Guiding students in how to think, not what to think.

Classical education doesn’t mean rigid rows of desks and serious faces. We can excel academically and have fun too. ccareno.org #ccareno #calvarychristianacademy

Field trip day at Kimmie Candy! 🍬 On Friday our students got a behind the scenes look at how candy gets made, and the smiles said it all. A huge thank you to the Kimmie Candy team for being so welcoming, friendly, and patient with every question our students threw at them. We came home with full hearts (and maybe a little sugar), plus a sweet reminder of something we treasure at Calvary Christian Academy: God's Word is sweeter still. "How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" Psalm 119:103 🍯 #CalvaryChristianAcademy #CCAReno #ClassicalChristianEducation #ChristianSchool #RenoSchools #SparksSchools #FieldTrip #KimmieCandy #Psalm119

Our first field trip is in the books! 🌿 Yesterday Calvary Christian Academy explored the Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park. Thirteen acres of gardens right here in Reno, and our students soaked up every bit of it, clipboards in hand. 📋🌸 A big shout out to Washoe County's Wilbur D. May Arboretum and to Luke for hosting us and making the morning so memorable. And thank you to the families who joined us. What a way to kick off the year! #CalvaryChristianAcademy #CCAReno #ClassicalChristianEducation #ClassicalEducation #ChristianSchool #RenoSchools #SparksSchools #FieldTrip #MayArboretum

Dressed to impress 👔🎀 Yesterday was our first Formal Day at Calvary Christian Academy! Some occasions call for dressing up, and learning to look sharp and carry yourself well is a life skill we're practicing all year long. We'll compare these photos to our final Formal Day in the spring. Looking good, CCA! 😎 #CalvaryChristianAcademy #CCAReno #ClassicalChristianEducation #ClassicalEducation #ChristianSchool #RenoSchools #SparksSchools #FormalDay

Virtue of the week is Obedience, and the verse that goes with it is Romans 13:1. Obedience is one of the four virtues in our honor code, alongside Courage, Respect, and Diligence. Here's the tricky part about teaching obedience to a room full of six year olds... it's awfully easy to make it sound like "do what you're told." That is not what we're after. We want them to see that authority isn't invented by whoever happens to be biggest. It's given. And everyone holding it answers to the One who handed it over. #CalvaryChristianAcademy

First day photo, finally! Took me the whole long weekend to recover from week one 🙂 Year two at Calvary Christian Academy kicked off August 31st. New shoes, sharp pencils, and a few nervous faces at 9:00 that had turned brave by lunch. Here's the whole school on day one. The Lord has been awfully good to this little school. Thank you to every family walking it out with us. #CalvaryChristianAcademy #CCAReno #ClassicalChristianEducation #ChristianSchool #RenoSchools #SparksSchools

Homeschooling has a lot going for it. Doing it alone at your own kitchen table is not one of them. Calvary Chapel Study Hall starts Monday, August 31. Grades 7 to 12, Monday through Thursday, 9 to 2. Bring your own coursework, get it done on campus, with other students in the room. Link in bio. #homeschool #homeschoolreno #renonv #northernnevada #homeschoolhighschool #renohomeschool

Teachers spend a good chunk of their own paychecks making their classrooms feel like home for your kids. We would love to change that a little this year. We just posted an Amazon wish list full of everyday classroom needs, the kind of things that quietly make a huge difference on a Tuesday in October. Link is in the comments, go take a look. However you are able to help, our teachers will feel it. Thank you for being part of this with us.

I could watch our kids do handwriting all day. (BTW these were our Kinders writing cursive) Turns out there's real brain science behind it. Write a word by hand and a child's brain lights up all over. Type that same word and most of that just... doesn't happen. Same kid, same word, and something completely different is going on upstairs. That's a big reason we teach the way we do at Calvary Christian Academy. Pencils, paper, and slowing down long enough to actually think. Low tech, and it works. Curious what classical Christian education looks like up close? Come see us. Study's in the comments if you want to learn more about writing vs typing. (Van der Weel and Van der Meer, 2024.)

Five weeks until I can wield this power again. It has been a quiet summer. No lining up, no "here we go", and worst of all... no whistle. But come August 31... the whistle is back!!! Somebody warn the kids. Five weeks until the first day, CCA.

Parents are frustrated. Teachers are frustrated. iReady is under scrutiny for allegedly harvesting and selling student data. And this week, the contract got extended for another year anyway. Read that one more time. A program accused of profiting off our children's information just got renewed, over the objections of the families and teachers who have to live with it. If you are a parent feeling unheard right now, you are not imagining it. And you are not alone. Our primary grade kids are spending more and more of their school day on screens, feeding data into platforms most parents have never read the fine print on. Phonics, handwriting, real books, mental math, recess, PE, and field trips are getting squeezed by testing windows and device time. Our kids already know how to use a tablet. What they are missing is everything else. Calvary Christian Academy is a technology free campus for kindergarten through sixth grade. No iReady. No data harvesting platforms. No screens in the classroom at all. Not because we are afraid of devices. Because we know what young children actually need. They need phonics. They need to write in cursive and in print, with a pencil, on paper. They need to read real books with real pages. They need to memorize their math facts and learn why those facts are true. They also need recess. They need PE. They need field trips and outdoor play and time to be kids. They need teachers who know their names, not algorithms that profile them. That is what a school day at CCA looks like. Every day. If you have been waiting for a different way to educate your child, come see ours. Schedule a tour at ccareno.org. Financial aid and scholarships are available as God provides.

Save the date. 🗓️ Friday, May 29 at 6:00 PM, our students take the stage at the CCRS Cafe for A Celebration of Learning. Every class, Kindergarten through Sixth, will share a piece of what they have studied, recited, and grown in this year. Cookies and juice to follow in the lobby. Bring the family, bring a friend, bring anyone who has ever wondered what classical Christian education actually looks like. . . . #CalvaryChristianAcademy #CCAReno #ClassicalChristianEducation #CelebrationOfLearning #ChristianSchool #ClassicalEducation #RenoSchools #SparksSchools #HomeschoolAlternative

We promise we didn't get lost in the woods🐻🐻 CCA has been busy out in the field, including a recent adventure to Animal Ark where our students studied wildlife, asked excellent questions, and only occasionally tried to befriend the bears. Getting out of the classroom is a big part of how we learn at CCA, and days like this remind us why. 🐻 #CalvaryChristianAcademy #CCAReno #ClassicalChristianEducation #AnimalArk #RenoSchools

The best way to know if a school is the right fit for your family is to visit. Walk the halls, meet the teachers, sit in on a class, and ask every question on your heart. A school that's confident in its mission will welcome your curiosity. Calvary Christian Academy is a classical Christian school serving Kindergarten through 6th grade in Reno, Nevada. We'd love to show you what we're building. Schedule a tour or learn more: Laura Castillo, Enrollment Coordinator 775-333-6271 info@ccareno.org ccareno.org Enrollment for 2026/2027 is open. Financial Aid Available As God Provides. #CalvaryChristianAcademy #ClassicalChristianSchool #RenoNevada #NowEnrolling #ChristianKindergarten #ScheduleATour