"All men by nature desire knowledge"

A classical education is sometimes described as a traditional education. It does not rely on modern tricks or gimmicks for learning but rather on the self-discipline of students and their natural joy for learning true, good, and beautiful things. Teachers who are passionate and well-educated in their content area guide students toward discovery and ownership of a vast body of knowledge. Students are educated in all of the liberal arts and sciences as well as in moral character and civic virtue. They learn and appreciate what it means to live well—to live a life of virtue. Students educated in a classical program are holistically educated moral people and participatory citizens eager to fulfill their purpose in the world whether that is in college or working at a family business or farm.

Classical education upholds a standard of excellence and holds that all students will achieve their best potential when challenged with high expectations. Classical education trusts that students will recognize and emulate virtuous behavior when introduced to timeless heroes and heroines of literature and history. Classical education sees knowledge as worthwhile pursued for its own sake, and that discipline, ethics and personal responsibility should be modeled and expected of our students.

Finally, classical education looks not at differences between students but rather at the humanity of all and the complexity of the human experience. Through an integrated view of all academic areas, a classical education seeks to understand and appreciate truth, goodness, and beauty in the world.

Hozho Academy students learn explicit phonics, reading, English, spelling, composition, math, history, geography, science, music, art, and rhetoric through time-proven methods, and will be held to high standards of discipline, ethics, and personal responsibility.

The following are all required components of the curriculum:

• Basic cognitive skills: reading, writing, mathematics;
• Core subjects: English language and literature, history, geography, and government, physical and biological science, mathematics;
• Other classical subjects: music, visual arts, Latin (starting in 6th grade), modern foreign language (Spanish or Navajo); and
• Auxiliary subjects: Physical education, regional history (including Navajo history and culture).

Curious about what your child will be learning and reading at Hózhó Academy? Please click on the links below to access a curriculum map for each grade’s core content. In addition to what is listed there, students will be participating in either Spanish or Navajo language and P.E. There will also be extensive extracurricular experiences available for each student.