Addenbrooke Classical Academy

About

Addenbrooke Classical Academy is a K-12 charter school serving Jefferson County, Colorado.

Story

Addenbrooke will be a place where a collaborative community develops curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment to ensure all students learn through a rigorous Music Program, Core-Knowledge and Classical curriculum and instructional models integrated by becoming an iSchool Campus to create a SMART school. In design and delivery, the school will be an integrated model of tradition and innovation. Addenbrooke Classical Academy encompasses a school in which the administration, faculty, staff, and parents will:

*Provide a complete educational institution based on proven methods of instruction and challenging content;
*Have high academic and moral expectations for all students; and Cultivate relationships between parents and teachers to ensure the complete development of the student, including academics, music, and character;
*Prepare students for life after high school using time tested methods of teaching focusing on knowledge and music, but preparing for them for the 21st century using innovative technology as learning tools.
*Addenbrooke will provide its students with thorough and applicable knowledge of the core curriculum, in part, by associating academic instruction with the analogous concepts of music, regardless of student musical aptitude or experience, and by creating a learning environment facilitating the highest standards of academic achievement for its students. As students gain a broader understanding of the construction of music, its history, and its various styles, Addenbrooke Classical Academy will instill in its students a life-long love of music, appreciation for beauty, and respect for humanity. This school will also enlist the involvement of its parents and community in programs to improve the educational opportunities and outcomes for its students.

Mission

Addenbrooke Classical Academy will prepare students for the future using time tested methods of teaching that produced the greatest thinkers throughout the ages; including Archimedes, Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton, Shakespeare, and Thomas Jefferson.