Our Educational Approach
As a Classical Christian School, OCA has high academic standards. Traditional, core subjects are taught throughout a student’s time at OCA. Moreover, OCA uses young people’s God-given strengths at each age to help them learn. Scholars have sometimes used the Latin term, Trivium, to describe this time-tested educational approach:
Grammar Stage
Pre-K through 6th Grade
As children have retentive memories, memorization is emphasized during these years. A five year Latin program begins in third grade.
Logic Stage
7th and 8th Grade
Students begin to ask harder, deeper questions and want to know, “Why?” They are encouraged and gently challenged to begin to think and defend their positions.
Rhetoric Stage
9th-12th Grade
Building upon what they have learned in the previous two stages, students are taught and given the opportunity to express themselves persuasively.
Special Subjects
In addition to traditional, core subjects, OCA offers such subjects as:
Latin
Senior Thesis
Apologetics (Explaining and defending the faith)
Hermeneutics (How to read, study, and interpret Scripture)
Progymnasmata (Classical writing course)
Omnibus (Bible, History, and Literature)
Logic
Rhetoric
Academic Excellence
OCA students continue to excel academically:
ACT Average Score Comparison
*(West Plains High School, WIllow Springs High School, Thayer High School, Bakersfield High School, and Cabool High School)
ACCS ACT Average Score Comparison
OCA is a member of the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS).
