School Profile

Our mission at Paideia Academy is to assist parents and students by utilizing the classical tools of learning integrated with a distinctly Christian worldview in a challenging and nurturing environment.

We employ proven classical and Christian methods and curricula modeled on the medieval Trivium. The goal is to educate students not in what to think primarily, but in how to think thoroughly, maturely, and biblically.

Core Omnibus Program | Students in grades 7-12 are provided a historically substantive and rigorous liberal arts education that draws deeply from the history and culture of Western Civilization. They are socratically led in the study of the Great Books, consisting of two cycles through the ancient, medieval, and modern time periods.

Ancient Languages | Latin 3rd-10th grades, New Testament Greek 11th-12th grades.

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Graduation Requirements

Bible - 4 credits
Math - 4 credits
English - 4 credits
Science - 4 credits
History - 4 credits
Classical Language - 4 credits
Rhetoric - 2 credits
Logic - 1 credit
Art or Theatre - 1-2 credits
P.E., Music - 1 credit each
Junior Thesis - 1 credit
Senior Seminar - 1 credit

Theology, Literature, and History | Omnibus III: Modern, U.S., and British I, Omnibus IV: Ancient World II, Omnibus V: Medieval World II, Omnibus VI: Modern, U.S. and British II, Apologetics, Hermeneutics

Rhetoric | Rhetoric I & II, Symposium, Debate, Junior Research Project, Senior Speech Act

Mathematics | Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, Statistics or Calculus

Science | Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science

Foreign Language | Advanced Latin II & III, New Testament Greek I & II

Fine Arts | Band, Chorus, Handbells, Theatre, Theatre Tech, Art, Worship Team

*With permission from the Head of School, some credit hours may vary

National Achievement

Average ACT Scores:

  • English, 27
  • Math, 27
  • Reading, 30
  • Science, 27
  • Composite, 28
  • National Merit Finalist: 2
  • National Merit Commended: 4

Average CLT Scores:

  • Verbal Reasoning, 29
  • Grammar/Writing, 30
  • Quantitative Reasoning, 24
  • Total Average Score, 83

CLT 10 Regional Commended: 2
CLT 10 National Award Recipient 22′

Hall Model

Our six halls are modeled after the “house” system of Oxford and Cambridge and provide a setting for spiritual, academic, and relational growth. The halls:

  • Cultivate classical virtues
  • Promote student relationships across grade levels
  • Provide avenues for student body leadership
  • Participate in intramural athletic competitions
  • Integrate community service
  • Engage in debate and symposium presentations

Junior Thesis • Guilds • Senior Seminar

Junior Research Paper | Junior year students choose three fields of interest, and explore the philosophical and historical foundations of those fields. This research culminates in three 8-10 page papers. Finally, students create an oral and visual presentation based on their research.

Senior Speech Act | Students work with mentors and choose between two options for this capstone class: writing an apologetics thesis or completing a project that innovates or expands their field of study. The project also requires them to accumulate at least 25 hours of work experience in their chosen field. Both of these culminate in a 30-minute oral and visual presentation.

Omnibus Great Books Sequence

Our Omnibus program is an integration of history, literature, philosophy, and theology. These courses are taught at or above honors level course work.

Senior Readings

Paradise Lost, Hamlet, John Adams, All Quiet on the Western Front, Letter From a Birmingham Jail, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Heart of Darkness, The Scarlet Letter, The Stranger, Poetry of T.S. Eliot, Out of the Silent Planet, Origin & Principles of the American Revolution, Art & The Bible, Crime and Punishment, Brave New World, Citizen Soldiers, A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Junior Readings

The City of God, The Consolation of Philosophy, The Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, Heidelberg Catechism, The Golden Handbook, The Great Divorce, Othello, Complete Poems of George Herbert, The Koran, The Praise of Folly, Martin Luther: Selections from His Writings, The Prince, Romeo and Juliet, Summa Theologica, Bondage of the Will, St. Thomas Aquinas & St. Francis of Assisi

Sophomore Readings

The Iliad, Knowing God, Bacchae, Clouds, The Republic, Desiring God, Nichomachean Ethics, Day of Atonement, The Apocrypha, The War with Hannibal, The Psalter Reclaimed: Praying and Praising with the Psalms, The Augustus Caesar’s World, Antony & Cleopatra, Eclogues, Georgics, The Jewish War, Metamorphoses, Meditations, The Apostolic Fathers, The Aeneid, The Writings of Cicero

Freshman Readings

Westminster Confession, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, The Pilgrim’s Progress, Frankenstein, Of Plymouth Plantation, Pride and Prejudice, The Social Contract, Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, Christianity and Liberalism, Reflections of the Revolution in France, Tale of Two Cities, The Killer Angels, The Communist Manifesto, Animal Farm, The Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, Democracy in America

8th Grade Readings

Delighting in the Trinity, Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, Confessions, Eusebius: The Church History, History of the Kings of Britain, Macbeth, On the Incarnation of Our Lord, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Song of Roland, Here I Stand, Henry V, The Lord of the Rings, Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

7th Grade Readings

The Orestia Trilogy, Codes of Hammurabi and Moses, Gilgamesh, The Histories, Julius Caesar, The Last Days of Socrates, The Odyssey, The Oedipus Trilogy, The Best Things in Life, Eagle of the Ninth, The Holiness of God, The Screwtape Letters, Till We Have Faces, Augustus Caesar’s World, Early History of Rome.

College Acceptances

*Colleges and universities attended by our graduates

Anderson University*
Appalachian State University
Asbury University
Belhaven University
Belmont University
Berry College*
Bethlehem College
Boyce College
Calvin University
Carson Newman University*
Cedarville University
Covenant College*
East Tennessee State University
Eastern University
Erskine College
Flagler College
Florida Southern College*
Furman University
George Mason University*

Georgia Institute of Technology*
Grove City College
Grace Christian University*
Hope College*
Impact 360*
Johnson University*
The King’s College (New York)
Lander University
Lee University
Liberty University
Lincoln Memorial University
Lipscomb University
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Tech University
Mars Hill University
Maryville College*
Middle Tennessee State University
Mississippi College
Mississippi State University*
Montreat College
North Greenville University*
Pellissippi State Community College*

Reformation Bible College*
Roane State Community College*
Samford University*
The Savannah College of Art and Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Tennessee College of Applied Technology*
Tennessee Tech University*
Union University*
United States Air Force Academy*
University of Alabama
University of California*
University of Kentucky
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Memphis*
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Tampa
University of Tennessee*
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga*
University of Tennessee, Martin
Virginia Polytechnic Institute*
Warren Wilson College
Wheaton College*
Wingate University