Dear Friends and Visitors,

Welcome to Austin Classical School. Thank you for taking the time to explore our site and learn more about us.  

Raising up children who love Christ with all their heart and with all their mind is an awesome responsibility for every family, and making a decision about which school to send your children is not always easy.  Here at Austin Classical School, our aim is to equip parents for this task by offering a classical and Christian education built around a collaborative schedule.  

As our mission states, “Austin Classical School exists to glorify Jesus Christ by co-laboring with families to cultivate wise, virtuous, and humble students through an excellent classical, Christian education.”  You can learn more about each of these distinctives by following the appropriate links:

When we pause to consider that our original 10 families and 13 students have multiplied into over 150 families and more than 300 students in ten years it is humbling to see God on the move in Austin.  You can explore our site to learn more about an Austin Classical education or, even better, you can schedule a visit to meet our wonderful faculty, staff, and students, experiencing Austin Classical School in action!   

In the planning and preparation for this school year, I’ve been reminded once again of the scope of our calling in this journey of parenting and educating our children. Ephesians 6:4 exhorts us to “bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 6:7 tells us, “You shall teach [God’s commands] to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”

I’m so grateful for the partnership with ACS faculty who bring the beauty and richness of a classical, Christian education to life through quality lesson plans and inspired classroom teaching. These Jesus-loving men and women are helping form the souls of our children – who they’re becoming and what they truly love – through what’s modeled, how they’re loved, what’s spoken, how they’re disciplined and shown grace, and what’s read. Gratefully, in all of these ways, ACS students are daily pointed to the good, true, and beautiful things of God. What more could a parent want?

One of the resources that we’re providing to prospective parents this year is a BaseCamp Live podcast – Portrait of a Graduate: A Thirteen Year Proposition. It helps parents think through their goals for their children and the ultimate aim of education. It’s helpful to those who are new to classical Christian education, but even as a seasoned parent, it’s a timely and encouraging reminder of why my family chose this beautiful education for our (now grown!) children. I hope you’ll take a moment in the coming weeks to listen and be encouraged as well.

For Christ and His Glory,
Joe Rispoli

“And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.”

Philippians 1:9-11 (ESV)