Mission & Purpose of Sequitur Classical Academy
Sequitur Classical Academy exists to provide a classical Christian education for the purpose of teaching children to affirm the true, pursue the good, and enjoy the beautiful to the glory of Jesus Christ, by whom and for whom all things were created.
Our purpose is to glorify God through making disciples of Jesus Christ. Sequitur Classical Academy is unique in achieving this mission and purpose by providing a robust classical Christian education through intentional partnership with parents.
We have identified six core values that serve as the pillars of our mission:
1. Exalt Christ in all things
2. Nurture habits of excellence
3. Cultivate wisdom and virtue
4. Encourage order and beauty
5. Foster delight in learning
6. Pursue academic excellence
Sequitur Classical Academy exists to provide a classical Christian education for the purpose of teaching children to affirm the true, pursue the good, and enjoy the beautiful to the glory of Jesus Christ, by whom and for whom all things were created.
Our purpose is to glorify God through making disciples of Jesus Christ. Sequitur Classical Academy is unique in achieving this mission and purpose by providing a robust classical Christian education through intentional partnership with parents.
We have identified six core values that serve as the pillars of our mission:
1. Exalt Christ in all things
2. Nurture habits of excellence
3. Cultivate wisdom and virtue
4. Encourage order and beauty
5. Foster delight in learning
6. Pursue academic excellence
Vision of Sequitur Classical Academy
Christ-focused
Christ-focused
- A child is a person created in the image of God with an eternal soul in need of grace from the brokenness of sin (as are all persons).
- The goal of education is to produce wisdom (right feeling and thinking), resulting in virtue (right actions). God’s word instructs in virtue and is used by the Holy Spirit to enable virtue. Education itself is an act of God’s grace and results in love for God and for our neighbor.
- Humility is a necessary condition for learning at every stage of life. Wisdom begins with reverence for God and the knowledge of our own ignorance. Rightly ordered loves are the fruit of learning with humility.
- All knowledge is connected, and education is a joyful privilege of making connections. There is no truth separated from the Creator, and all truth is unified in Him (natural and supernatural truths, sciences, liberal arts, government). Sequitur desires to help our students make connections between their God given gifts and their ability to influence and improve the world.
- Sequitur employs Christian faculty who exhibit a calling to teach, who are knowledgeable and passionate about their subjects, and who love children. Faculty members at Sequitur are to be scholars themselves—avid readers and lifetime learners.
- A classical education passes on the great ideas, great books, foundational truths, and time-tested structures (i.e., The Trivium) and skills of the Western tradition. Christian educators have always made use of classical pre-Christian sources because they have the common purpose of instilling virtue (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) in their pupils.
- Discernment is the ability, by God’s grace, to apply scriptural principles to issues and choices that are not specifically mentioned in scripture. In our modern culture, a focus of our education will be on developing discernment regarding the issues of our day.
- Parents have the primary responsibility and privilege for the education of their children. Sequitur partners with parents using the authority delegated to us by parents.
- Because all truth is unified in God, Sequitur seeks to maintain a spirit of “catholicity” or charitable Christian unity among our families and the diverse Christian churches they attend. We desire to never allow disputes about non-essential doctrines of faith to break our unity and love for one another in Christ.
- Sequitur seeks to foster healthy ties between home and school. Specifically, we seek a clear, open, and frequent flow of communication. We rely upon our parents' participation in specific school activities (i.e., Parents’ Fellowship, House System).