Academics
Our curriculum represents an education in the Classical HumanitiesThe Trivium
The education of a rational, literate, and eloquent person.
Grammar
- The Great Books of Western Tradition
- History
- Languages
- Latin
- Greek
- Spanish
- German
Logic
- Theology
- Philosophy
- Socratic Discussion
Grammar
- Research
- Creative Writing
- Academic Writing
- Presentation and Conversation
The Quadrivium
Gaining Knowledge and appreciation of the created order.
Arithmetic
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
Geometry
- Elemental
- Modern
- Introduction to Calculus
Applied Maths
- Physics
- Astronomy
Music Theory
- Counterpoint
- Harmony
Fine Arts
Learning to experience and understand your surroundings.
- Drawing
- Painting
- Sculpting
- Music Performance
The Tree of Knowledge
There is something that separates you from a machine. It is higher than knowledge — older than the universities — and it is what a classical Lutheran school exists to cultivate.
A cycle to ground the young American Christian in their history and in the Church
Ancient & Classical World
Medieval World
Reformation & Renaissance
The Modern West & America
“For wisdom will enter your heart, and
knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.”
PROVERBS 2:10
In Christo, sapientia ac virtus
Ancient & Classical Studies · 2026–2027
PROGRAM
Civilization’s Foundations
SEMINAR
Great Books & Conversations
FROM
Gilgamesh to Rome
From the Headmaster
Beyond knowledge — toward wisdom.
Who are you? What should you do with your life? There are many things to know — and the machines already know every trick you can learn, and will remember them long after you are dead. What, then, should a young person learn?
The modern university no longer requires you to learn much about yourself. Like a tour guide who hurries you past interesting locked doors, the professor pushes you toward the “main” attractions: the right credentials, the right opinions, the right pathway to a salary. Hurry on to the diploma. And then what?
There is something, however, that separates you from a machine. In the ancient world, when men weighed what made a person truly excellent, not only skill, not only knowledge, but understanding — and, most excellent of all, wisdom — were the prizes. Wisdom was the prayer of Solomon. According to St. James, it is the gift of the Father of lights.
To understand the world as it is, you must learn how it came to be. This year’s program grounds our students in how their times came to pass, how the Scriptures came to us, and how God’s finger writes in time.
The cultures that made the West.
Mesopotamia
Rivers, cities, kingship
Egypt
Fertile Crescent
Assyria
Babylon
Persia
Heroic Greeks
Athens
Macedon
Rome: Republic
Rome: Empire
The West
The texts themselves.
We read the seminal works in seminar — slowly, carefully, in conversation — so that students meet the ancient authors face to face.
Four meetings each week.
Three afternoon courses and a bi-weekly evening seminar — a single integrated sequence in the wisdom of the West. Each course is offered in person as part of full-time enrollment, and on a part-time basis through Orbis Concordiae, our synchronous online program.
Great Books & Conversations
History — Civilization’s Foundations
Rhetoric, Composition & Speech
Concordia Conversations in the Classics
Orbis Concordiae
Dual Credit
High school courses may be taken for college credit in conjunction with Concordia University Nebraska — transferable university-level credit earned while still in high school.
Official CLEP® Testing Center
A full classical curriculum.
Alongside the Ancient & Classical Studies sequence, Concordia Academy offers the full slate of classical school subjects — in person and, where applicable, part-time through Orbis Concordiae.
- German
- Latin
- World History, Rhetoric
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
- Theatre Arts
- Speech & Debate
- Track & Field
Come and ask the old
questions.
Primary School
Coming Soon…
