A collaborative venture of the American Chesterton Society and Chesterton Academy, the Chesterton Schools Network aims to inspire and encourage parent-led Catholic schools across the nation. The Network offers consulting services; templates for evaluating interest and operating a school; and the Chesterton Academy curriculum framework. The Chesterton Academy curriculum framework includes a four-ye
ar, sequential, integrated curriculum overview with high level day-to-day lesson plans, reading lists, and sample tests. The framework provides school founders with a blueprint for marketing, hiring and evaluating faculty, resource acquisition, scheduling, and assessing state requirements. What are Chesterton Academies like? All Chesterton Academies are independent high schools that utilize the award-winning curriculum model of the founding Chesterton Academy in Edina, MN. Chesterton Academy was recognized by Cardinal Newman Society’s Catholic Education Honor Roll as a 2014 School of Excellence, an honor given to less than five percent of the Catholic high schools in the United States. Schools receiving this designation are marked by the integration of Catholic identity throughout all aspects of their programs and excellence in academics. Chesterton Academies participate in the Network of Chesterton Academy schools allows for “best practice” in operational procedures. All Network schools define education in a more comprehensive way than other educational efforts and are faithful to the Church. We define the human person in totality, as body and soul, created in the Image of God. The purpose of education therefore, begins with the end purpose in mind. Thus, the purpose is to impart truth and training for the complete person, to help one journey to salvation. All the Academies offer a classical education taught in the tradition of the Catholic faith. This means it’s liberal arts as opposed to vocational, and eternal in purpose as opposed to merely temporal. Chesterton Academy is not just job training, but an education of informing the intellect and training the will. Faith and reason meet in every class. Quote of the Day
“Education is simply the soul of society as it passes from one generation to another.” G.K.
