Your child’s character is shaped by what they pay attention to. We teach them to cultivate the Three Paths of Attention: Knowledge, Genius, & Heart.

By attending to Knowledge, they steadily progress in their academic studies. By attending to Genius, they strengthen their ability to think and create. By attending to Heart, they become kind people who contribute to their families and communities.

While we continually present your child with high-level classical content, we value a warm and positive environment every step of the way. We blend the direct study of timeless material with the joy of learning. In the end, through a study of the classics, nature, and art, we want our students to love excellent things and find meaning everywhere. We want them to help them grow a vital interest and care for life, overtaking the artificialities of boredom. Our students are well-aware of one of our main Schoolhouse mantras: “Boring people find things boring; interesting people find things interesting.” 

And as Charlotte Mason noted a century ago:

“Life should be all living, and not merely the tedious passing of time; not all doing or all feeling or all thinking—the strain would be too great—but, all living; that is to say, we should be tough wherever we go, whatever we hear, whatever we see, with some manner of vital interest. The question is not—how much does the youth know when he has finished his education—but how much does he care?”

In the end, we want you to love—and be proud of—the growth and happiness you see in your child.