Enrichment & Community

Fine arts are an essential part of the core curriculum at Knox Classical. Students study visual art and music appreciation and technique through weekly classes with our fine arts faculty. 

• Visual Art:  Students cultivate habits of attentiveness and excellence through picture study before proceeding to a study of art history corresponding with their humanities studies. Students in grades K–6 are introduced to a wide range of art media, including drawing, painting, sculpting, collage, and print making.

• Music:  Focusing on choral performance and basic instrumentation, students in grades K–6 develop a basic understanding of music theory and cultivate their taste for excellent music through composer studies.

Starting in the 2027—2028 school year, we anticipate that Primer and Grammar School students will enjoy weekly physical education activities and instruction.

Knox Classical students participate in a wide range of co-curricular activities off-campus that are planned and coordinated by families. These include field trips, nature groups, individual and team sports, ballet and dance, music lessons, scouting and Trail Life, church ministry events, and more.

On-campus days begin and end with corporate prayer, Scripture reading, catechism recitation, and hymn singing. Families are welcome and encouraged to join faculty and students at both services.

Our school seeks to cultivate Christ-like character in our students by teaching and encouraging them to exemplify the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity, and the cardinal virtues of temperance, prudence, fortitude, and justice. We do this both by filling students’ minds with stories, characters, and images illustrating Christ-like character, and by training students in forming habits that will equip them to show virtue.

Our students focus on certain habits each year from kindergarten through sixth grade, and we review and expect students to keep practicing habits learned in prior years. Teachers strive to nurture these habits in students throughout the school day and may discuss each student’s progress in cultivating these habits in their quarterly reports. We expect parents to do the same at home, emphasizing and practicing the habit we’re focused on at school in everyday life. 

To keep our focus always on the grace God freely gives to enable us to act as we ought, we learn the following framework as we internalize each habit:

I am... a child of God.

I ought... to be attentive.

I can... do all things through Christ.

I will... focus my eyes, ears, mind, and body on what I’m doing or what someone is saying.

Primer School Habits

Through fourth grade, we assign no academic work on Fridays so that families can focus on co-curricular activities, catch up, ample outdoor time, travel, or leisure. Fifth and sixth grade students are typically given lighter assignments on Fridays than other days, as well. 

Assigning academic work only four days a week doesn’t mean that our program is watered down. The efficiencies of our on-campus days and individualized attention from parents on home days allow our students to cover a tremendous amount, while rewarding diligence and preserving important time for reflection.

Consistent with classical pedagogy, we limit almost completely the use of digital technology both on campus and in home-day assignments. 

Students are not permitted to bring electronic devices of any kind on campus. Classroom teachers are permitted to use digital devices sparingly to enhance instruction that almost exclusively employs robust discussion, extensive reading, hands-on demonstrations, and joyful recitation. Home-day assignments likewise involve little to no use of digital media, at most recommending videos of live orchestral performances or optional enrichment videos for science studies.  

While modern educational paradigms rely on and promote a heavy use of technology, our school embraces time-tested methods for instilling wonder, creativity, and precious community among our students.

• Summer Picnics
  New and returning families gather at parks over the summer to forge new and deepen current friendships.

• Parent Bootcamp
  The official kickoff to the school year, Parent Bootcamp combines fellowship and training to orient families to every aspect of our school—community, culture, academic programming, and teaching students on home days. 

• Thanksgiving Feast
  Parents graciously host an on-campus Thanksgiving Feast for faculty, staff, students, and employees at our host church.

• Christmas Recital
  Students sing carols, recite poetry, and showcase some of their artwork from the fall semester during our Christmas Recital. 

• Book Parties
  As a part of our efforts to foster a love of great books, each class celebrates one of their read alouds from the year with a special party themed off of the story.  

• Field Day
  Themed off our integrated history studies, students of all grades come together for an evening of friendly competition and joyful fellowship. 

• Spring Symposium 
  The crowning event of our school year, students take attendees on a whirlwind tour of our school year by singing songs, reciting memory work, and displaying some of their best visual art and classroom work. 

• Convocation
  Kindergarteners formally graduate from our Primer School, and we celebrate every student’s growth in one of the habits they’ve studied.

Knox Classical parents are intimately involved in their child’s academic education as co-teachers but also contribute to a vibrant school community in other ways, including: 

• Gathering for prayer the first Wednesday of every month

• Serving faculty and students through our Parent-Teacher Fellowship 

• Contributing to special events, such as our Thanksgiving Feast or Field Day

• Running a Yearbook Committee

• Coordinating book fairs

• Organizing uniform drives

We welcome and encourage our parents to prayerfully consider ways they can build up a supportive and Christ-centered school community.