Ascent Classical Academy

OF GRAND JUNCTION

Ascent Classical Academies is opening a K-12 tuition-free classical charter school in Fall 2023 in Grand Junction. The school will serve grades K-8 in its opening year, adding one grade each year until reaching K-12 matriculation.

Applications for 2024-2025 are now open.

 

About Ascent Classical Academy
of Grand Junction

Ascent Classical Academies develop within its students the moral and intellectual skills, habits, and virtues upon which independent, responsible, and joyful lives are built, in the firm belief that such lives are the basis for a free and flourishing republic.

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Ascent Classical’s Facility Renovation Hits Milestone with Latest Lead Abatement Test Results

“The intent of this project was to remove the lead-in-dust contamination from throughout the facility in accordance with HUD and CDPHE Regulation 19 lead clearance standards,” stated the report provided to Ascent Classical by VERTEX in early August. “A visual inspection and limited wipe sampling was performed within a containment area until representative samples within that area demonstrated compliance with HUD cleanup standards. The exterior wipe samples and exterior soil samples were all below recognized exterior lead-in-dust surface standards and lead-in-soil standards.”

ACA Grand Junction receives American Flag

July 5, 2023 · Grand Junction, Colorado    On Wednesday, June 14, Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction held a ceremony to honor the generous donation of an American flag, gifted by the Mesa County Republican Women’s Group. This donation comes ahead of the...

Are We Talking for the Sake of Talking? Plato’s The Crito and a Caution for Educators

Mr. Kramer, Headmaster at Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado, was asked to write on scholarship: "Our philosophy, our seeking of truth, our scholarship should not end with talking. True conviction must be followed based on intensive inquiry of that...

Annual Notice of Proposed School Budgets (2023-2024)

Annual Notice of Proposed School Budgets (2023-2024) Pursuant to C.R.S. 22-44-109 and guidance from the schools’ authorizer CSI, the proposed 23-24 budget is being kept on file in the admin offices at 4690 Table Mountain Drive, Suite 100, Golden CO 80403 10004 Park...

Wonder and Life Sciences

Mrs. Nichols, Upper School Science Teacher at Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado, was asked to write on the importance of studying science: "Sciences are marvelous not because of how much is known but because of how much remains unknown. When a new system...

Nosce Latine, Nosce Te Ipsum

Mr. Sala, Upper School Latin Teacher at Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County, was asked to write on the importance of studying latin: "...everyone knows a little Latin. Its roots pervade our language and culture. If you have ever studied American law or...

Why We Study The Classics

Ms. Flatt, Upper School Department Head and Literature Teacher at Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado, was asked to write on the importance of studying the classics: "Stories are powerful things. They tell us who we are, and in turn they also shape who we...

Headmaster Announcement

January 26, 2023 • Golden, Colorado  The governing board for Ascent Classical Academy Charter Schools unanimously approved and appointed a head of school for a campus opening in Grand Junction, Colorado, during its regular board meeting on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.  ...

CSI Approves Application for Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction

NEWS RELEASE  AUGUST 29, 2022 08:00 MDT GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Colorado Charter School Institute (CSI) Board of Directors approved the charter application for Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction in a consent agenda vote held Tuesday, Aug. 16, during its...

Ascent Classical Receives Unanimous School Board Approval for Authorization Release to Colorado Charter School Institute

NEWS RELEASE  MAY 6, 2022 08:00 MDT GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Tuesday, May 3, the Mesa County Valley School District 51 board voted 5-0 in support of relinquishing Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction to the Colorado Charter School Institute for authorization to...

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