Caldwell Academy
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Caldwell Academy is a private school located at 2900 Horse Pen Creek Road, Greensboro, North Carolina
. Caldwell provides K-12 education from a Classical Christian perspective.
School (Elementary), Dialectic
School (Middle School) and the Rhetoric
School, more commonly known as high-school. Each division has a different focus of study and instruction with Grammar as the basis for the more sophisticated teaching to come in later years.
Graduates of Caldwell Academy have gone on to attend such institutions as Appalachian State University, Clemson University, Wake Forest University, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Belmont University, Hillsdale College, Merideth College, North Carolina State University, Wheaton University, and Virginia Tech, studying in fields ranging from Business, Social Work and Law to Philosophy, Christian Leadership and Biblical languages.
Along with his pastoral duties David Caldwell founded the David Caldwell Log-College. This served as the first schoolhouse in Guilford County.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
. Caldwell provides K-12 education from a Classical Christian perspective.
| Grades | Enrollment | Associations |
|---|---|---|
| K-12 | 692 | ACSI, ACCS |
History
In 1994 a group of families in Greensboro, North Carolina sought to establish a private school that would teach their kids from a Biblical stance. The name Caldwell Academy was derived from the life of David Caldwell, a Greensboro native. In 1995 the school opened in the fall with 63 students ranging from kindergarten to 6th grade. The school was originally operating out of rented space at a local Church until its move to a permanent location in the summer of 1999. The permanent location started off with "Founders Hall" and "Smith Building" along with some modulars. Over the summer of 2007 a new grammar building, "Munchkin Hall" was built and K-5 was moved to the new building. Later that year they finished the construction of a new athletic facility equipped with a multi-purpose field, and a baseball diamond.A Classical Education
Classical Education is at the forefront of Caldwell Academies desires for its students. This education is based in the biblical concept of the Trivium. Included is GrammarGrammar
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
School (Elementary), Dialectic
Dialectic
Dialectic is a method of argument for resolving disagreement that has been central to Indic and European philosophy since antiquity. The word dialectic originated in Ancient Greece, and was made popular by Plato in the Socratic dialogues...
School (Middle School) and the Rhetoric
Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
School, more commonly known as high-school. Each division has a different focus of study and instruction with Grammar as the basis for the more sophisticated teaching to come in later years.
Grammar
In a classical school, the instructional goal for grammar school students is mastery of the fundamental facts and rules of each subject. The students are to accumulate a broad core knowledge. The methodology involves memorization, repetition, songs, and chants combined with the study of Latin introduced in 3rd grade.Rhetoric
Rhetoric school (grades 9-12) students learn how to express what they know and what they are learning through the use of debate, apologetics, public speaking, essay writing, and drama. Alex Watson is the current president of the Rhetoric Senate.Graduates of Caldwell Academy have gone on to attend such institutions as Appalachian State University, Clemson University, Wake Forest University, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Belmont University, Hillsdale College, Merideth College, North Carolina State University, Wheaton University, and Virginia Tech, studying in fields ranging from Business, Social Work and Law to Philosophy, Christian Leadership and Biblical languages.
David Caldwell
Caldwell Academy is named after David Caldwell. He was a Revolutionary War Era minister in Guilford County as well as an educator, farmer, statesman and physician. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1725 and came to the area in order to pastor Buffalo and Alamance Presbyterian Churches.Along with his pastoral duties David Caldwell founded the David Caldwell Log-College. This served as the first schoolhouse in Guilford County.