A YEAR LONG COURSE
Explore the Foundations of Classical Education with a Dynamic Online Community
The CiRCE Atrium program explores the foundations of Christian classical education with online classes and discussions. This year The Atrium features the choice of one of three yearlong courses that will provide guidance, training, and community as you seek to enhance your educational development. Courses include Becoming a Classical Teacher with Matt Bianco, How to Think Like a Medieval with Heidi White, and Norms: Classical Roots of Education with Tonya Rozelle.
Explore the 2025 Atrium Courses
Through exclusive live webinars (two each month) and an online discussion forum, the Atrium offers a forum for contemplation and collaboration: a place to linger (and take pleasure) in the depths of the Christian classical tradition alongside like-minded fellow educators. We provide the digital platform; you bring the desire for wisdom and virtue. Together we make the community.
Participants can expect to grow in knowledge of classical education throughout the year, be inspired and energized by peer discussion and collaboration, and understand the fundamentals of Christian classical education.
* The Atrium works in partnership with the CiRCE Apprenticeship Program and thus is especially well-suited for those who are preparing to enter the Apprenticeship.
Common Questions
Tuition for the Atrium is $477 for the year. There are two ways to pay:
- One-time payment of $477.
- We offer a payment plan through FACTS. You will pay $75 upfront and we will reach out to you to set up the payment plan for the $477 tuition. Please note that the 10% tuition deposit is non-refundable.
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Participants may pay via a single payment of $477 (our annual payment plan) or in ten monthly installments of $47.70 from the tenth of July through the tenth of April.
Dr. Matthew Bianco‘s class will have no special texts required to take this course. His class will meet on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, beginning on August 14th, from 4-5:30pm Eastern Time.
Heidi White’s class will read the complete set of C. S. Lewis’ Ransom trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength (recommended version Scribner Paperbacks for consistent pagination). Please also bring a notebook and writing utensil. The class will meet on the first, third, and fifth Tuesdays of every month, beginning on September 2, from 8:00-9:30pm Eastern time.
Tonya Rozelle’s class will read David hick’s educational treatise Norms and Nobility along with additional selections of Plato’s Meno, “The Wise Woman“, and The Great Divorce. The class will meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month, beginning on September 9th, from 6:00-7:30pm Eastern time.
In the Atrium all activities are online, travel is not necessary, the level of participation is determined by the participant, and there is no certification associated with the Atrium. In the Apprenticeship, in addition to online interaction, apprentices travel to retreats twice each year; Apprentices are required to complete various reading, writing, and teaching assignments and are formally evaluated each semester; and Apprentices who complete the 3-year course of study and associated requirements become CiRCE Certified Classical Teachers.
New Atrium communities begin in August and September. All webinars are recorded and available to participants. After September 30th, new applicants may apply to be part of the group for the following year.
All webinars will be recorded. Atrium participants will have access to recorded webinars to view at their leisure.
Participants who decide to withdraw from the Atrium will be refunded 100% of the tuition minus 10% deposit if they withdraw prior to August 1st. After August 1st no refunds are available.