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Rhetoric School

Where young men and women embrace the beauty of speech in service of the truth

The final phase of education at Naperville Christian Academy is the Rhetoric stage (grades 9-12).  These capstone years focus on the excellence of the student as a producer of both written and verbal sentiments.  The students engage in regular debate in humanities, share reflections on personal beliefs in Bible/Theology, investigate the realms of science and math, and translate and recite primary sources in Latin and Greek.  These final years are designed to allow the students to go out from NCA ready to flourish and achieve great things at any university or profession of their choosing.

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Rhetoric School Curriculum Overview  (PDF Chart)

Subjects Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Bible Old Testament New Testament Doctrine Christ and Culture
Humanities (History, Literature, Composition, Rhetoric) Ancient History: The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Aeneid, Oedipus Rex, Bhagavad-Gita, Tao Te Chang, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine’s Confessions, & others Medieval History: Beowulf, The Saga of the Volsungs, Piers Plowman, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Canterbury Tales, Boethius, Shakespeare & others European History: Paradise Lost, A Tale of Two Cities, Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, Communist Manifesto, Mein Kampf, Brave New World, 1984 & others American History: Federalist Papers, Common Sense, Democracy in America, Up from Slavery, East of Eden, Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, & others
Classical Languages Latin Reading I: Historical Narratives (Caesar, Scipio), Epistles (Horace, Cicero), & Vulgate Latin Reading II: Poetry (Horace, Juvenal, Catullus, Ovid, Virgil) AP® Latin Latin Reading III: Church Fathers (Augustine, Origen, Eusebius)
Math (Standard Track) Geometry Algebra 2/ Trigonometry Pre-Calculus AP® Calculus or AP® Stats
Science Chemistry Biology Physics AP® Biology
Art (Elective) Drawing, Painting, 3-D Art, & Art History
Music (Elective) Vocal Performance, Music Theory, & Music History
P.E. (3x/week) Fitness, Sportsmanship, Games & Skills

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