Developmentally Appropriate
Fourth, developmentally speaking, Veritas is committed to helping students to grow in wonder, worship, wisdom, and work. This is a slightly different way of looking at “delight, discern, display” theme.
In the grammar school years, Veritas is committed to cultivating a sense of wonder and delight in the Lord in all that a student learns. This takes place by filling the children’s mind and heart with stories that reflect God’s truth, goodness, and beauty, and by leading them to enjoy God’s truth, goodness, and beauty in nature, history, language arts, math & science, physical education, and the fine arts.
In the logic school years, Veritas is committed to cultivating a child’s relationship with Christ, both in understanding and in relationship. Just as Christ debated with the teachers of the law in the synagogue at the age of 12, it is necessary for logic students to sharpen their minds and soften their hearts to worship God more fully.
In the rhetoric school years, Veritas is committed to developing students’ wisdom and work. Wisdom is cultivated by applying the things students learned about God in understanding history, literature, and in the challenges of our times. This application is done through socratic discussions, mock trials, declamations, essay/thesis writing, and fine arts presentations. Lastly, students begin to learn the value and ethics of work. Responsibility, time management, organization, spirit of servanthood, team work, problem-solving, and enjoyment of God through work, are all skills learned while doing major projects especially in the junior and senior years.