Tall Oaks Classical School
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1390 Red Lion Road Bear, Delaware United States |
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| Type | Classical Christian |
| Motto | Christian principles, Classical methods, Amazing results |
| Established | 1994 |
| Chairman | Chuck L. Betters |
| Headmaster | Timothy Dernlan |
| Faculty | 45 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 209 |
| Campus | Red Lion Campus |
| Houses | Edwards, Kepler, Kuyper, Wilberforce |
| Mascot | Titan |
| Accreditation | Association of Classical and Christian Schools |
| SAT average | 1910 |
| Website | Official website |
Tall Oaks Classical School is a K-12 classical Christian school located in Bear, Delaware. Enrollment is approximately 209 students, with approximately 25 faculty.
The school was founded as Christ Classical Christian School in 1994 by a group of homeschooling parents from Elkton, Maryland, taking inspiration from Douglas Wilson's book, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning. In its first year, 23 students were enrolled. It relocated to Newark in 1995, to Hockessin in 1997, adopting its current name, and again to Newark in 2006. At the beginning of the 2010-11 academic year, the school moved to First Baptist Church in New Castle, Delaware, formerly occupied by New Castle Christian Academy.
As of the 2016–17 academic year, the school moved to its permanent location on the Red Lion campus, which they share with Red Lion Christian Academy in a partnership with the Glasgow Family of Schools. While Tall Oaks remains a separate legal entity, athletics and other after-school activities have merged with Red Lion's programs. The 37-acre complex includes separate instructional facilities for the two different schools, plus shared athletic facilities, cafeteria, library, and administrative offices.
In accordance with the classical tradition, the school divides education into three stages of learning: grammar (grades K-5), logic (grades 6-8), and rhetoric (grades 9-12). Tall Oaks students also have the opportunity to earn up to 33 college credits before graduation through a dual enrollment program with Cairn University.
Red Lion athletics has varsity programs for football, cross country, field hockey, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, lacrosse, and golf. They compete as a non-conference team under the DIAA. Through the 2015–16 academic year, the school's athletic teams competed as the Tall Oaks Titans in the Mid-Atlantic Independent League (MIL). In 2015, the volleyball team and both cross-country teams earned 2nd place in the conference, with Titan runners sweeping all four champion spots (varsity and middle school, boys and girls).
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