Upper School

Mission & Core Values

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.

We believe apart from God we are incapable of any good work. We esteem the family’s vital role in the academic and spiritual formation of their children. We value excellence and simplicity.  

Our Mission and Core Values govern every facet of the school’s life.  Our aim is twofold: first, to communicate a certain body of knowledge; and second, to cultivate a certain kind of person- the kind of person who joyfully and faithfully lives out his earthly vocation, and ultimately, is at home in God’s Kingdom.

Schedule

Note: For Logic students, approximately 1 hour of homework is assigned on Wednesday evenings. 

School of Logic: 5th – 8th Grades

The School of Logic (5th – 8th grades) takes the foundational knowledge gained in the Grammar stage and expounds on it. Students in this phase are naturally argumentative and are beginning to ask difficult questions about their world.  Analysis and critical reasoning are the chief mental acts of this stage. Developmentally, logic students learn best through debate and discussion.

*If completed at ACS, Latin 1A and Latin 2A combine to count for 1 full credit of Rhetoric Latin.

School of Rhetoric: 9th – 12th Grades

This stage is the culmination of the Trivium. The student of rhetoric takes the foundational knowledge gained in grammar school, the analytical skills of the logic stage and begins producing and defending his/her own ideas. Thesis defense and eloquent written and oral communication are the hallmarks of the rhetoric stage.