Buffalo Creek Boys School offers a rigorous, classical education that challenges students to live and think from a Christian worldview, develop their critical thinking skills, communicate effectively through oral and written expression, and explore an array of new challenges and experiences.
Fields of Study
Academics
Classical, Christian education builds the whole child – head, heart, and hands. The aim is to build virtue and wisdom in light of the Bible. The result is a well-educated student able to discover and express the richness of God and His created order. The Trivium to aid in the discovery of learning. This method helps each student to learn how to think critically and write and speak with eloquence and clear articulation.
Classical Christian Education
trivium
The Trivium aligns with the child’s natural way of learning. The word means where three roads meet and is comprised of three categories: Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric. These are the first three among the seven ancient liberal arts. Grammar or knowledge is the learning of a broad-based set of facts associated with a body of knowledge. The comprehension of these facts is vital. Dialectic or logic is the art of using reason to express these facts in a logical and well-ordered manner consistent with revealed truth. Rhetoric or wisdom is the expression of ideas using clear and eloquent articulation – in thought, word, and deed.
What is the Trivium?
The ultimate end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. This demands a careful study of and devotion to God as revealed in Scripture and His created order as revealed in nature.
To what ultimate end?
Ultimate end
“For the Lord gives wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.”
Proverbs 2:6
In the grammar stage, students learn the basic facts of reading, writing, arithmetic, science, and history. Latin is integrated using bible stories, songs, and chants. Physical education, art, music, and hands-on common art activities like woodworking, pottery, marksmanship, and archery round out the curriculum to provide a full-orbed BCBS experience. The aim is to equip each student with the fundamental elements of education while their minds are most impressionable.
Grammar School Curriculum
In the rhetoric stage, students begin to articulate with clarity - in thought, word, and deed. Oratory classes are integrated, and a thesis paper is written and defended. Core subjects, along with the fine and common arts and hands-on outdoor activities, are looked at with more sophistication and round out the BCBS experience.
Rhetoric School Curriculum
In the logic stage, students learn to express facts in a well-ordered manner consistent with revealed truth. In addition to core classes, Logic is introduced at this stage. Clear argumentation is carefully guided and developed. Reasonable and rational inquiry is strongly encouraged and applauded. Physical education, art, music, and hands-on activities related to the common arts and outdoors round out the BCBS experience.
Logic School Curriculum
Curriculum
Reading good books builds good habits and the imagination as well as ignites a fire in the soul. The following list of books provides a basis and sampling as to the kind of books we encourage our students to read.
Books to help grow young minds
Reading
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Explore List
ways we can grow together
Students get the opportunity to explore a new course each quarter, such as wood-fired pottery, auto-mechanics, chess, and carpentry. This gives them future courage to try new things, opportunities to develop new interests, and time to more fully develop skills in a specific field.
Exploratory Classes
We get the boys out and exploring
Throughout the year on Friday mornings, all students and teachers are involved in four, nine-week thematic studies of the teachers’ choosing. This study integrates and applies several academic disciplines, allows for student creativity, and builds close peer and teacher relationships.
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Interdisciplinary Units
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This is an in-depth “apprenticeship” into the complete process of wood-fired pottery.
Wood-Fire Pottery
Students learn to make patterns, tan hides, hand stitch and sew assorted projects using furs, leather and fabric with treadle and electric machines.
Stitchery
Students learn to use tools and apply math and engineering concepts as they measure, design and build forts, shelters, obstacle courses, and other projects.
Carpentry
Each year students work together to produce and perform a selected drama for families and guests.
Drama
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Kick-off Week
The first three days of school are filled with activities designed to build relationships, foster teamwork, set guidelines and rules, evaluate knowledge in subject areas, and familiarize ourselves with the “Fours I’s” of character that will be our focus for the year: to use ingenuity, take initiative, be inquisitive, and have integrity.
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Survival Skills
One goal of BCBS is to get boys comfortable being outdoors. Nature is a display of God’s amazing creation and is a peaceful haven boys can seek throughout their lives. Through regular backpacking trips, field trips, and outdoor activities, boys learn survival skills such as tracking, orienteering, building fires and shelters, cooking over an open fire, and identification of edible and medicinal plants.
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Rites of Passage
As boys mature, BCBS marks student development with special challenges and ceremonies to celebrate their passage from one stage to the next. We believe that acknowledging these accomplishments encourages young boys and gives them a sense of being one step closer to manhood. Honoring the boy and giving glory to God is the common thread and purpose.
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Father/Son Outings
Research is clear when it comes to the immeasurable value of having a positive, loving male presence and role model in the life of a boy to guide him into Biblical manhood. To foster this relationship, BCBS provides opportunities to gather fathers and sons together for an overnight outing. Time is provided to discuss the needs of adolescent boys and the roles fathers play.
