SCHOLA A Meeting Place for Teachers and Pupils

The knowledge and skills acquired through TGC apply to all disciplines and are useful throughout college and into adult life. TGC teaches students to read critically; to explore difficult ideas and themes through class discussions; to focus thoughts into constructive, organized patterns; and to share those ideas orally and in writing.

The Great Conversation will . . .

• equip your student to stand against the thoughts and ideas of the secular culture.
• prepare your student to make a defense for the hope they have within.
• teach your student to take the truth of Christianity into the various diciplines of life.

The Great Conversation Class Descriptions

Not only is Latin the most efficient way to learn the grammar of our own language, Latin is also the basis for the Romance languages, giving Latin students a leg up in any further study of Spanish, French, and Italian, as well as Portuguese and Romanian. Because Latin has had a greater impact on our own language than any other foreign language (60% of modern English words are based on Latin), Latin students typically score about 50 points higher on the SAT, both verbal and math, than students who have not studied Latin. Latin also provides a foundation for scientific education.

Schola Latin classes provide . . .

• tools to improve understanding of English grammar.
• foundation for studying Romance languages.
• basis of cultural literacy of Western Civilization.

Latin Class Descriptions

No classical, Christian school program is complete without the immersion of the student in the scientific realm. For thousands of years, becoming familiar with the physical world and its function was as important as nourishing one’s soul and becoming familiar with the nature and character of God and the spiritual world. For centuries, some of the best theologians and philosophers were scientists and the best scientists were philosophers and theologians. The Scientific Method, rightly employed, is nothing more than keen observation of the physical world, interpretation of that data, and the application of principles formulated from the data–the same process used in sound Bible study. Integrating the art of observation, interpretation, and application whether studying scripture or gravity sharpens both the mind and soul. Whether your student is bound for college or the mission field of the work-a-day world, rightly applying scientific principles will enhance your student’s understanding of the character and thinking prevalent in our culture.

Schola science classes will equip your student to . . .

• observe carefully and critically the physical world in which we live,
• interpret thoughtfully those observations,
• apply Biblically the processes studied,
• so that the student may be salt and light to our darkened world.

Science Class Descriptions

Mathematics Class Descriptions