FORT COLLINS, Colo.,
Feb. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --
Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado is excited to
announce its opening location in Fort
Collins at Clearwater Church, located at 2700 S Lemay Ave.
This new K-12 charter public school is approved by the Colorado
Charter School Institute (CSI) to open this fall for the 2020-2021
school year.
The school intends to move closer to the Windsor area as it finalizes plans to build a
campus.
Ascent Classical Academy is hosting an information meeting at
the Clearwater Church on Thursday, February
27, at 6:00pm. Interested
families are invited to tour the opening campus and learn more
about the school and its approach to developing its students.
"We are thrilled to partner with Ascent Classical Academy of
Northern Colorado to offer our space for their first-year opening
as a K-6 classical public charter school. We appreciate Ascent's
classical school model, which offers a content-rich curriculum in a
traditional classroom environment," said Randy Kroening, Lead Pastor at Clearwater Church
in Fort Collins.
Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado is a replication
of the successful model at Golden View Classical Academy and Ascent
Classical Academy of Douglas
County, both of which are affiliated with the Barney Charter
School Initiative at Hillsdale College,
a liberal arts college in Michigan.
"We are excited to bring our proven American classical school
model to northern Colorado. We
believe all children should have access to an education with a high
noble purpose; an education that is content rather than
skills-oriented and one with an approach that will develop virtue
within children and their ability to understand the highest matters
and the deepest questions of truth," said Derec Shuler, Executive Director of Ascent
Classical Academies.
The Northern Colorado charter
school will open with Kindergarten through 6th Grade, expanding to
12th Grade. Parents interested in sending their children to Ascent
Classical Academy are encouraged to visit their website to complete
an application.
Ascent will follow a robust curriculum in the American classical
tradition. In the Grammar School, students will learn to read using
an explicit phonics approach with a focus on spelling and grammar;
the Core Knowledge sequence, not to be confused with Common Core,
in literature, history, and science; Singapore math; and Latin vocabulary. Formal
Latin is required from the sixth to the ninth grade. Students will
encounter great literature, engaging in guided, Socratic
discussions, study primary sources in history as well as master
both the facts and the concepts in mathematics and the sciences.
The study and practice of art and music is required as a core part
of the academic program.
"As parents of a young child just entering the public school
system, my wife and I have spent hours upon hours searching for the
resources or school that would provide our son with the highest
quality of education. We were thrilled when we first began learning
of Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado. We feel confident
in our decision to entrust Ascent Classical with the education of
our young child," said Shea and Violet
Winkeller..
Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado is now hiring
highly-qualified teachers and staff, seeking candidates who have a
passion for both teaching and learning. A teaching license is
neither required nor preferred, and applications may be submitted
through the school's website.
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About Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado
Ascent Classical Academy is a replication school offering a
tuition-free K-12 classical, charter public school option to
families in northern Colorado. The
community will have one of the highest performing school models to
help children flourish and to prepare them to lead a happy and
fulfilling life. The school will open in the fall of 2020. For more
information, please visit https://noco.ascentclassical.org/.
SOURCE Ascent Classical Academies