American Classical Leadership Education®
"All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education." - Sir Walter Scott
At Excalibur, we prepare future leaders and statesmen through a principle-based education rooted in the classics and guided by great mentors. Our scholars engage in a rich classical liberal arts curriculum encompassing history, literature, mathematics, science, the arts, language, and leadership preparation.
To understand this model, we look to America’s great servant leaders. Some, like Adams, Jefferson, and Madison, had formal classical educations. Others—Washington, Douglass, Franklin, and Abigail Adams—were self-taught through the study of the classics and the influence of wise mentors. All were grounded in liberty and inspired to pursue truth, virtue, and wisdom.
Our scholars follow this example by studying original sources, engaging in Socratic dialogue, and discovering how timeless ideas shape today’s world. At the heart of it all is liberty—the foundation upon which the four pillars of our educational philosophy stand.
Core Values
Art of Mentoring
Art of Mentoring
The core values are the culture that enriches the fertile environment for the development of servant leaders. They are the language or currency used to express our leadership and character-building educational program.
Art of Mentoring
Art of Mentoring
Art of Mentoring
The art of mentoring is the other exterior pillar that helps channel the efforts of a scholar. The art of mentoring is the liberty-based art by which scholars are mentored and led through the liberal arts and the classics while respecting the sovereign nature and intrinsic worth of the scholar.
Classics
Art of Mentoring
Liberal Arts
It is through the pillar of the classics that a scholar engages in the Great Conversation that asks age-old questions and thereby discovers what is good, true, and beautiful. Classics hold the potential to transform a scholar into a wiser and more liberated servant leader.
Liberal Arts
Art of Mentoring
Liberal Arts
Whereas classics provide the content of our program, the liberal arts provide the practice. The liberal arts are the arts a scholar cultivates to become liberated from ignorance and ennobled to virtuous and dignified thinking and acting. They are also the arts of a free society.
Excalibur Classical Academy is a member of the American Classical Lyceum.