Garden State Classical Academy Distinctives
Parental Rights Focused
Parents are the Primary Teachers of their Children
Through transparency in curriculum and policy, along with parental involvement, we can build back the trust that was once placed in the school system.
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Teacher-Led Classrooms
A Return to the Fundamental Method of Instruction
Our school culture will be of moral virtue, decorum, respect, discipline, and studiousness for students and staff.
Limited Technology
Making Interpersonal Connections
We believe in the power of the teacher-student relationship in learning; children learn with paper, pencils, and real books.
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Extracurricular
At Garden State Classical Academy, we do not view art, music, physical education, or foreign language as “specials” but as daily subjects that play a central role in students’ education.
Studying visual art, music, and drama daily helps students make sense of the world just as studying literature, history, math, or language does. Through fine arts, students learn to recognize beauty, order, and harmony in the world around them.
Students at GSCA will have physical education classes every day. Moral formation is rooted in the physical demands of challenging activities. Courage, discipline, excellence, integrity, perseverance, and humility are virtues established, cultivated, and refined through intentional coaching and habitual training.
At GSCA, students in grades K-3 will learn a modern foreign language (Spanish or French) and transition to Latin in grade 4 through graduation. Learning Latin has considerable advantages: it expands the English language while improving reading, writing, and speaking skills, aids in mathematical competencies and scientific terminology, and provides first-hand access to our Greco-Roman heritage and literature.
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