Learn the True. Do the Good. Love the Beautiful.
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About SJCA
St. Johns Classical Academy is an open enrollment, tuition-free public charter school in Fleming Island, Florida. The school opened in August 2017 for students K-8 and currently serves students through grade 10. One grade will continue to be added each year through grade 12. Visit our enrollment page for more information on how to apply.
SJCA desires to educate all students who enter our school, expecting nothing less than the best from each one. SJCA is a fit for parents and students who wish to make a definite education choice. Those scholars who will thrive at SJCA are the ones who understand, and whose parents understand, the effort necessary to attain a classical education. Parents and students not in agreement with the mission, philosophy, and policies of the school may not be able to adhere to the stated policies of the school. In such cases, a different education may be more appropriate.
SJCA desires to educate all students who enter our school, expecting nothing less than the best from each one. SJCA is a fit for parents and students who wish to make a definite education choice. Those scholars who will thrive at SJCA are the ones who understand, and whose parents understand, the effort necessary to attain a classical education. Parents and students not in agreement with the mission, philosophy, and policies of the school may not be able to adhere to the stated policies of the school. In such cases, a different education may be more appropriate.
Mission
The mission of St. Johns Classical Academy is to develop graduates in mind and character through a classical, content-rich curriculum that emphasizes the principles of virtuous living, traditional learning, and civic responsibility. We are building intelligent, virtuous American citizens.
Vision
The vision of St. Johns Classical Academy is to offer a unique option that provides students with classical education. Scholars will receive a cohesive Classical education, which builds upon itself year after year, creating a successful foundation for learning. Scholars will be intentionally taught the benefits of a virtuous character and will be challenged through the lessons taught within the curriculum to develop and strengthen their character. Our teachers will provide the support and attention scholars require in order to meet the high expectations of a Classical education.
Virtues
St. Johns Classical Academy has a mission to join instruction in principles of moral character and civic virtues through a rigorous academic program. Our virtues require trained minds and generous hearts. This will unite our ability to think and reason with our passions, desires, and feelings.
Rarely does a public school speak openly about virtue, since virtue means we judge our actions against an objective standard of beauty or goodness. Instead, most people speak of values, since in our age we are much more comfortable with language that does not make a clear discrimination between good and bad. Indeed, to speak of virtue means that we judge some qualities of character to be better than others, and this entails taking a stand in their defense and attempting to cultivate them in our students.
Our students, parents, and teachers are held accountable to St. Johns Classical Academy's Nine Standards of Virtue.
CITIZENSHIP
We honor rules and laws and respond to authority with obedience. We give of our time and abilities to serve others. We uphold liberty and social equality through respect for individual differences and knowledge of our democratic system.
COURAGE
We always do what we know to be right despite fear, hardship, and opposition. We resist negative peer pressure, defend our rights and the rights of others, and encourage others to do the same.
HONESTY
We never knowingly induce another to believe what is false. We are always truthful in what we say and do, regardless of the circumstances or consequences.
HUMILITY
We do not brag or compare ourselves to others. We always strive to do our best whether we are recognized or not.
INTEGRITY
We are individuals of strong ethical values, who make consistently good choices in keeping with our knowledge of right and wrong. We seek wisdom of others in cases of moral uncertainty.
PERSEVERANCE
We spurn despair and strive to complete tasks to the best of our abilities, regardless of the difficulty. We respond creatively to overcome obstacles and ask for help when necessary.
RESPECT
We regard others and ourselves as deserving of kind and just treatment. Our conduct is considerate and polite. We look for the good in others and demonstrate compassion. Our attitude toward others and their property reflects the way we wish to be treated.
RESPONSIBILITY
We accept obligations related to our own good and the good of others. We act on those obligations in a manner suitable to their timely and satisfactory fulfillment. We are willingly accountable for what we do and say. We seek to learn from our mistakes.
WISDOM
We learn from our mistakes and think before we act. We look to the great thinkers of the past for guidance on making good choices.
Rarely does a public school speak openly about virtue, since virtue means we judge our actions against an objective standard of beauty or goodness. Instead, most people speak of values, since in our age we are much more comfortable with language that does not make a clear discrimination between good and bad. Indeed, to speak of virtue means that we judge some qualities of character to be better than others, and this entails taking a stand in their defense and attempting to cultivate them in our students.
Our students, parents, and teachers are held accountable to St. Johns Classical Academy's Nine Standards of Virtue.
CITIZENSHIP
We honor rules and laws and respond to authority with obedience. We give of our time and abilities to serve others. We uphold liberty and social equality through respect for individual differences and knowledge of our democratic system.
COURAGE
We always do what we know to be right despite fear, hardship, and opposition. We resist negative peer pressure, defend our rights and the rights of others, and encourage others to do the same.
HONESTY
We never knowingly induce another to believe what is false. We are always truthful in what we say and do, regardless of the circumstances or consequences.
HUMILITY
We do not brag or compare ourselves to others. We always strive to do our best whether we are recognized or not.
INTEGRITY
We are individuals of strong ethical values, who make consistently good choices in keeping with our knowledge of right and wrong. We seek wisdom of others in cases of moral uncertainty.
PERSEVERANCE
We spurn despair and strive to complete tasks to the best of our abilities, regardless of the difficulty. We respond creatively to overcome obstacles and ask for help when necessary.
RESPECT
We regard others and ourselves as deserving of kind and just treatment. Our conduct is considerate and polite. We look for the good in others and demonstrate compassion. Our attitude toward others and their property reflects the way we wish to be treated.
RESPONSIBILITY
We accept obligations related to our own good and the good of others. We act on those obligations in a manner suitable to their timely and satisfactory fulfillment. We are willingly accountable for what we do and say. We seek to learn from our mistakes.
WISDOM
We learn from our mistakes and think before we act. We look to the great thinkers of the past for guidance on making good choices.
Barney Charter School Initiative
The Barney Charter School Initiative (BCSI) is a project of Hillsdale College devoted to the education of young Americans. Through this initiative, the College supports the launch of K-12 charter schools. These schools will train the minds and improve the hearts of young people through a content-rich classical education in the liberal arts and sciences, with instruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue.
Reform of American public education, to be successful and good, must be built on a foundation of classical liberal arts learning—the kind of learning best suited to a free society and most needed for its preservation. BCSI is an important step in that direction.
To advance the founding of classical charter schools, Hillsdale College works with select school-founding groups of local citizens who care deeply about education, who plan to apply for a charter, and who prove themselves capable of starting and governing a school. When a founding group’s interests and abilities are a good match, BCSI will assist in creating and implementing the school’s academic program, providing the curriculum design and teacher training. This support, along with guidance on the shaping of a vibrant and ennobling school culture, will provide the foundation for these new schools to promote a liberal and civic education in America’s public schools.
This initiative is made possible by a major grant from the Barney Family Foundation and gifts from other friends of Hillsdale College.
Reform of American public education, to be successful and good, must be built on a foundation of classical liberal arts learning—the kind of learning best suited to a free society and most needed for its preservation. BCSI is an important step in that direction.
To advance the founding of classical charter schools, Hillsdale College works with select school-founding groups of local citizens who care deeply about education, who plan to apply for a charter, and who prove themselves capable of starting and governing a school. When a founding group’s interests and abilities are a good match, BCSI will assist in creating and implementing the school’s academic program, providing the curriculum design and teacher training. This support, along with guidance on the shaping of a vibrant and ennobling school culture, will provide the foundation for these new schools to promote a liberal and civic education in America’s public schools.
This initiative is made possible by a major grant from the Barney Family Foundation and gifts from other friends of Hillsdale College.
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What is a Charter School?
A charter school is a public school that receives public education funding and is open to all children in the county in which it is located. In general, a charter school is its own school district, nonsectarian, tuition-free and governed by a Board of Directors.
Florida Charter Schools are:
Publicly funded schools of choice.
SJCA is a charter school in Florida and is authorized by the Clay County District Schools. It is funded on a per pupil basis. Florida Charter Schools receive about two-thirds as much funding as traditional public schools. Charter Schools have to cover operational, capital and indirect costs with the funds that traditional public schools receive for just operational costs.
Florida Charter Schools are:
Publicly funded schools of choice.
SJCA is a charter school in Florida and is authorized by the Clay County District Schools. It is funded on a per pupil basis. Florida Charter Schools receive about two-thirds as much funding as traditional public schools. Charter Schools have to cover operational, capital and indirect costs with the funds that traditional public schools receive for just operational costs.
