a love of learning in students.

• Classically educated students score higher on standardized tests than their more progressively educated counterparts.

• Classical education trains students to communicate effectively. You might come up with the best idea in the world, but if you cannot communicate it persuasively, it may never catch on!

• Conversation-based learning and Socratic dialogue enhance students' retention, comprehension, and mastery levels.

• Classical educators strive to teach history through primary sources whenever possible. Instead of reading about the U.S. Constitution in a textbook, students read the Constitution itself. This encourages a deeper, more accurate understanding of a given historical period.

 

It is Formative:

• Classical education prepares students exceedingly well for college admissions and career opportunities. It also looks beyond these goals and prepares servant-leaders for the Church, the home, and the world.

• Honed skills in logic and rhetoric are essential elements in both church and civil leadership and citizenship.

• Classical Lutheran education is focused on recognizing and developing virtuous behavior so that students may enter the world armed with a strong moral compass. 

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It is Historical & Time-Tested:

• Classical education has produced the greatest leaders, thinkers, writers, artists, inventors, scientists, and theologians in the history of Western civilization.

• The study of the seven classical liberal arts, comprising the trivium and quadrivium, represents a time-tested approach to mastering various domains of knowledge.

• With its roots in Western civilization, classical education is essential in countering today's moral confusion, spiritual delusion, and cultural upheaval that stem from the relativistic postmodern worldview.

• Students participate in the "Great Conversation"—the ongoing dialogue among writers and thinkers who reference, build upon, and refine the work of their predecessors. 

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It is Biblical:

• Classical Lutheran education embodies both the sound doctrine and the educational model that are essential to training up our children in the Christian faith.

• Through a solid foundation in the Scriptures, our students will be equipped to confess and defend the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

• Lutheran educators confess and teach that only the Holy Spirit grants faith in Christ Jesus, and in Him alone is righteousness for citizenship in heaven.

• The advancement of classical Lutheran education is crucial to the preservation of the historical Lutheran Church.