Founders Classical Academies has 22 campuses across Texas and Arkansas, each dedicated to academic excellence and character formation through a classical education. Find a Founders campus near you and join our community.
Intellectual Formation
Through Classical Learning
Academics are built upon a rich, time-tested model of education that honors the intellectual traditions of the West while preparing students for the practical challenges of modern life. Our classical curriculum equips students not only to excel in school but to become thinkers and citizens who live purposeful, virtuous, and informed lives.
Intellectual Formation
Through Classical Learning
Academics are built upon a rich, time-tested model of education that honors the intellectual traditions of the West while preparing students for the practical challenges of modern life. Our classical curriculum equips students not only to excel in school but to become thinkers and citizens who live purposeful, virtuous, and informed lives.
What is Classical Education
Rich Heritage of Learning
Classical education is rooted in the pursuit of truth and the cultivation of virtue. It emphasizes the liberal arts and sciences, thoughtful reading, structured reasoning, and persuasive communication. It encourages students to ask fundamental questions about the world and their place in it.
What is Classical Education
Classical education is rooted in the pursuit of truth and the cultivation of virtue. It emphasizes the liberal arts and sciences, thoughtful reading, structured reasoning, and persuasive communication. It encourages students to ask fundamental questions about the world and their place in it.
Model for Learning
At Founders, classical education follows the Trivium, a three-part model that corresponds to a child’s cognitive development:
Grammar Mode (K–5)
Students master foundational knowledge through repetition, memorization, and observation. They learn facts, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, math facts, and begin exposure to classic stories and early literature.
Logic Mode (6–8)
Students begin to analyze, question, and form connections between ideas. They study formal logic, writing structure, and critical thinking.
Rhetoric Mode (9–12)
Students apply their knowledge through clear and persuasive expression. They refine their communication skills through speeches, essays, presentations, and the capstone Senior Thesis.
Grammar Mode (K–5)
Students master foundational knowledge through repetition, memorization, and observation. They learn facts, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, math facts, and begin exposure to classic stories and early literature.
Logic Mode (6–8)
Students begin to analyze, question, and form connections between ideas. They study formal logic, writing structure, and critical thinking.
Rhetoric Mode (9–12)
Students apply their knowledge through clear and persuasive expression. They refine their communication skills through speeches, essays, presentations, and the capstone Senior Thesis.
Foundation for Lifelong Learning
- It teaches students how to think, not just what to think.
- It develops culture literacy and historical awareness.
- It produces confident communicators and careful listeners.
- It integrates moral and intellectual formation.
- It fosters habits of discipline, wonder, and virtue.
Foundation for Lifelong Learning
- It teaches students how to think, not just what to think.
- It develops culture literacy and historical awareness.
- It produces confident communicators and careful listeners.
- It integrates moral and intellectual formation.
- It fosters habits of discipline, wonder, and virtue.
Key Features of Classical Academics
- Great Books and primary texts across history and literature
- Latin instruction beginning in middle school
- Traditional orthography and phonics, and Singapore Math in the early years
- Emphasis on handwriting, grammar, and sentence structure
- Formal logic, classical composition, and rhetorical training
- Broad and deep in history, geography, science, and civics
- Mathematical and scientific knowledge pursued for their own sakes, as well as their practical applications
- Visual and performing arts woven throughout the curriculum
- Senior Thesis as a capstone project involving research, writing, and presentation on enduring human questions
Key Features of Classical Academics
- Great Books and primary texts across history and literature
- Latin instruction beginning in middle school
- Traditional orthography and phonics, and Singapore Math in the early years
- Emphasis on handwriting, grammar, and sentence structure
- Formal logic, classical composition, and rhetorical training
- Broad and deep in history, geography, science, and civics
- Mathematical and scientific knowledge pursued for their own sakes, as well as their practical applications
- Visual and performing arts woven throughout the curriculum
- Senior Thesis as a capstone project involving research, writing, and presentation on enduring human questions
Our Teachers
In every classroom, we expect our teachers to:
- Teach with intellectual seriousness and joy
- Model decorum, humility, and courage
- Lead with conviction, compassion, and consistency
- Partner with parents in forming young hearts and minds
Our Teachers
In every classroom, we expect our teachers to:
- Teach with intellectual seriousness and joy
- Model decorum, humility, and courage
- Lead with conviction, compassion, and consistency
- Partner with parents in forming young hearts and minds