We thought nobody would want a school like this. It's too old. Too foreign. Too counter-cultural. 

For decades, we (the founders) have lamented the state of modern education: Christian schools reduce Christ to "Bible class", elite private schools graduate students full of knowledge but lacking in wisdom and virtue, even classical schools look like public schools until viewed through a microscope; students go to college knowing much and loving little. 

We've sat in living rooms and boardrooms dreaming of the ideal school, our whiteboards full of models we thought merely the stuff of dreams; each child would have a garden, so they would learn to love God by loving His creation; there would be walking trails for philosophical discussion while memorizing Latin or scripture or epic poetry; students would not be graded with numbers and letters, but would receive highly valuable, personal, and actionable qualitative feedback approriate to them; liturgy would order each day and provide space to breath and rest and rejoice and feast and work and repent and continue again. In this school, age would matter little and readiness much. 

No one would come, we thought. But then they did. 

After a few generous donors, two amazing teachers, and a handful of committed families all threw their hats into the ring, Theophany Academy was born. And in the fall of 2026, it will officially begin serving the Concord area. Glory to God!

Theophany Academy is Classical. 
In the classical tradition, the goal of education is to foster wise adults who love the Good, True, and Beautiful and embrace them as gifts of the Lord. We look to the great works of the Western Tradition because in them we find truth and beauty as essential for human flourishing today as when they were written. 

 

Theophany Academy is Orthodox. 

What makes Theophany Academy Orthodox is its purpose: to participate in the Church’s total catechesis of its members through the acquisition of the Orthodox phronema. The Orthodox Tradition has distinct commitments concerning the nature of human life; these commitments must be clearly manifested by the nature of any institution intending to serve human beings. We therefore should expect Orthodox education to look, feel, and be as different from conventional schooling as the Divine Liturgy is from modern worship services. Theophany Academy is not just to inform students of the riches of the Orthodox tradition, nor simply to shelter them from the politically motivated secularism and immorality of the age, but to participate with the Church in seeking to embody and cultivate the Phronema of the Orthodox Tradition that seeks theosis.

Theophany Academy is family-centered. 

The CiRCE Village School contains an element of the home-school.  In Genesis, after the loss of Paradise and many subsequent catastrophes, God begins again His great work of renewal and redemption with the families of the patriarchs. This is the pattern of renewal for our day.  The family is the model of a well-run academy: parents that model the life of virtue through discipleship and love rather than management and administration; children of various ages enacting the worship, work, and learning; an atmosphere and environment that is communal and based on love.  Beyond this, Theophany Academy believes that any education in the life of virtue, any participation in the life of the Church, and any vibrant and supportive paidudic community requires the engagement, inclusion, and participation of the family. Theophany Academy therefore, is not to be construed in terms of students, teachers, administrators, but rather in terms of households.  Every level of the membership has a role to play, responsibilities to fulfill, and commitments that they are accountable for.

Theophany Academy is age-integrated. 
Theophany Academy also weaves in the tradition of the one-room schoolhouse. It is intentionally small, communal, and relational. Its atmosphere is best described as familial and orchestral, rather than institutional or bureaucratic. Students of different ages learn together in a shared space, guided by experienced teachers who know them personally and take responsibility for their growth. This age-integrated model reflects how learning naturally occurs within healthy communities: younger students learn by imitation and aspiration, while older students mature through leadership, responsibility, and service. Learning is not isolated by grade level but unified by shared purpose.

The School Schedule 
For Theophany Academy, Christian classical inquiry, rather than specific subjects dedicated to the acquisition of facts, useful programs, or rational methods, should be that which qualifies the time and liturgical schedule of the daily, weekly, or yearly school experience. The purpose of the school calendar is to enable the children and their families to participate in the life of the Church and the Great Tradition. Therefore, Theophany Academy is baptizing and sanctifying time itself in the nourishment and education of the souls of children. 

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