Academics
There are two kinds of education.
Vocation
You probably think about one of them right away: training toward a vocation. This is preparing people with the skills necessary to make a living in the modern world. This is certainly necessary, especially for young men preparing to support a family. But it leaves an obvious gap: what good is it to make a six figure salary but have no purpose or goodness to your life? Vocational training without a corresponding training in virtue only makes one a more successful sinner. As Jesus said, “what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, but lose his soul?”
Virtue
The second kind is an education in virtues. It’s the mentoring of young people to become the kind of adults they should be. It’s teaching them to be hard workers, courageous, humble, and honest. It’s gaining wisdom and insight. It’s learning how to think deeply, analyze thoroughly, and assess clearly. We believe that a skilled person lacking virtue is set up for failure. A virtuous person, on the other hand, has the character to go succeed at almost anything.
A classical education that goes deep, not just wide
Discover how Heritage Christian Academy offers a robust yet accessible classical education that encourages deep understanding, critical thinking, and meaningful connection. From reviving a love for history to fostering thoughtful conversations and mentorship between older and younger students, our approach meets each child where they are—helping them truly grasp what they’re learning in ways that matter.
A classical education that goes deep, not just wide
Discover how Heritage Christian Academy offers a robust yet accessible classical education that encourages deep understanding, critical thinking, and meaningful connection. From reviving a love for history to fostering thoughtful conversations and mentorship between older and younger students, our approach meets each child where they are—helping them truly grasp what they’re learning in ways that matter.
Our Philosophy
We are a Classical Christian school.
Classical
A Classical Education model is a little different than the one typically used in public or Christian schools. Most modern schools follow the progressive educational method invented in the late 1800s and implemented across the West in the early 1900s. You likely went to school under a progressive model.
The classical model goes back further – much further – to Classical Antiquity (hence the “classical” model). The Greeks and Romans developed this method to raise citizens who are prepared to govern themselves and participate in the government of a free society. Being prepared to be free citizens is the historical background to the phrase “liberal” arts. It’s an education which liberates, which frees.
So a classical education is an education in the liberal arts: grammar, logic, rhetoric, math, music, and science. The purpose is to teach students to become thinkers. It is to introduce them to the “Great Conversation” which has been happening in the West over the past 2000 years. What is the purpose of life? How should we live? A Classical education teaches students to ask these questions.
Christian
But we aren’t merely Classical. We are Classical Christian. A Christian education does not simply pray to start each day or even each class. It doesn’t just stick a Bible verse into the science curriculum. A truly Christian education is Christ-centered. That means it is built from the ground up with the recognition that Christ is the center of all things. Christ is the central figure of the Bible, of human history, and of all creation. There is not a single square inch over which He does not claim Lordship. We can know nothing truly or fully unless we know its relationship to Him. Every subject – be it rhetoric or music or science – finds its ultimate purpose in Christ. And so, as students learn to ask “how should we live?” or “what is the purpose in life?”, they also learn to seek those answers in Christ Himself.
Offering a Classical Christian education to your children will accomplish two things. First, it will protect them from the barrage of secular and individualistic ideas which bombard children in many educational settings. This is a wise and good goal, especially for younger children. But it is not a sufficient educational goal. The purpose of education is more than protection. It is preparation. Our goal is to develop mature thinkers who are equipped and motivated to engage with the ideas of our society with wisdom and insight.
Education is discipleship.
It doesn’t just pass down information or teach skills. Education is the means by which a culture passes down its values, its priorities, its essence to the next generation. Education is aimed not merely at teaching people what to know. It’s teaching students how to think, and even who to be.
“There are two types of education… One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live.”
-John Adams
Student Resources
Our 2025-2026 School Uniform Policy is now available for incoming students.
