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At Martin Saints Classical High School, students are immersed in a comprehensive, Catholic, classical education. This approach offers a broad exposure to the traditional liberal arts which have been at the foundation of Catholic education since ancient times.

The curriculum integrates history, literature, philosophy, theology, mathematics and the natural sciences in a way that highlights connections between these various arts and sciences. For example, we aim to show how the logic of mathematics is seen in philosophy, or how the beauty of God's creation is seen in the natural sciences.

Students read classic authors such as Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Virgil, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Teresa of Avila, Dostoevsky, and G.K. Chesterton. Martin Saints Classical High School students study the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Most importantly, faith and reason meet in every class.

Equal emphasis is given to rhetoric and the fine arts, so that every student learns to draw and paint, sing in the choir, act on the stage, give speeches, and engage in debate. Each year builds on the previous year, so that by the end of the senior year, we have articulate, clear-thinking, well-rounded, and, very importantly, joyful human beings.

In addition to our work in the classroom, we also want our students to develop a sacramental imagination and a Catholic way of engaging the great wide world. The world is big and beautiful, and we want our students to drink deeply from all that is excellent, as well as to honestly confront the world’s challenges and pain in age appropriate ways. We aim to accomplish these goals with our monthly Frassati Friday outings, where we invite our students to engage in culture, because nothing human and good is alien to a Catholic.

Our Model of Education

 Our Patrons

Saints Louis & Zélie Martin

Saints Louis and Zélie Martin were a married couple with a large family who were canonized on October 18, 2015. One of their daughters was Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, famously known as “the little flower.”

Louis and Zélie earned a living, faced challenges, and raised their children to know and love Jesus. They raised children who knew that God was alive and active in their lives, that the created world is a sacramental world, a world of goodness, beauty and truth.

Discover resources to learn about and pray with our patron saints here.

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G.K. Chesterton

Martin Saints is also a member of the nationwide Chesterton Schools Network, which is named for the Englishman Gilbert Keith Chesterton, one of the world’s outstanding men of letters in the early 20th century. He represents the fullness of faith and reason. He wrote with wit and wisdom, exemplifying Catholic joy and common sense in the face of a skeptical culture.

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Mission, Vision, and Motto

Martin Saints Classical High School opened its doors in 2017. The 2022-2023 school year is our third year with all four high school grades. Why create a high school from scratch? Read more below.

The glory of God is man fully alive
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The Chesterton Schools Network

Martin Saints is a member of the Chesterton Schools Network, a family of about 50 Catholic classical high schools around the country, and even two schools abroad, in Italy and Iraq. The network aims to inspire and encourage the revival of Catholic education through the classics, in the spirit of the joyful and wise writer G.K. Chesterton. Member schools support each other and meet regularly to compare notes and support each other on curriculum, school culture, fundraising, marketing, and other aspects of founding and running a new school.

The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education

The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education

Since the Second Vatican Council, the Church has called for the renewal of Catholic education at all levels, from grade school through universities. A Catholic education needs to be more than just a secular school with a religion class. The ICLE offers teacher training and professional development to help our faculty realize this vision. The ICLE helps us integrate faith and reason across our curriculum. The ICLE is a community of Catholic educators who create curriculum and build school culture in light of the fullness of Catholic teaching. Martin Saints was proud to host ICLE’s annual High School Leaders Forum in 2022 and 2023, when guests came from around the country to learn more about the Martin Saints model and how to found a Catholic classical high school.

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