Classical began the 2018-2019 school year with grades PreK-6th; we now offer PreK-10th with our first 10th grade class opening in 2024-2025. Each year we will add one grade until the full offering of PreK-12th grade is available in 2026-2027. This follows in the footsteps of our sister school, TCS, and their successful growth pattern, which today has over 700 students in grades PreK - 12th.

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Admission to Classical School of Dallas at any other time than the beginning of the school year has proven to be quite challenging for some families and is therefore to be considered prudently, especially for a family who may be new to classical and/or collaborative education. This is especially true for a student entering 5th grade and above. The training and equipping that takes place over the summer leading up to a new school year is essential; while not impossible for some families, it is very difficult to replicate these experiences. The admissions team at Classical will endeavor to paint a realistic picture for each family as each situation is unique. Our admissions team is happy to discuss the carefully considered possibility of mid-year admission.

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We do not offer automatic tuition discounts for multiple children.

No. It is consistent with the school's Statement of Faith, but it does not espouse a particular denominational viewpoint. We use the English Standard Version (ESV) translation for scripture memory, but students may use any translation they wish for reading.

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Parents may drop off their children beginning at 7:55 a.m. on Monday and Wednesday.

Morning Assembly begins at 8:10 a.m., parents and siblings are welcome to attend.

Regular classes end at 2:55 p.m. and optional Eloquium electives end at 3:45 p.m.

Our optimal class size is 12-16 students. We believe small class sizes allow the best teacher to student interaction and mastery of the material.

Yes. Our uniform provider is Lands’ End.

Since each week includes only two on-campus days, it is especially important that students attend on-campus school days if possible. Our expectation is that every student will attend every class day, health permitting. If a student must miss class due to illness, the beauty of this model is it provides full lesson plans to the co-teachers (parents) for the days that were missed, and the child's teacher may also provide some additional guidance for the best way to make up the missed days.

Technology is a powerful tool which can also be a significant distraction. In Classical’s pursuit of what is good, true, and beautiful, we encourage a love of learning and classical teaching methods and DO NOT utilize any "screen time" for any instruction. Screen devices are not permitted on campus and school policy is if we see a screen device, it is confiscated. Classical leaves the responsibility to the parents to shepherd their children at home in how they want them to engage technology. School papers and research, for example, should make use of a computer during the at-home school days.

We believe sports can provide a great environment to teach children to strive towards a goal, compete alongside teammates, and learn to serve others. We also observe some sports programs in school settings as potential distractions to a classroom focus. Therefore, Classical does not sponsor any sports. Classical partners with a local running club for older students to participate in Cross Country. This keeps the vision for sports narrowly defined, and keeps valuable time and monetary resources focused on the classroom experience.

That said, many families take advantage of the Classical school schedule to curate a better-than-normal sports experience for their children. The Classical schedule (with only two on-campus days per week) allows families to pursue a variety of sports with varying practice times and game days, and even long weekends for sport travel, if necessary. Based on this model, families at our sister school have participated in the following sports through community leagues, church leagues, and homeschool and club leagues:

• Baseball

• Basketball

• Football

• Gymnastics

• Lacrosse

• Soccer

• Swimming

• Volleyball

Parents assume the role of "co-teacher" for the younger grades. The on-campus teacher introduces new concepts in class, and provides detailed lesson plans and a checklist for each subject that co-teachers (parents) use at home with their student(s). Parents are provided everything they need to execute the home day lessons in a detailed, guided fashion. Over the course of the Logic School grades (5th-8th), students begin to take more responsibility for their own work, while the parent continues in the role of face-to-face co-teacher. By the end of Logic School, parents function as tutors in some of the more advanced subjects. In Rhetoric school, the student is taking full responsibility for his or her course work, and the parent functions mostly as a course monitor. We do not expect parents to master and teach the more advanced material in the upper grades. Classical provides extensive course material and resources for the advanced subjects in the upper grades.

The amount of time spent on lessons at home on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (5th+) depends on many factors, including family size, your student's age and maturity, learning style and speed, and family dynamics.

Based on the board and our sister school's experience, all of the below real-world time estimates are more efficient than a 5 day a week school model. Most families complete the at-home assignments during the daytime, eliminating late nights and opening up time for families to spend time together.

For the home day course load, we provide the following as a rough estimate:

• Pre-Kindergarten: at-home day formal lessons are optional for Pre-K; less than one hour per at-home day

• Kindergarten: 1.5 to 3.0 hours per at-home day:

• 1st Grade: 2.5 to 4.0 hours per at-home day

• 2nd Grade: 3.0 to 4.5 hours per at-home day

• 3rd Grade: 3.5 to to 5.0 hours per at-home day

• 4th Grade: 4.0 to 5.0 hours per at-home day

• 5th-6th Grade: 4.0 to 6.0 hours per at-home day

• 7th-12th Grade: 6.0 or more hours per at-home day

We encourage parents to contact the on-campus teacher by email, text, or phone with any questions. Parents may also choose to interact with other parents from their child's class to swap ideas and tips. Classical also organizes quarterly Dads' Mornings and Moms' Nights for parents to connect and network.

Students have successfully transitioned to models like Classical from diverse backgrounds including private school, public school, and homeschool. Any student who is at or above grade level in their current school should be able to transition successfully to Classical. The first few weeks of our school year include some review and we also gradually increase the amount of work for the at-home days during the first weeks of the semester. Some memory work such as the English phonograms and the History Timeline begins in the early grades and is repeated each year, so students can learn these items beginning in any grade.

Our Latin curriculum has an entry point at each grade. The upper grades have multiple levels of Latin for each grade. New students are placed into a Latin course that is suitable for beginners. We know from experience that every year new students joined our sister school without a background in Latin, and they were able to fully participate in all aspects of classes. Classical operates in the same way.

After your student is accepted, Classical will provide a list of suggested and required summer preparation, including a reading list. We also encourage students to read extensively during the summer months.

The transition from homeschool to our sister school, Trinity Classical School, has been a very smooth transition for many families. The routine for at-home school days may remain similar to what you have done previously. Parents follow the Classical curriculum and students are on campus for two days per week, but since the instruction is at home the other days of the week, many of the other aspects and benefits of homeschooling are completely preserved.

We think so. It is anticipated that many Classical students are reading and achieving above their age-based grade level. Classical meets the needs of advanced students in several ways:

• First, because you are co-teaching at home for three days per week, you and your child have ample time for additional learning opportunities at home. Parents can provide additional enrichment materials, books, and resources. Student can participate in lessons, tutorials, clubs, or other activities that supplement or extend the Classical lesson plans. Classical staff are able to provide suggestions for supplemental work at home when needed.

• Second, daily lesson plans often include optional assignments which can serve as the basis for deeper investigation or enrichment for advanced students.

• Third, many Classical school assignments are open-ended and are not limited by a student's grade level. These assignments provide enough challenge that each student can learn from and excel in these assignments without being constrained by his or her grade level. Examples of such assignments include poetry memorization, making in-class presentations, mastery of Latin grammar, supplemental historical and scientific reading, completing science projects (astronomy, earth science, botany, anatomy, chemistry, and physics), and designing history projects (ancient weapons, literary characters, historical role play).

The same grading scale is applied to all students, but we fully expect our students to span a range of abilities. Classical teachers are prepared for working with students with different abilities, as long as one student's needs do not dominate the on-campus class time. Because of the increased role of parents in our educational model, there is plenty of opportunity for a child with mild learning differences to receive extra attention at home and to complete supplemental assignments, tutoring, or therapy during the at-home school days. Students with severe learning differences would probably not be a fit with Classical due to the overall academic rigor and pace of instruction.

Parents are not required to be on campus on Monday and Wednesday, but are encouraged to stay for Morning Assembly and Student Spirit Line from 8:10-8:30 a.m. If you do not stay for Morning Assembly, you may drop off your child at 7:55a.m. and pick them up at the end of the school day. If you wish to observe your child's class during an on-campus day, please arrange that with the Head of School or Campus Director. We do ask that parents volunteer during lunch on campus once per semester.

The primary way that parents are involved is to facilitate your student's at-home learning on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We also expect parents to be available for our annual training and orientation prior to the the start of the school year in August, and be available to help with monitoring lunch/recess twice per semester. Other volunteer opportunities are available, such as planning field trips or serving as "Room Mom." We welcome the involvement of our parents!

It's possible, and some families at our sister school have two working parents. In these cases, however, the families have carefully planned their schedules to allow adequate time for teaching and caring for their children during the at-home days each week (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday). Since Monday and Wednesday are on-campus days, some teaching parents pursue part-time work on those days. Some parents involve grandparents, relatives, or other caregivers in the at-home teaching.