Modern education has become all about vocational preparation rather than about the shaping of a person’s character and ability to think and express thoughts.
A Classical Christian education prepares students for any vocation in life, because it prepares them to live their life.
Classical school graduates are prepared for college, to be sure. But the purpose of an education traditionally (prior to 100 years or so ago), was to form and shape who a person was, not just what they did for work.
Ultimately, our aim is that graduates exemplify five defining attributes:
Christ-Likeness
The graduate is obedient to God, follows Christ’s example and manifests the fruit of the Holy Spirit. (Galatians 5:22-23)
Academic Achievement
The graduate is a critical thinker and analytical using logic and reason to formulate persuasive communication. (Mark 12:30; Ecclesiastes 12:9-10; Proverbs 25:15; 2 Corinthians 5:11)
Biblical Wisdom
The graduate is equipped to discern between good and evil, using God’s Word as the basis of all truth. (2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:14-17)
Service
The graduate is involved in Christian and community service. (Matthew 20:27-28; John 12:26; Galatians 5:13)
Character
The graduate intentionally develops Godly character: humility, integrity, honesty, and courage. (2 Peter 1:5-8; Romans 5:1-5)
The result of a classical education is that students who graduate from CCA will be prepared to go on to college should they choose to go. Each student will have obtained the tools for learning.
These tools include memorization, penmanship, phonetic decoding, reading, comprehension, computation, critical thinking, analysis, problem solving, research, synthesis, effective writing, public speaking, and sound moral judgment. They will have learned how to study, how to take notes, how to ask questions, and most of all they should possess a love of learning with a quest for continuing their education throughout their lives.
A person with virtuous character, who is able to discern truth from lies and right from wrong; a person who can think logically and critically and discern virtue from vice; a person who seeks to reflect Christ in their life, rather than reflect popular culture are the primary goals of a classical Christian education.
Centurion Scholarship
The Board of Trustees of Classical Christian Academy annually confers the Centurion Scholar Award to the graduating student who best models the characteristics seen in the Portrait of a Graduate as illustrated in the five symbols on the school crest. A graduating senior must be nominated by a faculty member and endorsed by a selected group of teachers to be eligible for the award. The Centurion Scholar recipient will receive a monetary remuneration of $1,000, an acknowledgment on their transcript, and their name displayed with past winners on a school plaque.
