Classical Education • Christian Worldview • Fully Integrated
Founded in 2006, The Cambridge School is both classical and Christian, seeking to emphasize the truth of God’s revelation, the tradition of the great thoughts of civilization, and the skills needed to be lifetime learners, thinkers, and leaders. The school’s goal is to cultivate wisdom and virtue in our students so that they may love that which is worth loving and go forth to act upon what they know and love.
The classical method was born in ancient Greece and Rome, used throughout the Western world by the sixteenth century, and remained the norm until at least 1850. The reason for its widespread use? It works. The time-honored teaching method employed at Cambridge, known as the Trivium, imparts the basic tools of learning to the student. Becoming educated in any subject involves knowing its basic facts and principles (grammar), ordering and analyzing relationships concerning these facts (logic), and communicating conclusions in a clear, persuasive, and winsome manner (rhetoric). By focusing on the way children learn best at each stage of life and building on the foundation of previous stages, this three-phase model is very effective. It prepares students to become life-long learners who can think for themselves. And in today’s culture, such skills are increasingly valuable precisely because this educational model is the exception rather than the rule.
Whether students are singing Mandarin counting songs, reciting Latin prayers, mummifying a chicken, memorizing the periodic table of elements, or diagramming sentences, Cambridge students love to learn! And while Cambridge teachers never prepare students for standardized tests —they’re busy teaching Mandarin, music, art, and science — students do remarkably well. The average Cambridge student scores in the 93rd percentile on the Stanford-10 nationally standardized test. Though most Cambridge students would not be classified as gifted, almost all students are able to excel because of the combination of great teachers, a strong curriculum, and a nurturing environment.
Applications are currently being accepted for pre-K through seventh grade. One grade will be added each year through 12th grade. The school is located near the 15 and 56 freeways. (858/484-3488, www.cambridgeclassical.org)
