The Montfort Academy is a classical curriculum Roman Catholic
high school for boys and girls. We promote the highest ideals of faith and
character, scholarship, citizenship, sportsmanship, integrity, and moral
development by providing our students a priceless and unparalleled education and
love of learning that will last a lifetime and beyond their life on earth.
The Catholic faith infuses every aspect of academic, spiritual, and
extracurricular endeavor, including sports. Our four-year classical program
teaches the best that man has ever thought, said, or done in the world. Montfort
prepares her students for a life of success and virtue in this world so they can
be with God forever in the next world.
As a fun and safe place for boys and girls to grow up, Montfort is filled with
joy, love, and a deep, genuine sense of family.
At Montfort, students Seek Wisdom, Practice Virtue, and Keep the Faith.
THE MONTFORT ACADEMY IS A CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT IS CLASSICAL EDUCATION?
A lot of people think of “old-fashioned” when they think of classical. Nothing
could be further from the truth. You see, a classical education is based on the
set of all of human knowledge—not just the distant past but also the present. As
Columbia University professor Mortimer Adler called it, a classical education is
really a Great Conversation, the collective wisdom passed down through the ages
through the Great Books of all the great philosophers, scientists, history
makers, experimenters, theologians, and entrepreneurs. It starts with Aristotle
and Plato in ancient Greece and ends in the current day with people like Steve
Jobs and Pope Francis. We draw upon the best that men and women have said, done,
or thought in the world. We prepare our students well for a future in the modern
world to be successful, prosperous, and virtuous. At Montfort we read the Great
Books.
WHAT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF A CLASSICAL EDUCATION?
I hear all the time from college admissions officers that our students are
different. Not only are they respectful, dignified, and very knowledgeable, but
they are also excellent communicators. A classical education rigorously prepares
students to speak in public because they are trained daily through the Socratic
methodology. The Socratic methodology requires students to think on their feet,
to prepare cogent arguments, and present those arguments eloquently. A classical
education also prepares students to write. At Montfort, students undertake a
rigorous writing program featuring poetry, creative writing, analytical essays,
research papers, scientific and technological reports, and finally a Senior
Thesis. In our Montfort classrooms, we also read from the original texts. So, in
our classrooms we use only a select few textbooks. Our teachers spent hours
collecting original speeches, original scientific papers, original books and
historical texts. This ensures an unbiased reading, a rigorous interpretation,
and a robust debate in class.
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THE MONTFORT ACADEMY
125 EAST BIRCH STREET,
MOUNT VERNON, NY, 10552,
UNITED STATES
914-699-7090
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