• Raising up Disciples, Scholars, and Citizens

    Classical Christian Education that encourages students to live up to their God-given potential.

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    Raising up Disciples, Scholars, and Citizens

    Classical Christian Education that encourages students to live up to their God-given potential.

  • Raising up Disciples, Scholars, and Citizens

    Classical Christian Education that encourages students to live up to their God-given potential.

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    Raising up Disciples, Scholars, and Citizens

    Classical Christian Education that encourages students to live up to their God-given potential.

  • Paideia Students

    Raising up Disciples, Scholars, and Citizens

    Classical Christian Education that encourages students to live up to their God-given potential.

  • Paideia Students

    Raising up Disciples, Scholars, and Citizens

    Classical Christian Education that encourages students to live up to their God-given potential.

Scholars

How to think, not what to think.

Disciples

Who they become, not simply what they know.

Citizens

Service & sacrifice in response to Christ’s love.

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Disciples

Who they become, not simply what they know

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Scholars

How to think, not what to think

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Citizens

Service & sacrifice in response to Christ’s love

Who will they become?

We believe the purpose of education is formation, not merely information. It is about training students to become something, namely, lovers of God who are awakened and attuned to His beauty, goodness, and truth. Here at Paideia, we seek to work in harmony with the family, helping to prepare young people to think with depth, believe with courage, and serve with compassion – scholars, disciples, and citizens.

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A Place to Flourish

“What if education wasn't first and foremost about what we know, but about what we love?”

— James K.A. Smith

Classical Christian education follows a much older, more reliable path of formation that greatly values wisdom, virtue, and rightly ordered affections. Teaching students to think and reason, Paideia uniquely combines classical education principles with a Christian worldview.

14%

National Merit Commended or Finalists

40K

Annual community service hours completed

12:1

Average classroom student to teacher ratio

2006

Year founded

Our Community Says it Best —

Paideia is a community of families committed to educating children according to the riches of the classical tradition in a distinctively Christian atmosphere. 

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We are constantly amazed at the love for learning and curiosity that have been instilled into our children at Paideia…They are encouraged to ask big questions about their faith and have the tools to think with discernment and reason that will carry them far beyond their K - 12 education.”

— The Bosse Family

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  • 1 — Tour

    Meet the community of teachers and staff who will care for your student, and learn more about the classical difference.

  • 2 — Apply & Interview

    Having reached the decision to pursue a Paideia education, you will be asked to complete and submit an application. Our team is here to serve you during this process.

  • 3 — Find a Place to Flourish

    Paideia offers an education that begins with the end in mind: the formation of a whole human person, who will mature, flourish, and bear fruit.

Students who love the True, the Good, and the Beautiful: The Classical Difference

Classical education has its roots in the teaching methods of the ancient Greeks and Romans, and served as the primary educational model of the western world until the twentieth century. This model is infused with the seven arts of learning, otherwise known as the liberal arts. 

Education is not a subject, and it does not deal in subjects. It is instead the transfer of a way of life.
— GK Chesterton

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