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A Different Kind of Education

At SCCS, students pursue goodness, truth, and beauty. We believe that education impacts more than just a child’s knowledge—it forms their mind, spirit, and character.

Our classrooms are a training ground for a curious mind, virtuous heart, and courageous faith in God that leads to lifelong flourishing. We begin with the end in mind, insisting that knowledge be paired with virtue so that our students may acquire the tools for lifelong wisdom (and be empowered to act accordingly).

Teaching with wisdom and virtue in mind (rather than knowledge alone), alters the focus of education to who we become, not simply what we know.

Seattle Classical Christian School serves students in Pre-K through 11th Grade.

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OUR MOTIVATION:

We aim to graduate young men and women who:

Love God —

Seek to glorify God in all things with a servant’s heart.

Are capable of evaluating their entire range of experience in light of the Scriptures, and who do so with eagerness in joyful submission to God.

Think with Reason —

Understand limits of human knowledge, and the existence of mystery in our physical world.

Seek understanding and ask questions, with freedom in faith.

Speak with Humility and Wisdom —

Are quick to listen and slow to speak.

Arrive well-prepared in all situations, possessing both information and the desire to use it humbly.

Cherish Beauty —

Love and regard beauty in creation and culture.

Leaves beauty in their wake.

Embody Virtue —

Habitually practice core virtues: Honor, Self-control, Stewardship, and Wisdom.

Extend and exude grace and graciousness in society with each others.

Are Invested Citizens —

Navigate culture with a biblical framework rooted in the gospel.

Contribute through servant leadership to the needs and growth of their city and communities.

“Academically it’s a healthy challenge but also coming from public school my kids really value this time to examine and gain confidence in their faith, knowing how much they’ll need to be equipped to engage the world and neighbors around them.”
— Pickel Family
“SCCS provides an EXCELLENT education in every sense of the word. My children are thriving from their time in school.”
— Current SCCS Parent
“I feel more confident about myself at SCCS”
— Current 8th Grade Student
“We’ve loved the care and education our boys have had at SCCS... The community of people surrounding them and the focus on character formation as they learn are some of the things we appreciate most at SCCS.”
— Nanfelt Family
“I am growing closer to and finding more joy in Jesus”
— Current 8th Grade Student
“If I had to do it all over again, I would choose to have my kids receive a Classical Christian Education. ”
— Kim T., Current SCCS Donor
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How You Can Get To Know Us

 
 
 
 

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Experience the SCCS Difference

We love to share about the joyful learning happening at SCCS, but it’s always better when you see it for yourself!

An informational session and campus tour takes about an hour and gives you the opportunity to meet our Head of School to talk more about how an education with SCCS could benefit your child, and to see our formation in action.

*Note: during Summer Office Hours, we invite you to complete an inquiry form so that we can set the best date to visit together.

 
 
 

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WE BELIEVE:

A classical education under God's love and authority builds the foundation for human flourishing.

By the end of a K-12 education, a child is in the classroom for nearly 15,000 hours.

If it takes 10,000 hours to become a master at something, your child will be well beyond that. The question is, how is the subject of their mastery shaping your child in return?

All education forms students. The problem is, modern education has lost its way. Truth has become relative, goodness and virtue exchanged for self-determination, and beauty for self- expression. Where are our children in all of this? What happens to a culture when clarity around truth, virtue, and beauty is filtered out over generations?

Seattle Classical Christian School is a different kind of school.

We provide a classical education within a biblical worldview, prioritizing gospel-infused character formation and rich academics. Our students learn to love the things of God as they pursue reason, cultivate discernment, and grow in speaking with humility and wisdom.

We exist to form students who are set apart and well-prepared to embody God's goodness, truth, and beauty in all of life. We enrich students with the Bible and Western Civilization, Latin and logic, science and Classics. We teach them to expect dignity and depravity, cultivate responsibility and self-discipline, and to love wisdom and diligence. We help them to be rooted and fruitful.

The truth is that not being clear about truth, goodness, and beauty withers both individuals and cultures - their outcome is bleak. However, 15,000 hours spent cultivating a well-trained mind, virtuous heart, and courageous faith in God leads to flourishing. We are not just imparting information, we are forming generations of resilient Christians that the families, churches, and cities of the future desperately need.

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Classical Christian education at SCCS is the cultivation of wisdom and virtue by focusing on goodness, truth, and beauty under the Lordship of Jesus.

 

Our students learn by asking questions, reading original texts, and using logic to reach educated conclusions. We teach our students in the way that aligns with their natural development, encouraging a love of learning that equips them well beyond the classroom.

We use integrated interdisciplinary learning and participate in the "Great Conversation" by studying ideas that have stood the test of time. This ongoing conversation of great minds down through the ages is facilitated by reading rich, primary-source material that can be unpacked again and again.

We focus on cultivating virtue. With the Gospel at the center, our students learn stewardship, honor, wisdom, and self-control. Character and virtue are of paramount importance—they influence every aspect of a person’s life.