Building Hope in the Glory of God

October 2023 | Issue III

Inquire Now for 2024-25 School Year Enrollment!

PWCA intends to offer PK to 3rd for the 2024-25 school year with plans to expand by adding a grade each year to 12th.

Beginning this December, families may submit their admissions application for 2024-25 school year enrollment via our FACTS web application.

If interested, please submit an inquiry below.

Admissions Inquiry Form

Upcoming Parent Info Nights

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Thursday October 19, 2023 6:00pm

Penn Woods Classical Academy will host a Parent Info Night at Citizen's Library and District Center in Washington, PA for prospective families to meet the Head of School, hear more about our curriculum, and learn about the admissions process for the upcoming '24-25 school year.

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OUR VISION

for Future PWCA Families

Our hope is that families are able to recognize:

Their child’s growth in intellectual and moral character which is required for responsible societal citizenship.
Talented, committed, and caring educators working to develop the whole student through thought provoking and respectful dialogue.
A content rich curriculum suited for acquiring deep foundational knowledge while fostering joy and love of lifelong learning.
Their child’s realization of his or her greatest God-given potential marked by love of God and neighbor.
Their child modeling and practicing habits of virtue and pursuing wisdom with a joyful heart and servant-leader spirit for the Glory of God.

Welcome to Penn Woods Classical Academy

Dr. Eric Stennett | Head of School

Penn Woods Classical Academy welcomes Dr. Eric Stennett as the founding Head of School. Dr. Stennett is an accomplished and highly experienced educational leader with a passion for Christian and Classical Education and a deep commitment to the character formation of students. With a diverse background and strong academic foundation, Dr. Stennett has dedicated his career to shaping young minds and fostering excellence in education.

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Train the Mind

Classical, time-tested methods foster the desire for truth and cultivate the necessary habits and skills for discovering, articulating, and living in accord with it. Students come to appreciate the big picture through the study of Liberal Arts and Sciences, taught and integrated within a Christian perspective.

Improve the Heart

Our Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum is delivered from a Christian worldview, so students are oriented to love God and to abide in His will for daily living. By directing the heart toward the love of virtue students develop foundational habits essential for a meaningful and joyful life for God’s glory.

Nurture the Spirit

We will foster love of God, reverence for one another, and gratitude for the goodness and beauty of His Creation by nurturing friendships, building community, and cultivating virtue through music and the arts, co-curricular activities and sporting competitions, and opportunities for fellowship, worship, and service.

Train the Mind

The Reading Brain and Five Pillars of Literacy

By Kelly Gary

PWCA Board Director

All the best things in life start with a strong foundation. The building blocks of reading, as defined by the National Reading Panel, include phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Learning to read is not easy. Actually, it is not even natural. There exists nearly four decades of scientific research around how children learn to read. These findings challenge the belief that children learn to read naturally. As teachers, we need to deliver tried and true, meaningful instruction that we know is successful at bringing at least ninety percent of students to grade-level reading. It has been said that at the most basic level, the essential purposes of teaching are love of content and love of students. Thus, preparing teachers by giving them the essential tools for and basic understanding:

Improve the Heart

Reflection: Pursuit of Wisdom

By Rebecca Pettigrew

PWCA Board Director

Together with other Classical Christian Institutions, our Head of School and Founding Board have been envisioning how our curriculum might take shape as we strive to improve the heart of our students in their pursuit of wisdom. Eric Cook, President of the Society for Classical Learning, wrote a thought provoking essay on Wisdom which we thought was worthy of reflecting on with our readers:

Hillsdale K-12 Highlight

Hillsdale College Classical Education Podcast

We invite you to listen to the latest episode of the Hillsdale College Classical Education Podcast: Jenny Mulvey: What Makes a Good Teacher? Jenny Mulvey, science lead at Golden View Classical Academy and Hillsdale K-12 master teacher, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss the qualities that make a great teacher and her responsibilities as a science lead.

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The Classical Classroom:

A glimpse inside Hillsdale College's network of classical schools across the country.

Check out The Classical Classroom Blog for articles on our curriculum, classical pedagogy, and the K-12 Education Office. We invite you to read the latest blog Don't Say Please: The Importance of Imperatives in Classroom Management by Mr. Matthew Nolan.

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