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WELCOME TO THE CLAA!
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At the Classical Liberal Arts Academy, our goals are very clear.
We collaborate with pastors and parents to educate children to know,
love and serve God. Our concerns are wisdom and holiness, faith
and charity, work and prayer. We don't talk college admission.
We don't talk standardized testing. After all, there are plenty of
schools designed to get kids into college or through a job interview,
but few concerned that students learn what St. Paul said was the aim of
the Church's teaching:
love from a pure
heart,
a good conscience, and
a sincere faith.
While the classical liberal
arts curriculum may be different, it is not difficult to understand.
It is timeless and trustworthy as nearly all of the learned saints
studied in this blessed system.
Students begin in the three
core subject areas regardless of age or "grade level", laying the
foundation upon which all future studies are built: |
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WHERE TO BEGIN
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RELIGION
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To prepare students for advanced Christian philosophy and theology in
later years, the foundation must be laid in Sacred Scripture and Sacred
Tradition. The CLAA provides a complete program of religious
instruction through our Catechism and Biblical Studies programs.
Liturgy of the Hours
Classic Catechism (Baltimore)
Catholic Catechism (CCC)
Biblical Studies |
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GRAMMMAR
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Students cannot write well before they have learned to think well.
You will not be able to teach a child to think well until he learns to
use language masterfully. Grammar is the gateway of the arts and
without it no student can hope to study Logic or any of the higher arts.
The CLAA provides a complete program in classical Grammar as it was
taught when schools prepared children for philosophy and theology.
Classical Grammar |
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III. ARITHMETIC
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Modern mathematics programs teach math for school and business--not for
wisdom and truth. The CLAA restores the philosophical and
religious focus to the mathematical arts that no other program can.
In the CLAA, you'll never hear a child ask, "Why do we have to learn
this stuff?" because we don't follow the errors of modern secular
schools. We provide a complete classical mathematics program that
covers Arithmetic, Geometry, Music and Astronomy.
Classical Arithmetic |
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WRITERS' SCHOOL
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Running alongside the CLAA's core curriculum is our fully integrated
Writers' School. The Writers' School welcomes students who have
entered the CLAA and proven themselves capable of the work of our core
courses. The CLAA provides the same course in writing that was
enjoyed by history's greatest writers for over 2,000 years and leads
students through a single course of study that leads students from the
first steps in writing all the way through to the most complex
declamations.
Writers' School |
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ENRICHMENT
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Once the core courses are established, students are welcome to study any
of our enrichment courses. These includes World Chronology, World
Geography, Music History, Classical Vocabulary and more.
World Chronology
World Geography
Music History
Art History
Classical Vocabulary |
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QUESTIONS? |
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We know the CLAA is a
different world when it comes to education and that you probably have
questions. All our parents do. Feel free to contact us--see
if a rep is available online above--or send us a message. We'll
answer every question.
Contact the CLAA |
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Dr. Nathan Schmiedicke provides
CLAA students with a complete course of instruction in both the
Sacred Scriptures and the
Catholic Catechism. Both
Courses are open for enrollment. Click a banner for more
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CLAA LIBRARY
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The Plague of
Idle Boyhood
NEW! |
William Michael, CLAA Director
What are the "normal" activities that mark childhood?
Today, they may be video games, TV and sports, but historically
they weren't so--and they shouldn't be. |
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Learning
Without Reason
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William Michael, CLAA Director
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Mr. Michael explains why modern language programs like Rosetta
Stone cannot serve the needs of Christian education and how
language instruction differs in the classical liberal arts
curriculum. |
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Music & Your Family |
NEW! |
Jared Haselbarth, St.
Charles Seminary
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sound understanding of the power and uses of music can help your
family to use it rightly. |
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Why
Study the Bible? |
Dr. Nathan Schmiedicke, St.
Charles Seminary
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The ability to interpret the Bible rightly requires the
assistance of the classical liberal arts, as the words of the
Church Fathers prove. |
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Why Choose the CLAA?
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William Michael, CLAA Director
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A complete guide to
understanding the differences between the CLAA and everything else out
there. |
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"Where Do We Begin?"
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William Michael, CLAA Director
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the CLAA |
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On Good Habits
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William Michael, CLAA Director
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| How to Raise Children with
Good Habits |
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How To Create A Schedule
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Read
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Michael's most popular article discusses real-world
principles and procedures for creating a household schedule that works
for your family. |
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Why Latin & Greek
Must
Be Studied |
William Michael, CLAA Director
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| The Classical Languages &
Catholic Education |
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The Great Books Aren't So Great |
William Michael, CLAA Director
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| Reading Lists vs. Classical
Humanities |
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Why
English
Spelling is So Hard |
William Michael, CLAA Director
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| A historical look at English
to help parents teach phonics and spelling well. |
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Wise and Simple |
William Michael, CLAA Director
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How children are to learn the ways of the world without being ruined by
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A Detailed
Critique of
Dorothy
Sayers |
William Michael, CLAA Director
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How can anyone
call a study program "classical" that has never been used in the past?
Dorothy Sayers has nothing to do with classical education.
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More articles...
Past articles may also be found in the
CLAA Online Library. |
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CLAA MISSIONS
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Did you know that the CLAA is directly involved in the missionary
activity of the Catholic Church? Mr. and Mrs. Michael (CLAA
Directors) are visiting formation instructors and consultants to the
Missionaries of the Poor and operate both the MOP's international
website and the CLAA Missions organization.
CLAA Missions
Who We Are |
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