Returning Primary Education to the Great Classical Tradition
Hampton Roads Classical is an independent, nonsectarian, American classical academy in Smithfield, Virginia. We offer a time-honored, trivium-based approach (grammar, logic, rhetoric) rooted in the liberal arts and sciences, with an emphasis on America's founding principles. We are accepting enrollment applications in kindergarten through 5th grade for the 2025-2026 school year.
Know the True.
Do the Good.
Love the Beautiful.
Why Should Your Child Attend Hampton Roads Classical?
Academic Excellence:
We teach students how to learn through the time-honored, trivium arts of grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
We deliver a content-rich, integrated liberal arts curriculum that includes literacy, math, science, history, art, music, literature, and Latin.
We develop freethinking, responsible citizens with a deep appreciation for our Western heritage and the founding principles of America.
Excellence in Character:
We offer a small, personal classroom setting (10:1) that will nurture your child’s humanity (mind, body, spirit).
We cultivate a virtue-based ethos embodied by the four cardinal virtues: Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude.
We foster a joy of learning, intellectual curiosity, and a long view of life.
“Happiness is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue.”