Bethel American International School will educate using classical content and methods in the context of Biblical truth that develops thinking, articulate students.

These time-tested methods have been staples in Western culture and the Church since the second century emphasizing grammar, logic, and rhetoric in all subjects:

• Grammar – the fundamental rules of each subject

• Logic – the ordered relationship of particulars in each subject

• Rhetoric – how the grammar and logic of each subject may be clearly expressed.

These three make up the Trivium.

The Trivium has been used by Christians to train their children for almost two thousand years. The great teachers and poets of the Middle Ages were trained in the Trivium, as were the Reformers and many of America’s founding fathers. Men who were to lead free societies in the past were trained according to this method because it teaches them how to think and how to persuade and influence others.

• Socratic teaching, debate, subject integration, and written and oral defense all provide the mental exercise to cultivate powerful minds.

• Students see the big picture by studying history, philosophy, literature, art, music, theology, Latin and modern language, logic and rhetoric, math and science.

• There is an emphasis on cultivating wisdom rather than just teaching facts and skills and encouraging all students to develop a love of learning and to live up to their academic potential.