Type Classical Christian Chairman Chuck L. Betters Faculty 45 Mascot Titan | Established 1994 Headmaster Timothy Dernlan Phone +1 302-738-3337 | |
Motto Christian principles, Classical methods, Amazing results Address 1390 Red Lion Rd, Bear, DE 19701, USA Accreditation Association of Classical and Christian Schools Houses Jonathan Edwards, Johannes Kepler, Abraham Kuyper, William Wilberforce Similar William Penn High School, Fairwinds Christian, Wilmington Christian School, Tower Hill School Profiles | ||
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Tall Oaks Classical School is a K-12 classical Christian school located in Bear, Delaware. Enrollment is approximately 215 students, with approximately 25 faculty.
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History
The school was founded as Christ Classical Christian School in 1994 by a group of homeschooling parents from Elkton, Maryland, taking inspiration from Douglas Wilson's book, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning. In its first year, 23 students were enrolled. It relocated to Newark in 1995, to Hockessin in 1997, adopting its current name, and again to Newark in 2006. At the beginning of the 2010-11 academic year, the school moved to First Baptist Church in New Castle, Delaware, formerly occupied by New Castle Christian Academy.
Campus
As of the 2016–17 academic year, the school moved to its permanent location on the Red Lion campus, which they share with Red Lion Christian Academy in a partnership with the Glasgow Family of Schools. While Tall Oaks remains a separate legal entity, athletics and other after-school activities have merged with Red Lion's programs. The 37-acre complex includes separate instructional facilities for the two different schools, plus shared athletic facilities, cafeteria, library, and administrative offices.
Curriculum
In accordance with the classical tradition, the school divides education into three stages of learning: grammar (grades K-5), logic (grades 6-8), and rhetoric (grades 9-12). Tall Oaks students also have the opportunity to earn up to 33 college credits before graduation through a dual enrollment program with Cairn University.
Extracurricular activities
Red Lion athletics has varsity programs for football, cross country, field hockey, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, lacrosse, and golf. They compete as a non-conference team under the DIAA. Through the 2015–16 academic year, the school's athletic teams competed as the Tall Oaks Titans in the Mid-Atlantic Independent League (MIL). In 2015, the volleyball team and both cross-country teams earned 2nd place in the conference, with Titan runners sweeping all four champion spots (varsity and middle school, boys and girls).
Awards and recognition
Tall Oaks is a charter member and accredited school of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS), one of only 34 to earn that distinction. Students in grades 3 through 8 participate in the National Mythology Exam sponsored by Excellence Through Classics, and in 2016, the sixth grade had 16 medalists, including seven gold, six silver, and three bronze. Tall Oaks students earned first place in the ACCS Chrysostom Oratory Contest for three consecutive years from 2011 through 2013. Student college acceptances for 2015 include Boston University, Salisbury University, Regent University, Marshall University, Messiah College, and Liberty University.