“Patrick will definitely be enrolling in the class again for next year. He absolutely loves it, and I can see in my conversations with him that it is enormously beneficial to him. This class has been – by far – the highlight of his first two years in high school. (And I think he enjoys the discussions with the other students after class almost as much as the actual class time. They’re an interesting and varied bunch of young people, aren’t they?).”

Below you will find the four year reading list for our Great Books Program for the 2012-2013 academic year, beginning with the Greek year of the program.  In addition to the readings and two-hour discussions each week, the students write essay papers which are evaluated, marked, and returned to them.  For students on our high school track the papers are generally about 800 words in length and there are two assigned each semester.  Reading and discussing great works is tremendously helpful to students in the development of their ability to speak well.