King’s Classical Curriculum
The Trivium at King’s Classical School
At King’s Classical School, students progress through the stages of the Trivium—Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric—as they grow. Our approach is modeled after Dorothy Sayers’ essay “The Lost Tools of Learning,” which highlights how education should align with a child’s natural development and curiosity.
The Grammar Stage
In the Grammar Stage, students are full of energy and eagerness to learn. This is the season where they “learn how to learn.” Teachers joyfully pour into them a foundation of knowledge through stories, facts, and memorable patterns. Bible stories, historical timelines, and the fundamentals of reading, writing, and mathematics shape these early years. As students become confident readers, Latin is introduced to deepen their understanding of language.
Classrooms are alive with songs, chants, recitations, and repetition and our hallways echo with scripture, math facts, and beautiful poetry.
Habakkuk 2:14
“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea”
The Logic Stage
As students enter adolescence, they begin asking bigger questions and wrestling with abstract ideas. The Logic Stage nurtures this natural tendency by inviting them into discussions, debates, and reasoned exploration guided by expert teachers. Latin study moves more deeply into grammar and elementary translation. Students practice ordering their thoughts, identifying sound reasoning, and appreciating the unity of truth across disciplines.
This stage cultivates not just knowledge, but deeper understanding.
The Rhetoric Stage
In the final stage, students build upon the foundation of knowledge from Grammar School and the understanding developed in Logic School. The Rhetoric Stage trains them to communicate their ideas clearly, persuasively, and graciously. They learn to recognize faulty reasoning, engage with advanced studies in science and mathematics, and wrestle with the great works of Western literature alongside original Latin texts.
Rhetoric students are equipped not just to think deeply, wisely, and logically, but to express themselves with clarity, conviction, and kindness.
Students who have completed the Rhetoric Stage are prepared to take their God-ordained next step, into higher education, service, or career.
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