Addenbrooke Classical Academy High School

Addenbrooke Classical Academy High School is a tuition-free, public K–12 charter school located in Lakewood, Colorado. The school is committed to providing a quality education and upholds the responsibility that comes with teaching and learning, fostering a culture of free and independent thinkers through tradition and innovation. The school's educational approach is rooted in its commitment to tradition and innovation, with a focus on classical education and the development of critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and academic excellence. Key features of the school include its tuition-free education, public K–12 charter school status, and commitment to quality education. The school's unique characteristics include its classical education approach, innovative methods, and emphasis on discerning what is good, true, and beautiful in various subjects, including math, literature, music, history, sciences, languages, and art. The school uses classical instructional strategies, such as the Trivium, which includes the grammar stage, the logic stage, and the rhetoric stage, to develop free and independent thinkers. Additionally, the school offers a range of subjects, including arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy, and follows the Core Knowledge scope and sequence, as well as the Charlotte Mason methods, which include nature study, study of habits, art and music, living books, narration, and dictation. Latin is also valued and studied by all students beginning in fifth grade.