Secondary (7-12) Curriculum

Logic and Rhetoric Stages

Secondary students are made up of two stages. Grades 7-8 are what we call the logic stage and grades 9-12 make up the rhetoric stage. 

Douglas Wilson has helpfully described the grammar, logic, and rhetoric stages of learning like this:

The grammar stage is stacking up the grain in the barn, the logic stage is grinding flour, and the rhetoric stage is baking bread.

Logic students will take the building blocks they have acquired in the grammar stage and begin to put pieces together. They will take the raw material and begin to sculpt and carve and form, applying logic and discernment. They will be taught to use their natural disposition to argue, debate, and think critically to their full advantage in the quest for truth. Here they will take the grain they stored up in the grammar stage and begin to grind it into flour.

Rhetoric students will learn to articulate what they have come to know and understand from the earlier stages. It is at this point, when they begin to bake bread with the flour of their stored grain (to use the analogy of the above quote), that you more fully recognize the worth, beauty, and strength of a classical, Christ-centered education.

Online Program

Presently, Koinonia Classical Christian School has chosen to partner with Logos Online School to ensure that as students mature they are receiving instruction from the best and most qualified instructors available to them. Students in 7th-12th grades will enroll in Koinonia Classical Christian School and most of their classes will be online with live teachers and other students from around the country. This enables us to offer a robust educational experience to secondary students from day one.

Because of our partnership with Logos Online School, the program in which Koinonia Classical Christian School students (7th-12th grades) will be enrolled in is accredited by the National Association of Private Schools (NAPS) and NCAA approved. The diploma track is designed to meet or exceed most higher education institution’s entry and scholarship requirements.

All students meeting our graduation requirements (24 credits) will receive an honors-level diploma with free official transcripts available upon request. We take seriously our responsibility to be advocates for our students in their future endeavors. Each student’s transcript is given individual attention so that their work is presented in the best possible light.

There is a great deal of flexibility when deciding upon a course of study. Here you will find a suggested course of study and can easily check out some other classes that are offered.

School Supply List

Each student must provide their own computer and headset/microphone. Any additional supplies not specified will be communicated by the teacher on or prior to the first day of class. 

Literature List

Literature lists for all secondary classes will be published to your ClassReach account.