We are an independent Catholic liberal arts high school that delivers excellent, Oxford-style tutorial teaching to students in their homes. Our unique approach restores a truly classical tradition of education to American families.
Developed by college professors, we are the United States’ only high school to leverage modern communication technology to deliver a full, STEM-rigorous classical liberal arts and science curriculum directly to our students, person-to-person, with meetings every day of the week.
Intellectus: that part of the mind which the liberal arts perfect. The intellect enables the mind to see reality for itself, in all its splendor.
Conscientia: that part of the mind which applies knowledge to practical action. A well-formed conscience guides us to our ultimate happiness in God.
Virtus: excellent habits of mind and character produced by devotion to truth, wisdom, the love of God and neighbor.
Weekly participation in Socratic seminars, developing skill in group debate and discussion
Learning by interaction with the greatest minds of the Western classical tradition: Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Shakespeare, Newman
Exclusive lectures from university professors and visiting lecturers from a variety of industries
“Online school” connotes that most learning is done in front of a computer, or done in some way dependent on a computer. At New Oxford Collegiate, most learning and assignments are done off-line, away from a computer and then discussed face-to-face with teachers using cutting edge video-conferencing technology. We do not have “online classrooms” with many students listening to lectures, but rather host daily meetings between teachers (or “tutors”) and their students. We do not think of ourselves as an online school. Rather, we are a learning community that leverages technology intelligently.
Our college-preparatory, Great Books curriculum combines liberal arts and science with tutorial-based teaching – the matchless method of learning founded at Oxford, the world’s oldest and most prestigious English-speaking university.
Like the earliest monastic communities of learning which would become the University of Oxford, we are first and foremost a community of prayerful scholars. Our devotion to learning in community motivates our work as teachers.
Our unique approach keeps instruction at an unparalleled 3:1 maximum student-to-teacher ratio. Consequently, education moves away from an industrial, one-size-fits-all method to a mentorship approach. Through mentorship, teachers are able to develop a thorough understanding of each individual student’s strengths and weaknesses. Our teachers are able to focus on teaching, rather than on managing the classroom behavior of large groups of students.
"The trust and familiarity which the tutorial system encourages between teachers and students permits a freedom of inquiry which a large classroom generally does not. It allows the student to ask questions which are deeper, more difficult, and perhaps more unfashionable. It demands not just instruction, but conversation between disciples."
www.newoxfordcollegiate.org
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+1 (301) 664-4280
Currently enrolling students for 9th and 10th grades, and a limited number of places for 11th grade. Scholarship opportunities available!