Rockbridge Academy

Rockbridge utilizes the Trivium method of education, and bases instruction on a Christian worldview.[2] Kindergarten through 8th grade students average one to two years above the national average on the Stanford Achievement Test, and seniors average above 1300 on the SAT.[3] In addition, a Rockbridge Academy junior scored perfectly on the SAT in March 2012.

The school's extracurricular activities include athletics, a yearly theatrical production, instrumental and vocal music programs, Science Olympiad, debate, and other clubs. All grade levels take field trips to various locations,[4] and rising seniors have the opportunity to participate in a summer tour of historic and cultural sites in Greece and Italy.[5] The final two years of the curriculum incorporate a year-long thesis project on a topic of the student's choosing as a culmination of the learning process.

The school's student body is currently spread out across two rented buildings; plans are in the works for a new campus on the historic plantation once owned by Francis Scott Key.

Each year Rockbridge Academy offers a Teacher Training Program endorsed by the Association of Classical and Christian Schools. This program features workshops offered by experienced educators training teachers at the grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric levels in a variety of subject areas. [6]

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