Xavier Charter School – Liberal Arts School

Xavier is guided by six basic Tenets that provide guidelines for training and implementation and serve as standards for evaluating the school, teachers and staff.

The Tenets are as follows:

Classical Education and Western Civilization

Xavier Charter School emphasizes Western Civilization studies across all subjects to provide a coherent narrative of the USA's rise and nurture civic responsibility. The school's Classical Education approach aims to preserve civic culture and national identity while fostering a pro-human outlook. The purpose of the study of Western Civilization at Xavier Charter School is to educate students in the classical tradition, preparing them to lead full and virtuous lives.

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American Classical Education

Xavier Charter School upholds traditional ideals such as respect for the Founding Fathers' wisdom, individual self-government, civic responsibilities, and virtuous personhood. Students are taught to support and defend the Constitution, participate actively in society, preserve liberty, obey laws, serve others, and respect human dignity. The school emphasizes understanding American primary sources, promoting American agency and unity, instilling patriotism, and prioritizing national loyalty while also engaging with global citizenship.

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Religion

Xavier Charter School delves into the study of ancient religions like Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and major mythologies, acknowledging their historical significance and impact. The focus is on understanding the cause-and-effect relationships within specific historical contexts, avoiding an approach that seeks to equate or find common ground among religions but rather aims to grasp their unique influence on human history over time.

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Reason and Logic

Xavier Charter School emphasizes teaching the correct use of reason and logic, which serves to clarify understanding, seek truth, restrain emotional reactivity, and cultivate the ability to discern between good and evil as well as truth from falsehood. The school employs "dialectic" or logic as a method for resolving disagreements through rational discussions, aiming for probable truth or the most reasonable resolution of differing opinions.

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Classical Virtue versus Modern Values

Modern values at Xavier Charter School emphasize tolerance, kindness, non-judgmentalism, happiness, convenience, and fairness. These values are aligned with Aristotle's concept of virtue as excellence in being human, encompassing the study of both how humans are and how they ought to be. Additionally, the school teaches the four cardinal virtues: temperance (moderation), prudence (wisdom), fortitude (heart), and justice (harmony in the soul).

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The True, the Good, and the Beautiful

Xavier Charter School instills in students the pursuit of truth to guide their actions towards what is good and beautiful. It emphasizes that the goodness of anything lies in fulfilling its purpose, achievable only through a foundation of truth defined by logic and reason rather than personal preferences or popular opinions. Furthermore, the school teaches that love for beauty is cultivated through the virtuous ordering of one's affections, rather than being left to chance or whim.

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The Great Conversation

The "Great Conversation" at Xavier Charter School refers to the ongoing exchange of ideas across human history. These ideas encompass topics such as our world, relationships, truth, knowledge, existence, hope, despair, and purpose, essentially addressing questions about human identity and life's meaning. Through Socratic discussions and responses grounded in logic and reason, students engage in classical training that not only involves the process of dialogue but also represents the culmination of their intellectual development.

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What is Classical Education?

Classical education prioritizes knowledge for its intrinsic value, upholds liberal arts standards, emphasizes moral virtue, and prepares individuals for responsible citizenship.

"Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write..."

“…the founding fathers were men of genuine convictions; and dedication to the highest ideals known to Man in the governmental field as exemplified by those recited in the Declaration of Independence and in the Preamble to the Constitution...”

Although “virtue” seems almost archaic today, Aristotle spoke of it as “excellence at being human.”

“I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race.”

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