Nine key words that make our school unmistakably ours—and that guide every decision we make.
Every choice we make flows from our identity. These nine words are not aspirations invented for a page—they are the vocabulary of who we are, drawn from the commitments already written into our prospectus, our website, and our founding documents. Three words describe who our graduates become. Three name what makes us unlike any other school in our community. And three are non-negotiable: true today, and true no matter how much we grow.
This word describes us more than any other. Our mantra is Launched true, for God and community.
Our motto is Sagitta vera—the true arrow. Our purpose is to launch graduates strong in character, true in aim.
To be true is to be steadfast: unswerving, stable, straight—a shaft free from the bends of compromise, holding its course whatever the winds. Discipline is the means; true is the result.
Discipline runs through everything we do. The arrow’s shaft is forged in discipline and truth. Archery and woodworking teach the quiet focus required to shape both tools and character. The Archer draws the bow with discipline and a servant’s heart. Our graduates leave with the habits—self-discipline, respect, perseverance—that make servant leadership possible.
The Trivium forges ordered, articulate, and discerning minds. Our graduates do not merely absorb information; they test everything against truth. They think critically, communicate persuasively, and love learning—thinkers who can tell what is good and true from what is merely loud.
Our mission is to forge students as whole persons—mind, body, and soul. Mind at the Great Books. Body at the woodworking bench and the archery range. Soul in prayer, Scripture, and worship. No other school in our community forms all three together, and we will never trade formation for mere efficiency.
Our academic approach is the time-tested classical tradition: the Trivium of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric, matched to each stage of childhood, alongside Latin, the Great Books, and a senior thesis written and defended publicly. Rigor alone is not our distinctive—many schools claim rigor. The classical tradition is, because it calls every student to something higher: to think clearly, work skillfully, and grow in virtue.
We are small by design. Every student is known. Every family is partnered with. Every graduate is launched with care. It is the first thing a visitor feels walking through our doors: here, the teachers truly care, and no child is anonymous.
Christ is sacred here—not one subject among many, but the center around which our entire curriculum and culture are ordered. We are unapologetically Christian: every lesson seeks what is true and good, every relationship reflects His love, and every day begins with prayer and Scripture.
Every student, every day, experiences both: high standards held with kindness—courage with compassion. Because every student is an image-bearer of God, capable of great things, we will neither coddle nor crush. Either half alone would make us a different, and lesser, school.
However much we grow, we remain faithful—to God’s truth in Scripture and to the neighborhood we were founded to serve. Growth will never mean drift: not from the Word, and not from Englewood.
Before any significant decision—a hire, a curriculum choice, a facility, a partnership—we ask: Is this a yes to our nine words? If a choice would make our graduates less true, our formation less whole, or our foundation less Christ-centered, it is a no—no matter how good the opportunity.
Sagitta vera—launched true, for God and community.
