The Lion Leadership Club kicked off their first service project this week! Students made "bags of blessing" to distribute to people experiencing homelessness in our city. 

Learning about God's amazing creation is fun and exciting, even when it comes to learning about rocks.  Recently our kinders and 1st graders did an experiment sifting with screens different sizes of gravel, pebbles, and small river rocks. They are also bringing rocks to class to determine what type they might be.  There's just so much to learn and marvel over!

This year our campus is offering a new grammar elective - Torchlighters.  Mrs. Kellie Parmar has been instrumental in its inception. The class is designed to teach about Church history and mission work across the ages.  This past week, our students learned about Martin Luther and his contribution to not only the Church, but also, more broadly, to western culture.  

In imitation of Luther, our students created three 'theses' that they believe will lead to "a good and proper classroom." They then 'hammered' their theses to the door of the classroom for all to see.

Please enjoy these pictures of the postings!

We are excited for you to get to know our PE teachers, Coach Solis and Coach Young. 

On Fridays, we offer many choices for our grammar students, and one of the most popular is our Hands On Science class. In Classical education, we approach 'science' as natural philosophy; we observe God's creation to see His abundant creativity and wonder about how and why what we see happens.

This semester, our 2nd through 4th graders are studying the unit "Flight and Rocketry". They are observing gravity and how to defy it. In this lesson, the students used surface area to create air resistance with parachutes.  

Each semester the unit changes, so a grammar student could take Hands On Science his or her entire grammar school experience and never repeat the same lessons! It's great to see our students excited about their own learning.

Last spring CDA Dallas rhetoric students took part in the very first overnight college tour. Over the weekend, students visited three different Texas universities. 

Classical education is so much more than just an academic approach to math and reading. In our modern context and as residents of a postmodern, perhaps post-postmodern, society, it seems almost natural to see things in their discreet parts and not as created wholes. This includes our children. Many institutions in our day, schools foremost, address only one 'part' of our children's experience ignoring everything that makes them whole and human. 

Charlotte Mason, a 19th century educator, is influential in regards to our Classical approach.  She recognized the failures of modern education even back in the mid-1800s. She stated clearly that children are born persons, meaning that we are not a 'tabula rasa' to be written upon or a brain packaged in muscles and bones. We, and our children, are an integrated whole - a mind and soul in a body. 

So, how to we as a school care for all the parts in a holsitic way?  How do we engage all aspects of the children that we serve? We offer a rigorous academic education to engage their minds and imaginations.  We point them towards wonder and worship as forms of soul formation.  And, we honor their bodies in play and movement. Physical education is as important to growing bodies as math and reading.  Our bodies and brains work together to keep each other healthy! Enjoy the pictures and video of our students having FUN by moving their bodies.

We are so proud of Cannabry and her commitment to excellence.

Click on the handwriting sample to the right to see a picture of Cannabry and her 4th grade teacher, Ms. Tarver.

Over the summer three of our Dallas faculty graduated with master's degrees!

The House System is a student government model that originated in boarding schools in British Commonwealth countries. It has since spread to schools and colleges worldwide. CDA adopted the House System in 2007 to encourage student leadership and to promote relationships across grade levels.

New Headmaster of Collin County, Robin Scott, gives her story of what led her to CDA and all she is excited about for Collin County.

See the Valedictorian's and Salutatorian's from both Collin County and Flower Mound campuses. 

The psalmist observes in Psalm 19, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” When we look up, we are mesmerized by the world that The Lord has created, with an innate desire to know more about what is beyond and above us.

This is part two of our summer email series on the Virtues as Moral Muscles. If you have not yet read part one, please click here to do so.

The Cardinal Virtues are the four foundational virtues, upon which nearly all other virtues are built. Cardinal comes from the Latin word for hinge. In other words, these four virtues are the hinge on which all other moral actions depend.

The latest edition of The Forum magazine hit mailboxes recently, but you can peruse it digitally online. The Spring 2023 issue highlights the incredible accomplishments of Coram Deo Academy's students in academics, fine arts, and athletics including articles such as...

Virtues are moral muscles.

This spring CDA Dallas offered the first overnight college tour to rhetoric students. Students toured three universities in Texas. 

The Flower Mound campus was alive with activity during the final week of school.

Grammar school students celebrated their final days of the 2022-2023 school year with celebrations, hugs, and lots of smiles! Friends talked of plans for the summer and teachers offered praise for virtuous behavior. Students ate treats, shared signatures, wrote book reviews, and finished artwork. It was the perfect ending to a memorable year.

Flower Mound rhetoric students and faculty let off some steam during the last few weeks of school doing what they do best - giving it all in some friendly games of basketball, volleyball, and football. Teachers, coaches, and students alike left it all on the court, on the field, and in the classroom as the school year came to a close.

Three Coram Deo Academy Flower Mound athletes advanced to the TAPPS 5A State Track Meet which was held last week. All three ran with fierce determination and placed well against the fastest track athletes in the state. 

Congratulations to:
Senior Kaleb Skelly - 6th in the 3200M
Senior Savanna Morris - 4th in 300M Hurdles and 6th in 100M Hurdles
Junior Josh Marshall - 3rd in 110M Hurdles and 7th in 300M Hurdles

CDA celebrates four penmanship contest winners!

Luke Stewart is officially the first Dallas student to represent the school in golf. 

Training ethical servant leaders is at the heart of the mission of CDA. Simon Graves, a third grade, Tuesday/Thursday student, lived this out as he traveled across the plains of West Texas to help provide medical care to the people of El Paso.

Training ethical servant leaders is at the heart of the mission of CDA. Simon Graves, a third-grade Dallas student (TTh), lived this out as he traveled to West Texas to help provide medical care to the people of El Paso. 

CDA Flower Mound juniors celebrated the culmination of months of research and preparation with their Capstone Presentations this week. Students ended their year in AP English Language and Composition by sharing their Christian wisdom on a broad array of meaningful topics with an audience of parents, peers, and teachers. 

Congratulations to the CDA Flower Mound Intermediate Band!  They received straight 1's from the three judges at the festival and received some nice compliments from the judges as well!  Our children are such a delight to be with, and we had a great time at Pinstack.  Victories all around!

Electus Vox earned superior ratings at contest last week. Listen to them sing Agnus Dei by clicking on the link. 

The Collin County campus recently celebrated their students' gift for writing in their first Word-Wielder event.

The Coram Deo Academy Flower Mound Swim Team was recognized by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association as the 2022-2023 Scholar Teams in March 2023.

It was an amazing day at Solo & Ensemble competition! We had 17 soloists and 13 small ensembles participating, and EACH made a superior rating, which is the highest rating possible. In addition, we had 9 soloists and 7 of our small ensembles advance to the State Solo and Ensemble Competition, which takes place May 27! To be able to advance to State is a real honor and speaks very highly of the musicianship of our students.

The results are in for the 2023 Solo & Ensemble for your Collin County Symphonic Band.

The results are in for the 2023 Solo & Ensemble for your Flower Mound Symphonic Band.

Zuriel Ko, a Collin County student, excels in the art form of fencing. Recently, Zuriel was invited to participate in Junior Olympics in fencing competition.

Jesse Leon has been in Boy Scouts, since the age of seven. At the age of 16 he has finally reach the rank of Eagle Scout.

The Collin County campus participated in their Spring Service Day project through a canned food drive.

CDA FM senior Nya McDowell has advanced to Finalist standing in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Out of over 1.5 million students, she placed in the top 16,000 for the 2021 PSAT/NMSQT exam. She is now among about 15,000 being considered for the National Merit Scholarship. Approximately, 7,250 students will be chosen. Congratulations, Nya!

The CDA band participated in the north All Region Honor Band clinic and concert this past weekend. Our CDA students performed well, were a blessing and a light to those at the event, and they rose to the top of the region band competition! 

Both the Collin County and Flower Mound bands attended the Texas Private School Music Educators Association (TPSMEA) All-Region Band event in Addison at the Greenhill School.

January 26-28, nine students from the CDA Flower Mound band and one student from the CDA Flower Mound choir attended the TPSMEA All-State Clinic and Concert event in Richardson, Texas. Students spent Thursday and Friday in clinics and rehearsals with amazing clinicians, and then performed an absolutely beautiful concert on Saturday afternoon in the Eisemann Center Theater. 

Ianna Chan, a CDA Flower Mound student, developed a passion for Figure Skating at the early age of four and has enjoyed it ever since.

Flower Mound student, Campbell Chavez, has been in Ballet since the age of three and allowed us to lean into her world as a performer

From January 26th to 28th students from both the Collin County and Flower Mound Campuses attended the TPSMEA All-State Clinic and Concert.

Emery Hull has trained continuously in the forms of Martial Arts attaining the rank of black belt.

Ivy Hull, a CDA Flower Mound student, plays the harp to glorify God.

CDA FM Senior Lauren Joseph was selected to perform with the Texas All-State 4A Concert Band in San Antonio, Saturday, February 11, as part of the 2023 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention.

Lauren Joseph, a Flower Mound Senior, has been selected to perform with the Texas All-State 4A ATSSB Symphonic Band.

Reese Smith, a Flower Mound student, has been participating in mounted shooting, receiving many accolades and awards.

The Symphonic Band performed as the opening act for the Haygoods show at the Clay Cooper Theatre over Christmas Break.