There is such a thing as truth. And we can learn it.
There is such a thing as goodness. And we can live it.
There is such a thing as beauty. And we can love it.
An education for the whole person.
At All Saints Classical Academy, we provide the individual attention of home education with the academic excellence of classical education through a hybrid homeschool model (similar to a university model or collaborative model). We believe that education is about much more than imparting information. It is about the formation of human beings in wisdom and virtue, and their enculturation into a worthy tradition passed down by family, church, and school. These three institutions, the family, the church, and the school, function as a three-legged stool, all of which need to be strong and consistently reinforcing one another. That is why we understand education as a partnership with families, and why we have structured our academy as a supplemental educational enrichment program for homeschoolers. This enables us to benefit from the strengths of home education and on-campus education. With this hybrid structure, we strive to form a community of families who grow in bonds to Christ and to one another by sharing life together, in education, in families, and in the church. Learn more about our academic approach by following the links to the right, and by reading about core aspects of our identity below.
A tech-minimal education.
Digital devices frequently hinder intellectual growth and hack our attention. Our academy focuses on education’s low-tech core, driven by human-to human interaction and centered on the texts and topics that have stood the test of time. Our pedagogy and methodology intentionally addresses the direct development of human faculties, skills, and capacities unmediated by digital devices, screens, or educational technology (which fail to deliver on their promises of improved learning and frequently make things worse). Human beings must encounter the strain, struggle, and challenge of difficult yet rewarding things in order to develop and flourish as well-rounded human beings. We cannot short-circuit this process through flashing images, glowing glass rectangles, or shallow entertainment. As the brain develops and children grow, they must build up a reservoir of real-world experience in order to appreciate and attend to what ultimately matters. And all of this begins by learning to use our minds and bodies with grace and skill, wisdom and excellence as we engage in the real world with real people who deserve our full presence--no screen or app required. We also encourage families to take The Postman Pledge, and host events throughout the year to practice being fully present with each other with things like phone-free dances, hikes, picnics, and more.
A Christ-centered education.
Throughout history, the Church has played a central role in education, strengthening the sacred bonds of family, faith, and education, which modern-day schools tend to pull apart. We are putting them back together, reuniting the life of the church with the life of the family and the life of the academy. Reclaiming this heritage allows us to bring education to its pinnacle in the worship and knowledge of the one true God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Human civilization has always been built around an act of worship, a public liturgy. [The Christian liturgy] takes us to the source of the cosmos itself, into the sacred precincts of the Holy Trinity where all things begin and end (whether they know it or not), and to the source of all artistic and scientific inspiration, of all culture.
- Stratford Caldecott