Orthodox School?

[Bambi]

Do you know of any Orthodox schools for children? I'm interested in starting a small ACE-type school in our area, and would be thrilled to find that there is already an Orthodox curriculum out there.
Bambi

 

[Dismas]

Some churches have schools attached to them...so to speak. You might give a call to the local Greek church in your area.

Other than that I dont know of any Orthodox schools for children.

Maybe others can be more of a help.

Peace,
Dismas

 

[MariaRegina]

Some churches have schools attached to them...so to speak. You might give a call to the local Greek church in your area.

Other than that I dont know of any Orthodox schools for children.

Maybe others can be more of a help.

Peace,
Dismas

Dear Bambi:

There is also the option of homeschooling -- and there are sites for Orthodox homeschoolers on the Internet. I'd recommend homeschooling if you cannot locate an Orthodox School in your area. Please do contact an Orthodox Church as some are just starting their schools and perhaps you could help them start their school.

Yours in Christ our God,
Elizabeth

 

[Photini]

There is an Orthodox grade-school with a full curriculum in Wisconsin.
See this website: http://www.skete.com/about_community.cfm

St. Isaac's School

A primary Orthodox parochial grade school, now in its seventh year, St. Isaac’s Orthodox School began its classes in September 1994, at that time offering 1st and 2nd grades. The school has a unique integrated approach and curriculum which attempts to bring to educational philosophy a unified perspective that is comprehensive, non-fragmented, hierarchical, and personal.

Described by the consensus of the Saints as the "mind of the Church," this unified perspective brings both teachers and students into a different life and faith, as the Holy Trinity reveals itself in this world. Not merely "regular" school with religion classes added– every subject: i.e., history, science, math, art, English, literature, spelling, geography, civics, music, health, handiwork, Slavonic and Greek are consciously brought back to this unified Orthodox perspective of all nature, history, and philosophy.

The Necessity of Orthodox Education in Our Perilous Times



We live in a world of moral decay, shifting values, relativism of beliefs and creeds that teach a politically correct view of a non-critical tolerance of untruth, self-centeredness, and a disbelief in the true faith, a faith worth dying for, the faith of the martyrs, the faith of our Fathers, the unchanging Holy Orthodox Faith. What can we as Orthodox Christians do? How can we, and more especially our children, escape from a way of life based on the serpent's ever present lie that says self-centered individualism is good, that the center of man is in his personal thoughts and feelings, and that if we trust ourselves we "...won't die the death...?" The fruit of disobedience, of personal opinion, only looks good, but it is filled with bittersweet sin, deformity and death. From Eve's tragic mistake let us learn to repent, to change, to see as the Holy Saints saw this passing world in the light of the unfading truth and the luminescent reality of eternal Pascha, the Pascha of the Lord.

Without attention, training, and vigilant effort in making this unchanging truth as God sees and reveals it our own, this living out of "correct belief" and "correct worship" which is our Holy Orthodox Faith, we will slide down the broad and well-worn path leading to Hell: the life of unrepentant, self-centered individualism frozen into tortured eternity. May we and our children escape such a self-inflicted state!

Orthodox education is the main lesson of our life, a life designed to wake us up from believing that fallen human nature is normal and acceptable. Orthodox education is not just academic and theoretical, but deeply personal and practical, to effect a change of perspective and values to live in the Heaven of God's loving presence, both here and in the age to come. Orthodox education is life, our life, that we must live every day, for as St. Isaac so wisely said, "this life has been given to you for repentance, do not waste it in vain pursuits."

 

[Bambi]

Thank you, Photini. I had heard of a school somewhere, but all the OCA websites didn't mention it and I didn't know where else to turn. Do you have children? Where do they attend school? (If you don't mind me asking)
Bambi

 

[Photini]

Thank you, Photini. I had heard of a school somewhere, but all the OCA websites didn't mention it and I didn't know where else to turn. Do you have children? Where do they attend school? (If you don't mind me asking)
Bambi

I do have children, but they go to public school. Unfortunately there isn't an Orthodox Church very near to me, much less an Orthodox School. I wish there was! or at least wish there was a way to have my children homeschooled. Luckily our public school here in this little town is pretty good.

 

[Eusebios]

Bambi,
There is a network of Orthodox Christian Schools in Northeast Ohio with an established cirrriculum. Check it out here
His unworthy servant,
Eusebios.

 

[nicodemus]

I was in Houston last spring and discovered that that Greek Orthodox Church there has a school. (We were touring the cathedral, and just found out they had a school.) I can't remember the name of it, but I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find info about it.

 

[Matrona]

It would be great if we could compile a list of all Orthodox grade schools in North America. I do not have children and am past the grade school stage, but I would love to send my children to one.

I believe there are several in northern Ohio, and Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Texas (the one from the story about the vestments that miraculously survived a fire) has one as well.

 

[Eusebios]

All,
One thing that may cause confusion is that many larger Greek parishes that have Schools are actually "Greek schools" that are designed to transmit Greek culture to Greek children. Nothing wrong with this, it's just that it is primarily cultural rather than religious education.
The folks at OCS of NEO can surely point you to the sources of their start-up.
Eusebios.

 

[nicodemus]

All,
One thing that may cause confusion is that many larger Greek parishes that have Schools are actually "Greek schools" that are designed to transmit Greek culture to Greek children. Nothing wrong with this, it's just that it is primarily cultural rather than religious education.

Even then, it'd probably still be better than most schools.

 

[Eusebios]

Even then, it'd probably still be better than most schools.

I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE
His unworthy servant,
Eusebios.