What is Classical Education?
Classical education does what every parent hopes school will do: it cultivates young people who genuinely love to learn. Through rigorous academics, character formation, and civic education, classical schools produce graduates with a distinct advantage. They think clearly, communicate confidently, and engage respectfully with ideas and people. They approach challenges with curiosity rather than anxiety. They are prepared for college, career, and a life of meaning.
The Classical Advantage
A classical education is an education that seeks after excellence. The most excellent things, it holds, are truth, beauty and goodness. The goal of a classical education is to form students who are highly literate and prepared for life.
Wisdom
Teacher-Led Classrooms
We believe students learn best when the teacher is at the helm of the learning experience, imparting their knowledge and wisdom to their pupils and modeling the moral and intellectual virtues. This is why our highly educated and passionate teachers employ traditional teaching methods to impart genuine knowledge and foster moral integrity, decorum, respect, discipline, and a commitment to thoughtful inquiry.
Low-TEch Environment
More technology does not necessarily mean more learning. At VCA, we uphold a low-technology learning environment. This reflects one of our core beliefs: that students learn best in a traditional classroom, one in which they use paper, pencil, and real books; in which the teacher is the guide, imparting wisdom and knowledge to the pupils.
Cultivating
Virtue
A key aspect of classical education is the pursuit of virtue — intellectual and moral, in the individual and in the community. At Veritas Classical Academy, we have a set of core virtues that our students strive to live out in the classroom, on the playing field, and in their day-to-day life.
Teaching Students How to Think
Our approach to education doesn’t focus on standardized test outcomes or staying up-to-date with the latest trends. Rather, we focus on training the hearts and minds of young people to cultivate their longing for what is good, true, and beautiful. We help students become critical thinkers who communicate effectively, act with integrity, and lead by example.
How Does Classical Learning Compare?
Most Schools
Classical Schools
Limited civics with focus only on current events
Civics Education
Promotes active citizenship and teaches democratic principles
Teach students WHAT to know for tests
Primary Goal
Teach students HOW to learn and think
Latest trends and constantly changing fads
Approach
Time-tested methods proven over centuries
Subject-specific content in isolation
Learning Foundation
Grammar, logic, and rhetoric (tools of learning)
Heavy integration from early ages
Tech Use
Intentional and limited—after strong foundations
Textbooks and digital content
Curriculum Focus
Great books and primary sources
Inconsistent and often absent
Character Formation
Virtue and moral reasoning integrated daily
Inconsistent and often absent
Character Formation
Virtue and moral reasoning integrated daily
Elective courses focused on self-expression
The Arts
Integrated study of beauty, form, and classical works
