About Colorado Classical School
Welcome to Colorado Classical School
Colorado Classical School (CCS) was born out of the vision of a small group of committed families who are passionate about giving their own children a beautiful classical Christian education as well as broadening the reach of the movement as a whole to serve South Metro Denver. Our staff, teachers, and parents contribute a wide range of experience not only in classical Christian education, but also in a variety of complementary skill sets ranging from education and theology to construction, finance, and fundraising.
We launched grades K-6 in the Fall of 2024 and will add one grade per year through 8th grade.
Our Mission & Vision
Colorado Classical School will nourish the minds, hearts, and bodies of students with what is true, good, and beautiful through a distinctly classical Christian education so that they may glorify God and serve their neighbor with joy and faithfulness.
Our goal is to partner with parents who will:
- Embrace their God-given responsibility to raise their children in the fear and admonition of the Lord.
- Affirm the role of CCS as one of delegated authority where teachers and staff serve in loco parentis – in the place of the parents.
- Be well informed about the methods and goals of classical Christian education.
- Have a growing respect for the classics; books, music, paintings, traditions, manners, and beliefs that have stood the test of time because of their enduring cultural value.
- Encourage their children to be disciplined and diligent and generally support the school’s teachers and staff.
- Have a sense of responsibility toward the school that manifests as prayerful support and a cheerful giving of time and resources.
- Be discerning with the content and amount of screen time allowed in the home.
Our goal is to nurture students who will:
- Believe, confess, and defend the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength.
- Evaluate all truth claims, cultural influences, and experience in light of the purifying fire of the Word of God.
- Respond to the wonder of God’s creation and providence with humble gratitude and reverent awe.
- Pursue wisdom (right feeling and thinking) and virtue (right actions) out of gratitude for God’s grace towards them and a childlike faith that His way is best.
- Show a high regard for others by practicing good manners and respectful behavior.
- Exemplify servant-leadership in their various callings in the home, the church, and the world.
- Possess a life-long passion for learning and know how to apply the tools of the Trivium.
- Listen attentively, read deeply, reason soundly, and speak and write with eloquence.
- Master a core body of knowledge to include the great ideas of Western civilization.
- Have a conceptual understanding of mathematics as the language with which God has written the universe.
- Appreciate the arts, music, and literature as a way of shaping the soul to love higher things.
- Practice good habits of intellectual, spiritual, moral, and physical life.
- Be physically literate, prepared to engage in athletics and activities for life and learning.
Our goal is to attract teachers who will:
- Have a heartfelt joy in God through Christ and a love for living according to His will.
- Model virtue and wisdom in all aspects of their lives.
- Be gifted in teaching and abounding in love for their students.
- Pursue a deep understanding and appreciation of the seven liberal arts and put those tools into practice each day.
- Inspire wonder by discovering their subjects anew each day.
- Dialogue and debate with one another about the philosophy, content, and methods that constitute the best education.