GREEN BAY
Mount Carmel Academy
Mount Carmel Academy is a private, independent school for children in grades 1-8. We hold that faith is necessary for salvation and essential for the acquisition of knowledge. Uniquely, the academy strives to help parents, the primary educators, to prepare their children for lives of service in the framework of a classical education. We believe that a classical curriculum is the best educational method for integrating faith and reason toward the goal of Christian virtue.
Mount Carmel Academy teaches unchanging Catholic Truth and respect for Church authority. The school will present Catholic Doctrine and the fullness of Catholic Truth as contained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and other authoritative Church documents. Students will be offered the Catholic “world view”, and will be taught Catholic morality in an environment that encourages the virtues of faith, hope, and charity.
Administrators, Board members, and Faculty are all Catholics, loyal to the Church's teachings and the mission of Mount Carmel Academy.
A classical education at the primary and secondary school levels is language-based training that teaches the fundamental tools of learning. It is a curriculum adapted to the natural development of a child's mind. In Dorothy Sayers' essay, The Lost Tools of Learning she describes the three stages through which a child passes. The first phase is the Grammar Stage, corresponding to grades 1-4. At this time, children's minds are most receptive to the accumulation of information. We stress reading, writing, spelling, and arithmetic in these years, with much emphasis on memorization. We are equipping the mind with a rich variety of material to be organized and polished in the later years. In the second phase, the Dialectic Stage (grades 5-8), children begin to develop independent and abstract thoughts. This is the perfect time to start teaching logic, to encourage discussion, and to practice debating and defending arguments based on evidence. The material that was accumulated in the Grammar Stage is now organized into formal patterns of reasoning, patterns that can be both verbal and mathematical.
Latin and Logic are major components of a classical education. There is no better language than Latin for the teaching of English. Latin teaches English grammar better than English teaches English grammar, because of the highly inflected nature of the Latin language. Our students begin the study of Latin in the 3rd grade. In their beginning years of study, they master a vocabulary of about 150 words and expressions. In the 6th grade, they begin a more formal study of the language to gain reading and writing proficiency. We believe in the words of G.K. Chesterton: “Latin is not dead, it is immortal.”
Logic is another necessary component of a classical education. Unless a student can distinguish between proper and improper modes of reasoning, he will become prey of the powerful forces of modern media persuasion. A logical mind is protected from the dangerous lure of the attractively packaged fads of contemporary culture. Our students begin the study of critical thinking in 6th grade, and take two years of formal work in Aristotelian logic in high school.
Mount Carmel Academy strives to produce “the true Christian . . . the supernatural man who thinks and acts constantly and consistently in accordance with right reason illumined by the supernatural light of the example and teaching of Christ” (Pope Pius XI: Christian Education of Youth).
HARTFORD
Saint Augustine School
1810 Hwy. CC
Hartford, WI 53027
Tel: (262) 628-9838
E-mail: headmaster_sas@yahoo.com
Internet: www.schoolbythehill.org |
Headmaster: Brother Fidelis-Joseph, F.F.J.C.
Program:
Saint Augustine School Incorporated
Grades K- 12
Hands to work, Hearts to God |
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Saint Augustine School is an incorporation of dedicated families, who believing that all good things are of God, have joined together to provide the children of our Catholic community with an exceptional classical education that is founded on the truths of Sacred Scripture, Holy Tradition, and the defined Doctrines of Holy Mother Church Saint Augustine School is an independent traditional Roman Catholic school.
Saint Augustine School, chartered under the statues of the State of Wisconsin, is an independent, private traditional Catholic School (Grades K.5-12) located in Hartford, Wisconsin, minutes from Holy Hill.
Saint Augustine School, Incorporated seeks to lead its students to understand it is their responsibility to serve as God’s representatives, carrying out His will in all areas of life. In order to achieve this, they must master the basic academic skills needed in a civilized society and if they are to avail themselves of the cultural treasures of the past and present, their minds must be formed in the required academic disciplines.
The curriculum of Saint Augustine School, Incorporated included th traditional Roman Catholic Catechism, Bible study and memorization, the essentials tools of language and mathematics, and the basic facts of history, science and geography.
The grade school utilizes many outstanding Catholic texts and educational materials to provide a BASIC education with a strong emphasis on phonics, reading, and traditional math along with encouraging a respect for our country. We teach creationism, not evolution. All students participate in the Catholic Catechism classes.
The high school curriculum is a traditional Catholic liberal arts curriculum that has been designed to prepare students for the rigors of undergraduate studies. Courses include lectures and seminar formats.
MADISON
St. Ambrose Academy
St. Ambrose Academy's mission is to prepare high school students for college and a lifetime of learning by providing them with a classical education in the Trivium (Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric), Catholic doctrine and history, modern subjects, and the primary works of civilization's greatest thinkers, mentored by teachers who foster a deep love of Jesus Christ and His Church.
The high school curriculum introduces the student to the great works of Christendom. Works are studied in an introductory manner suited to the intellectual capacity of the student; students are not expected to display exceptional ability or college-level understanding. One of the characteristics of "great books" is that they are accessible, like Sacred Scripture, on a wide variety of levels. One needs no specialized training to see their beauty and experience their power.
The methods and the objectives of our curriculum are Ignatian in their foundation in order to prepare the student for the study of these great works of our culture. Each book read and each history studied is the preparation for the student to appreciate and approach the great works. which represent the great epics of literature and are important introductions to the reading and study of Scripture. Each work is an epic in its own right and a commentary on the work proceeding it.
St. Ambrose Academy maintains small classes, so that each student receives personal attention and accelerates at his own pace. The student masters the tools of learning through a routine of instruction and independent work. Most schoolwork is accomplished during the school day while teachers are available to answer questions, leaving ample time for the student's family life and extracurricular pursuits after school.
The most important element in the approach of our school is the teaching staff. We are recruiting teachers that can cover a wide range of subjects in an integrated fashion. Since the students have the same teacher for most subjects, common themes can be emphasized throughout the day. Literature is no longer ripped from its historical context. The study of History is no longer separated from Salvation History. Faith and Reason thereby emerge as complementary and interdependent, not conflicting and separate.
NECEDAH
St. Francis Academy
2001 South Main St. Suite B
Necedah, WI 54646
Tel: (608) 565-2292
E-mail: mcnallydc@tds.net
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Headmaster: Mrs. Therese McNally
Program:
St. Francis Academy
Grades 1- 8
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