What is Classical Christian Education?

At its heart, Classical Christian education seeks to cultivate a love for the transcendentals: Beauty, Goodness, and Truth, guiding students to recognize God’s hand in every subject and to pursue wisdom and virtue. By engaging with Scripture, history, and the great works of Western civilization, students become lifelong learners who think deeply, speak eloquently, and live faithfully.

At Franklin Classical School, we believe that wisdom is more than simply the accumulation of knowledge and understanding. It is the ability to use knowledge and understanding, to exercise practical discernment, and to act with discretion, grace, virtue, honor, and substance.  An FCS education represents a conscious return to those time-honored academic disciplines and methodologies that have equipped generations of students with the tools for a lifetime of learning: a working knowledge of the timetables of history, a background understanding of the great literary classics, a structural competency in Greek and Latin-based grammars, a familiarity with the sweep of art, music, and ideas a grasp of research and writing skills, a worldview comprehension for math and science basics, a principle approach to current events, and an emphasis on a Christian life paradigm. Our aim is not simply to have smart students, but faithful disciples.