St. Nicholas Orthodox School

2222 Issaquah Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, 44221-0442
Tel: (330)922-3468
Grades: PK - 6 | 37 students
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Introduction and History Exploration into the feasibility of opening a parochial elementary school at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, located in Mogadore, Ohio, was started after the parish revised its mission statement and long-range plan in 1997, which were published as follows: Mission Statement of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church Through worship and life together as a community, we will attempt to continue Christ’s mission to transform the world around us by bringing it to God. We will do this by: • Learning and teaching God’s statutes • Inspiring our faithful • Reaching out to those seeking the Kingdom of God • Inviting all to come and see • Being sensitive to the spiritual, physical, and material needs of all • Attempting to make ourselves true reflections of God’s glory Excerpt from the St. Nicholas Long-Range Plan Five-Year Goals Item 6: Establish an Akron-area parochial elementary school to offer an educational alternative to parents interested in providing their children with a quality academic education and deeper knowledge of the True Faith. A school committee, consisting of the parish priest, deacon, and six interested parents, began meeting bimonthly in August 1999. After representatives from this group attended two Charter School Start-Up workshops sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education in Columbus, the committee decided the project was quite feasible, considering the facilities available at the parish complex, the pool of potential students and skilled volunteers available in the Akron-Canton area. The committee approached the parish assembly at the end of January 2000 for permission to officially begin the project, which was granted, and set a “Year 1” goal of five students and one paid teacher. That committee agreed to become the first School Board. In the fall of 2000, St. Nicholas Orthodox School opened its doors. Drawing from the classical model of education, the school developed a curriculum which incorporated the philosophies of the Ancient Greeks, Thomas Jefferson and Dorothy Sayers. This model focused on natural cognitive development and provided the students with the tools of learning. This philosophy has continued to the present.

School Overview:
St. Nicholas Orthodox School
School Type School with Special Program Emphasis
Religious Affiliation Other
Grades Offered Grades Prekindergarten - 6
Year Founded 2000
Student Body
Total Students 37 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 22% (OH School Avg.: 19%)
Students by Grade
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 3 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 12:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)
% Faculty w/Advanced Degree 90%
Average Class Size 16 students
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline None / Rolling
% on Financial Aid 25%
Admissions Director Jane Beese
Admissions Associate Tina Farah

School Notes:

  • What is a Classical Education? The modern proponent of the classical approach was British writer and medieval scholar Dorothy Sayers. In an essay entitled, “The Lost Tools of Learning,” Miss Sayers asked: “Is not the great defect of our education today ... that although we often succeed in teaching our pupils subjects, we fail lamentably on the whole in teaching them how to think: they learn everything, except the art of learning.” To remedy this, Sayers proposed reinstating the classical form of education used in the Middle Ages. In the classical approach, children under age 18 are taught tools of learning collectively called the Trivium. The Trivium has three parts that correspond to a child’s developmental stage: grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. The ‘lost tools of learning’ that make up the Trivium are language and thinking skills that can be used to approach any subject. The goal of the Trivium is to produce students who are capable of teaching themselves. Grammar Elementary / Grades 1-4 The first stage of the Trivium covers approximately ages 6-10, or that stage when children most readily receive and memorize information. The grammar stage focuses on reading, writing and spelling; the study of Latin (and at St. Nicholas Orthodox School, conversational Russian); and developing observation, listening and memorization skills. The goal of this stage is to master the elements of language and develop a general framework of knowledge. Dialectic Middle / Grades 5-8 The dialectic stage begins at approximately ages 10-12 when children begin to demonstrate independent or abstract thought (usually becoming opinionated or argumentative). Instead of suppressing the child’s tendency to argue, the teacher molds and shapes it by teaching logical discussion, debate, and how to draw correct conclusions, then support them with facts. The goal of this stage is to equip the child with language and thinking skills capable of detecting fallacies in an argument. Latin study is continued, with the addition of Greek (and written Russian, which uses a similar Cyrillic alphabet). The student reads essays, arguments and criticisms instead of literature as in the grammar stage. History leans toward interpreting events. Higher math, physics, and theology begin.

Nearby Schools:

St. Nicholas Orthodox School
Gr. PK-6 | 0 mi. away
Holy Family Grade School
Gr. K-9 | 1.4 mi. away
Chapel Hill Christian School
Gr. Nursery/Preschool-6 | 1.5 mi. away
Absorbent Minds Montessori School
Gr. K | 1.6 mi. away
St Joseph School
Gr. K-9 | 1.7 mi. away
Redeemer Christian School
Gr. K-9 | 1.8 mi. away

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