Developing A Strong Foundation to Become Lifelong Learners
The Grammar School provides the strong foundation for our students to become lifelong learners. Reading, writing, and reasoning are the building blocks of that strong foundation, and they are instilled in a way that engages and inspires our students to discover the beauty and intricacy of the world around them. Our teachers inspire the natural curiosity and imagination of their students in a nurturing environment that weaves Christ’s truths, goodness, and beauty into everything they discover.
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The Be-attitudes
The Be-attitudes are a consistent, expectant behavior of our Grammar students. They are woven into curriculum and modeled daily, and students are encouraged to exhibit them in kind:
Be Ready Be Attentive Be Cooperative Be Courteous Be Obedient
Virtue Education
Virtue Education is a vital component of the Grammar School curriculum and culture. From Junior Kindergarten to 6th Grade, we exhort children toward these virtues.
Prudence
Prudence is an intellectual virtue, primarily defined by right thinking but inextricably linked with right action. It is the process of thoughtful reflection, a careful and prayerful weighing of options, that brings forth the best possible decision. At Live Oak, prudence is practiced through readiness and attentiveness, neatness, organization, follow through, and giving one’s best effort. Prudence helps us to see clearly in order that we may walk uprightly for the honor and glory of God.
Temperance
Temperance is a moral virtue, defined by moderation in action, thought, or feeling; restraint. It can be understood as practicing habits of self-discipline and self-control and resisting temptations of the flesh. Such habits cultivate rightly ordered desires that enable one to love God and neighbor more purely. At Live Oak we teach children to develop temperance through the language of cooperation, courteousness and obedience.
Fortitude
Fortitude can be understood as choosing to do the good in relationship to God. It requires an accurate perception of reality; one is not courageous if they are rashly optimistic, if they throw themselves in harm’s way, or if they are solely confident in their own strength. One is courageous when they remain obedient to God in all circumstances. Christ perfectly modeled fortitude when He faced suffering and death in obedience to God. Christ’s obedience accomplished the greatest good known to man: our salvation and eternal life.
Justice
Justice instructs us in our interactions with other people, while the other virtues instruct us in how to govern ourselves: our own mind, body, and emotions. It promotes balance, fairness, and order in all things. It demands the acknowledgement of the dignity and worth of every human being, in spite of all temptations to disregard this truth. For Christianity, justice paves the way for the theological virtue of Christian love. This selfless giving, born out of the overflow of love we receive from Christ, is the goal of the Christian life.
While putting my 4 year old child to bed we normally sing songs as he drifts off to sleep that are gospel or hymnal songs. After three months of being a Junior Kindergarten student at Live Oak, my son informed me that tonight he wanted me to sing a new song. I asked him what song, and he replied, “Sing the Doxology, Dad.” He then sang the song for me, and in that moment my heart was touched as I realized the everlasting qualities Live Oak was assisting me as a parent through planting the seeds of songs to God that will carry with my son for a lifetime. This is only one story, and I must say that my heart is touched, changed, and blessed beyond measure by Live Oak through the overflow of my child’s education but even more by his deepening love for our Savior Jesus Christ.
