Tall Oaks Classical School

Tall Oaks Classical School
Address
1390 Red Lion Road
Bear, Delaware
United States
Information
Type Classical Christian
Motto Christian principles, Classical methods, Amazing results
Established 1994
Chairman Chuck L. Betters
Headmaster Timothy Dernlan[1]
Faculty 45
Grades K-12
Enrollment 209
Campus Red Lion Campus
Houses Edwards, Kepler, Kuyper, Wilberforce
Mascot Titan
Accreditation Association of Classical and Christian Schools
SAT average 1910
Website Official website

Tall Oaks Classical School is a K-12 classical Christian school located in Bear, Delaware. Enrollment is approximately 209 students,[2] with approximately 25 faculty.

History

The school was founded as Christ Classical Christian School in 1994 by a group of homeschooling parents from Elkton, Maryland, taking inspiration from Douglas Wilson's book, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning.[3] In its first year, 23 students were enrolled.[4] It relocated to Newark in 1995, to Hockessin in 1997, adopting its current name, and again to Newark in 2006. At the beginning of the 2010-11 academic year, the school moved to First Baptist Church in New Castle, Delaware, formerly occupied by New Castle Christian Academy.[5]

Campus

As of the 2016–17 academic year, the school moved to its permanent location on the Red Lion campus, which they share with Red Lion Christian Academy in a partnership with the Glasgow Family of Schools. While Tall Oaks remains a separate legal entity, athletics and other after-school activities have merged with Red Lion's programs.[6] The 37-acre complex includes separate instructional facilities for the two different schools, plus shared athletic facilities, cafeteria, library, and administrative offices.

Curriculum

In accordance with the classical tradition, the school divides education into three stages of learning: grammar (grades K-5), logic (grades 6-8), and rhetoric (grades 9-12).[7] Tall Oaks students also have the opportunity to earn up to 33 college credits before graduation through a dual enrollment program with Cairn University.

Extracurricular activities

Red Lion athletics has varsity programs for football, cross country, field hockey, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, lacrosse, and golf. They compete as a non-conference team under the DIAA. Through the 2015–16 academic year, the school's athletic teams competed as the Tall Oaks Titans in the Mid-Atlantic Independent League (MIL). In 2015, the volleyball team and both cross-country teams earned 2nd place in the conference, with Titan runners sweeping all four champion spots (varsity and middle school, boys and girls).

Awards and recognition

Tall Oaks is a charter member and accredited school of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS), one of only 41 to earn that distinction.[2] Students in grades three through eight participate in the National Mythology Exam sponsored by Excellence Through Classics, and in 2016, the sixth grade had 16 medalists, including seven gold, six silver, and three bronze. Students Kelly Weber, Phoebe Hu, and Sarah Chaffee represented Tall Oaks by earning first prize in the ACCS Chrysostom Oratory Competition in successive years from 2011–13, and in 2017, Kana Turley became the fourth Tall Oaks student to earn first prize in the competition.[8] Student college acceptances for 2015 include Boston University, Salisbury University, Regent University, Marshall University, Messiah College, and Liberty University.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Headmaster: Dr. Timothy Dernlan". Tall Oaks Classical School. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "ACCS Accredited Members". Association of Classical and Christian Schools. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ "School Profile 2010/2011" (PDF).
  4. ↑ Nardone, Mark (August 2014). "Classical Learning Style Yields Positive Test Results". Delaware Today.
  5. ↑ Dobo, Nichole (Sep 5, 2010). "A school with a classical approach gets a new place". The News Journal.
  6. ↑ Dernlan, Timothy. "Relocation to new campus and partnership with Red Lion Christian Academy and Glasgow Christian Academy". Tall Oaks Classical School. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ Dernlan, Timothy (2016). One Mission: Three Approaches (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Chrysostom Oratory Contest: The ACCS National Oratory Competition". Association of Classical and Christian Schools. Retrieved July 2, 2017.

Coordinates: 39°40′37″N 75°39′37″W / 39.6770°N 75.6603°W / 39.6770; -75.6603


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