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.

Goals for Graduates

Graduation Requirements

Recent ACT Scores

College Acceptance

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)

Classical Greek I: Basic and Intermediate Grammar

Classical Greek II: Advanced Grammar and Reading

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

Drawing, Painting, 3-D Art, & Art History

Drawing, Painting, 3-D Art, & Art History

Drawing, Painting, 3-D Art, & Art History

Music (Elective)

Vocal Performance, Music Theory, & Music History

Vocal Performance, Music Theory, & Music History

Vocal Performance, Music Theory, & Music History

Vocal Performance, Music Theory, & Music History

P.E. (3x/week)

Fitness, Sportsmanship, Games & Skills

Fitness, Sportsmanship, Games & Skills

Fitness, Sportsmanship, Games & Skills

Fitness, Sportsmanship, Games & Skills