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
Rhetoric School Curriculum Overview
Subjects Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Subjects | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
Bible Reading and Interpreting the Old Testament Reading and Interpreting the New Testament Systematic Theology Christ and Culture
Bible | Reading and Interpreting the Old Testament | Reading and Interpreting the New Testament | Systematic Theology | Christ and Culture |
Humanities (History, Literature, Composition, Rhetoric) Ancient History: The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Aeneid, Antigone, Dialogues of Plato, The Manual of Epictetus, and others Medieval History: Beowulf, The Saga of the Volsungs, The Divine Comedy, The Canterbury Tales, The Rule of St. Benedict, and others Modern History: Hamlet, Paradise Lost, A Tale of Two Cities, Pride and Prejudice, Candide, On the Origin of Species, Frankenstein, Federalist Papers, and others Contemporary & American History: Communist Manifesto, Mein Kampf, Mere Christianity, The Cost of Discipleship, 1984, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Plague, Of Mice and Men, and others
Humanities (History, Literature, Composition, Rhetoric) | Ancient History: The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Aeneid, Antigone, Dialogues of Plato, The Manual of Epictetus, and others | Medieval History: Beowulf, The Saga of the Volsungs, The Divine Comedy, The Canterbury Tales, The Rule of St. Benedict, and others | Modern History: Hamlet, Paradise Lost, A Tale of Two Cities, Pride and Prejudice, Candide, On the Origin of Species, Frankenstein, Federalist Papers, and others | Contemporary & American History: Communist Manifesto, Mein Kampf, Mere Christianity, The Cost of Discipleship, 1984, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Plague, Of Mice and Men, and others |
Classical Languages Latin Reading I: Historical Narratives (Caesar, Livy), Epistles (Horace, Cicero), and Vulgate Latin Reading II: Poetry (Horace, Juvenal, Catullus, Ovid, Vergil) Classical Greek I: Basic and Intermediate Grammar Classical Greek II: Advanced Grammar and Reading
Classical Languages | Latin Reading I: Historical Narratives (Caesar, Livy), Epistles (Horace, Cicero), and Vulgate | Latin Reading II: Poetry (Horace, Juvenal, Catullus, Ovid, Vergil) | Classical Greek I: Basic and Intermediate Grammar | Classical Greek II: Advanced Grammar and Reading |
Math Geometry Algebra 2/Trigonometry Pre-Calculus AP Calculus or AP Stats
Math | Geometry | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | Pre-Calculus | AP Calculus or AP Stats |
Science Chemistry Biology Physics AP Biology
Science | Chemistry | Biology | Physics | AP Biology |