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to see their children faithfully stand out in the world.
News
Making a Change?
Thinking of making a change for your Pre-K through 11th grade student next school year? Classical Christian education may be the ticket! Begin your inquiry of Petra by way of our Tours on Thursday at either 9 or 10 a.m. No R.S.V.P. needed, no obligation required; just come and learn!
New Sevies!
We had a nice turnout of soon-to-be-Sevies (7th graders) and their parents to talk about starting in our Secondary school this fall. Space is still available in grades 7-11. Join us for a Tour on Thursday (9 and 10 a.m.) to learn more!
We Matched the Match!
At the beginning of May, an anonymous family at our school pledged a match gift of up to $75,000 for all funds raised between then and May 31, 2019. Now in June, through the generosity of 32 donors – parents, grandparents, staff, friends – we matched the match (and then some)! As one father included in a note with his check, “Thank you for providing a great school to partner with in raising our children. We are happy to be used to help in the Petra mission.”
Media
Staff | Our Mission
Teachers | Teacher Focus
Parents | Why Petra?
Craig Dunham | Petra's Vision of the Good Life
Sam Koenen | Texts of Depravity
Bobbi Miller | Kindergarten and the Classical Approach
Sarah McClaflin | Grammar: Observing with Humility
Elias Denison | Dialectic/Logic: Thinking with Reason
Ginny Owens | Redeeming Rhetoric
ARTICLES
Wishing Them Only the Best
With just three weeks of school to go, many of us eagerly anticipate summer and the change of pace it brings. But summer often brings other kinds of changes, too, and this can be especially true for members of our staff. Thankfully, Proverbs 19:21 reminds us that, “Many are the plans in the mind of […]
Classical Christian Education Alive & Well
As headmaster of a school accredited by the Association of Classical and Christian Schools, I serve once a year on an ACCS accrediting team that visits one of a number of schools seeking ACCS accreditation or accreditation renewal. The process involves an extensive evaluation of a school’s self-study, two full days of onsite observation, meetings […]
Music & Art That’s Not About Us
As a classical school, music is important to us – a “muse” whose presence and inspiration we trace throughout history as both source and soundtrack for so much of humanity’s existence. Likewise, as a Christian school seeking to train students to worship God, we resonate with Martin Luther’s claim that, next to the Word of […]
What Parents Want in a Christian School
In recent months, we’ve offered a few posts here in our Scholar’s Forum having to do with the impact and opportunity of Petra Academy’s particular brand of classical Christian education. In January, we introduced you to Petra senior Valerie Lewis and the significant impact that her time at Petra has had on her life (Educational […]