Over the last century, and the past several decades in particular, there has been an increased secularization of the modern education system. A secularization which has sadly not been limited to public government schools. It has come in under the guise of neutrality while, in reality, it has set itself up as a religious alternative to Christianity. Many children from Christian families are initiated into this religion of secular humanism without the knowledge of their parents, or even themselves. It is no wonder that, according to a Lifeway research poll, 66% of 18-22 year olds who had attended church in their youth, stopped going altogether. Many of them never return. For decades the Christian community thought this was because of the anti-Christian bias on college campuses. While this is certainly a contributing factor, the 13 years of anti-Christian discipleship that many Christian children receive 6 hours a day, 5 days a week is certainly a greater threat to a young person’s faith.

Many Christian parents have sought to circumnavigate the treacherous waters of public school by placing their children in private schools or homeschooling them. However, many private schools turn out to be as godless as the public schools and fare little better in preparing students to lead a productive, happy, and God honoring life. And while homeschooling tends to prepare a child for the world much better than a public education, there are many difficulties with this method, not the least of which is the parent’s inability to be a specialized teacher in subjects which require an expert’s mind and hands such as Latin, physics, rhetoric, calculus, etc.

The Fletcher School seeks to go back to a method of education that many of the great men and women of history benefitted from. A tried-and-true method which was only abandoned because of its strong religious and ethical foundations. That is, The Fletcher School will offer a distinctly Classical and distinctively Christian education.