About Augustine
Engaging the mind. Forming the heart. Guiding the will.
Our Mission
The Augustine Academy is an intentional educational community centered around the spiritual, moral, intellectual, and civic formation of children, partnering with parents to equip young people to thoughtfully engage the world. Our work is grounded in the gospel of Jesus Christ and the truth that we were created to bring glory to God–in mind, heart, and affections–as we creatively join his redemptive work in the world.
Our Values
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Education is not primarily about learning content, but about forming the mind and heart to fulfill its God-intended purpose. We were made for God, and therefore, we learn. We do not, however, simply aim at cultivating Christian virtues. Rather, we are grounded in a commitment to the cross of Jesus Christ as the central event of human history. All of life, all spiritual growth, and all subjects of learning must be rooted in the truth of who God is, what’s wrong with the world, and God’s plan of redemption.
DEUTERONOMY 6:1-3; PSALM 111:10; PROVERBS 9:10; 16:16; ROMANS 12:2
Scripture says that parents are called to bring their children up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Our philosophy is not to be the primary teachers of faith, but to support the faith and learning parents are cultivating at home. Our model further supports this objective by combining classroom instruction, support, and expertise with work days at home. This brings parents into the day to day instruction of their children; it provides more opportunities for parents to care for the minds and hearts of their children; and it makes home life and relationships a greater priority for children.
DEUTERONOMY 6:4-9; PROVERBS 4:1; 6:20-23; JOEL 1:3; EPHESIANS 6:4
TAA is a place to belong and become. We are not just a service offered to parents/families on the side, but a formative, participatory institution, intentionally addressing a crisis of connection in our time. We believe that shared work increases connection, so we work and serve shoulder to shoulder. We strive to be authentically diverse, not only ecumenically, but also in bringing together multiple generations, friends from differing racial, ethnic, economic communities and political persuasions, and those from homeschool and traditional educational on-ramps. Life together is a high priority; therefore, we pursue life-on-life overlap socially, educationally, and ministerially, with the aim of sharpening one another more into the likeness of Christ and sharing together as each have need.
PROVERBS 27:17; ACTS 2:44
We are grounded in a classical model of education in the liberal arts tradition. Learning is not primarily geared towards a job, but in living. This means we expose our children to the great ideas, great books, and great men and women of history. We think broadly about our world and culture. We are rooted in a classical model of training starting with the building blocks of learning and knowledge, and then progressing to critique, analysis, and application of that knowledge. Our educational philosophy is less focused on the latest trends, and more focused on time tested ideas to prepare the great thinkers of the future.
PSALM 119:66; PROVERBS 2:10-11; 16:22; ECCLESIASTES 7:12; 2 TIMOTHY 2:15
Beholding the world God has made is not the stuff of boredom, but adventure. We seek to inspire children to love learning, love knowledge, and see the goodness of God through his world and his people. Though distorted by sin, God designed us to enjoy beauty, goodness, and truth. We were made to build, delight, create, order, analyze, problem solve, think, taste, speak, discuss, run, play, laugh, and savor. The heavens indeed proclaim the glory of God, and we seek to cultivate the joy-filled adventure of learning in everything we do.
GENESIS 1:26; PROVERBS 23:26; ECCLESIASTES 2:26; 12:9-13
Life should be lived on purpose, doing all things for the glory of God. The pursuit of godly disciplines and habits, therefore, must be cultivated. We aim for gospel motivated, Spirit empowered habits of excellence, grounded in the finished work of Christ and his call to work heartily as unto the Lord.
PSALM 141:3; ECCLESIASTES 12:1; ROMANS 6:12-13; PHILIPPIANS 3:14; TITUS 2:12
Christian men and women are raised up not to withdraw from the world, but to engage it according to their calling. We seek to inspire our students to be distinctly Christian writers, artists, pastors, politicians, entrepreneurs, businessmen, stay at home moms, engineers, and teachers. We want our students to plant churches, build culture, shape policy, create beautiful things, start businesses, and raise yet another generation to love Christ. We aim to prepare students to bring the hope of the gospel to a world that so desperately needs it, always ready to give a reason for the hope that we have.
NEHEMIAH 4:6, 17-18; 6:2-3; PSALM 39:7; MATTHEW 5:13-15; 1 CORINTHIANS 12; 1 PETER 3:15
Our Statement of Faith
Hybrid Model
The Augustine Academy is a 5 day per week school featuring a blend of classroom and homeschool days designed to cultivate a partnership with parents in their children’s education.
Charlotte Mason Tradition
As an Ambleside Schools International® member, TAA is steeped in Charlotte Mason’s classical, liberal arts educational model – learning through living texts, habit training, a joyful atmosphere, and covering a large scope of disciplines.
Classical Content and Tradition
Academic excellence focused on the good, the true and the beautiful – Christ is the center of all things, including knowledge of His world and joy in discovery.
Disciplines of Study
Our membership with Ambleside Schools International provides rich, rigorous curricular support in Charlotte Mason’s classical, liberal arts educational philosophy. Believing that the mind is nourished with ideas, students at TAA learn primarily through engagement with living texts, across a wide feast of areas.
Our Faculty
Our teachers and administrators receive their work as a calling, joyfully working alongside parents to form children as whole persons. We hire the best and brightest and think you’ll enjoy getting to know them too.