From our Founder
After COVID sent our kids home from school in March 2020, I realized I wasn’t really thrilled with my son’s schooling that year: he hated going to school, and he didn’t seem to be learning much anyway.
My husband and I decided to try something different and I homeschooled my two boys while we traveled during the 2020-2021 school year. I discovered classical education through various homeschool curriculum sites and fell in love with the idea of focusing my kids’ learning around the true, good, and beautiful.
However, while I knew the classical method of instruction and content was worth pursuing, I realized that homeschooling wasn’t a long-term solution for our family. I needed to find a school where I could send my two boys.
I wanted a school that would give them knowledge but also a school that would inspire joy in what they were learning. I wanted them to know God's love for them and to spread His love to others. I wanted them to learn how to teach themselves anything by wondering, reading thoughtfully, deciphering fact from fiction, and coming to their own conclusions. I wanted them to speak and write with knowledge and eloquence.
A great education is not just about acquiring facts and knowledge; it’s also about passing on culture and learning how to be a virtuous person. It should teach a child why he should care. It should teach a child how to use her hands to create beautiful things, or to do good in the world. It should reveal to them that their greatest purpose is to glorify God by loving others. I wanted a school that would help my sons become better human beings in multiple ways– by using their heads, their hearts, and their hands. In order for this to happen, I needed to open my own school.
- Steph Murray
Our Story
After COVID sent our kids home from school in March 2020, I realized I wasn’t really thrilled with my son’s schooling that year: he hated going to school, and he didn’t seem to be learning much anyway.
My husband and I decided to try something different and I homeschooled my two boys while we traveled during the 2020-2021 school year. I discovered classical education through various homeschool curriculum sites and fell in love with the idea of focusing my kids’ learning around the true, good, and beautiful.
However, while I knew the classical method of instruction and content was worth pursuing, I realized that homeschooling wasn’t a long-term solution for our family. I needed to find a school where I could send my two boys.
Although many of the schools in my city would have been fine for my kids, I wanted more than “fine.” I wanted their education to be excellent. I wanted a school that would give them knowledge and teach them how to learn, but also a school that would inspire joy in what they were learning. I wanted them to learn how to teach themselves anything by knowing how to read well, decipher fact from fiction, wrestle with the meaning of something, and come to their own conclusions.
A great education is not just about acquiring facts and knowledge; it’s also about passing on culture and how to be a virtuous person. It should teach a child why they should care. It should teach a child how to use their hands to create beautiful things, or to do good in the world. I wanted a school that would help my sons become better human beings in multiple ways– by using their heads, their hearts, and their hands. In order for this to happen, I needed to open my own school.
Telos Classical Academy
Telos Classical Academy began as the solution for my children’s education. In the last year, it has become so much more. Learning about classical education motivated me to read more of the classics that I never read during my own education.
I’m learning to place the historical timeline of the world into context with the progress of man’s ideas and accomplishments. I am wrestling with ideas I never knew existed and memorizing beautiful poems that roll through my head as I roll through my day. I am reading the Stoics and their idea that while we cannot control how others act, we can control how we react to them. I have sparked a new joy in my life that truly is revealing the true, the good, and the beautiful all around me. Now I too am a classical student.
