Mission Statement: Piedmont Classical High School, by providing a rigorous, traditional education, will graduate productive citizens prepared to succeed in any endeavor.
Piedmont Classical High School Charter Instructional Program: While most students entering high school should have a solid grammar foundation, it is likely that will frequently not be the case. With the intent to enroll students from a wide variety of geographical locations and backgrounds, PCHS plans to use several strategies to remediate students who come to PCHS with gaps in their background knowledge.
To support the dialectic and rhetoric phases of learning, every student will have to take a logic class, at least one year of Latin, and a senior rhetoric class. In addition, all classroom teachers will have professional development in the Socratic method of teaching. While this will not be the only learning technique, it will be used extensively across all disciplines. Facilitating discussions, asking thoughtful questions, and encouraging critical thinking are strategies that will help PCHS students think logically and express themselves coherently. To further aid with each student's knowledge, interaction with the material, and information retention, the PCHS program will be designed to maximize cross-curricular connections. Dr. Christopher Perrin's An Introduction to Classical Education |
Classical EducationClassical Education cultivates wisdom and virtue by nourishing the soul on truth, goodness, and beauty. The ancient Greeks and Romans recognized that free citizens require an education that enlarges the mind and cultivates the soul. For that reason, Classical Education maintains:
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