Academy for Character Education

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ACE is a non-profit corporation & K-12 public charter school dedicated
to cooperatively working with families to educate their children.

ACE curriculum is language and history intensive and is comprised of three stages:

I. Grammar II. Logic III. Rhetoric

ACE is a non-profit corporation and K-12 public charter school in South Lane School District

What is a Classical Education? This will explain in a little better detail

Parent info, forms for students, parents and staff as well as other helpful links

ACE School Handbook for students, parents and staff.

ACE Charter Proposal, a lot of information here.

A general textbook overview of curriculum

We are a Non-Profit Charter School, click here to donate

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“For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach [students] how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain”. - Dorothy Sayers, The Lost Tools of Learning

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"All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of nations depends on the education of youth." -Aristotle

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"The educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people." -(A Nation at Risk, US government report, 1983)

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"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates

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"Is not the great defect of our education today that although we often succeed in teaching our pupils "subjects," we fail lamentably on the whole in teaching them how to think: they learn everything, except the art of learning." - Dorothy Sayers

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"Those who substitute anything for work in education are consequently enemies and destroyers of education." - Douglas Wilson

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"The trivium is not an attribute of classical education because it embodies an archaic principle of organizing knowledge; it is classical because it is a universal paradigm for learning." (G.E. Veith, Jr. and Andrew Kern)

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"Education is a progressive discovery of your own ignorance." - Durant

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You can submit inspiring educational quotes for possible use on this site by submitting them to the School Coordinator

Welcome to
The Academy.
The door to building strong
character in your children's lives.

ACE is a non-profit corporation
& K-12 public charter school
dedicated to
cooperatively working with families to educate their children.

The Four Pillars of an ACE education are

Click here to find out more about ACE's Four Pillars and the attributes of a Classical Education

Logic stage kids between classes on School Community Day (SCD)

ACE charter school offers an educationally stimulating environment - one that is scholastically rigorous, comprehensive, and intensive.

Fun and exciting crafts for all ages that correspond to the weekly Humanities classes. Here are the rhetoric stage kids enjoying making a mummy out of a cornish game hen

Student speeches correspond to curriculum or monthly character traits

What are Charter Schools?

Charter schools are innovative public schools providing choices for families. Students may attend a charter school even if the school is not in their attendance area (district). Charter schools are tuition-free and provide academic excellence and accountability.

Character Education is ACE's priority

Believing character drives all areas of a person's life, ACE assists families in training their children to focus on motives rather than outward actions.

Regular attendance, superior scholastic achievement, polite classroom behavior, courteous treatment of peers, and good citizenship all result from helping pupils to understand, form, and practice core ethical values.

ACE offers

Character Assembly & Projects
Resource Room
School Community Day (1 day/week)
Curriculum Library / Homeschool Books
Audio CD's & Musical Instruments
Sports Equipment
Student Interest Mentorships
Field Trips
Parent/Teacher Workshops
High School Diploma Program

What is a Classical Education?

ACE curriculum is language and history intensive and is comprised of four stages:

I. Primary (elementary)
II. Grammar (elementary)
III. Logic (middle school)
IV. Rhetoric (high school)

ACE presents its classical curriculum in an integrated manner teaching that all knowledge is interrelated. Our classical training matches technique and subject matter to children's developmental phases. For more information and an overview of a classical education, read “The Well Trained Mind” by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise.

If you would like to know more, try our Classical Education page.

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Guest Speakers

ACE Parent Practicums

Jessie Wise - 2008
Shari Barrett - 2007
Susan Buck - 2007
Field Trips
and Photo Gallery

08 Science Factory
08 Sea Lion Caves
08 Coastal Horseback Riding
08 Heceta Head Lighthouse
07 Nutcracker Ballet - Hult Center
07 Renaissance Faire
07 Portland Zoo
07 OMSI-Oregon Museum Science & Industry
07 Portland Art Museum - Quest for Immortality Exhibit
07 Oregon Shakespeare Festival

07 Bohemia Mining Days