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.

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.

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.