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7 DENVER CATHOLIC | AUGUST 10-23, 2019 but also the quadrivium: How do we understand the logical order and beauty of the universe?" Dr. Staudt explained. The benefi ts of this type of education are many, he assured. "It's not just a practical output, but about forming strong dispositions of thinking, of being able to evaluate things, being able to form a plan of action for your life that will translate into being successful in the future. "It's about becoming the person that God wants us to become… We emphasize the fundamental things that shape who we are, so that, secondarily, we are also good at doing things," Dr. Staudt said. Part of what makes this goal possi- ble is the communion between faith and reason. Students begin the school day with daily Mass; read Homer, Plato, St. Thomas Aquinas, Dostoevsky, G.K. Chesterton, etc.; and study the Bible and the Catechism. They participate in a curriculum where history, philosophy, literature and theology are "braided together," as their website states. Part of what makes it unique is also its approach to the fi ne arts and to mathematics and science. "We emphasize the fi ne arts because we want the students to be engaged with beauty and wonder… We want to humanize them, to make them more fully alive," Dr. Staudt said. "I would say we also approach math and science from that perspective. We take math and science very seriously, but not as something dry and textbook based, but something that is engaging the beauty, the logic, the wonder of the universe, and the fact that we can logi- cally understand [it] because it is itself something that is a creative work of a mind, of God's mind, and his beauty is impressed within it." As part of this approach, the school has implemented in its unique for- mation a lot of time in the outdoors, beginning the year with a three-day backpacking trip with the students and ending with a whitewater rafting trip. The school also plans on having retreats throughout the year, attend- ing and hosting fi ne arts events and providing service opportunities for its students. "I think that's truly part of what makes us unique, that we want to develop the whole person: body, mind and soul," Dr. Staudt explained. The seed for the foundations of the school began with the desire of a group of Denver Catholic parents for a holistic, classical formation for their children, also motived by the need for a Catholic high school in the South Denver metro area. Hoping to open a Catholic classical high school for their children in the future, six dads organized a series of monthly talks titled "The First Edu- cators" at St. Mary Parish in Littleton from September to November 2018 as a fi rst step to help in this direction. Little did they know that their dream would become reality only a few months later, with the help of Dr. Staudt, the Chesterton Schools Network and the support of other parents around the archdiocese. With six experienced teachers on board, the mission-driven school is set to begin forming students in the clas- sical tradition. "We want them to be holy. I would say that is our biggest overarching goal, that we want to form saints in the sense that they are thinking people who are well-educated and well prepared to engage the world and make a contri- bution in society – but [in a way] that holiness integrates everything else that we do," Dr. Staudt concluded. Disclosure *APR (Annual Percentage Rate). The Annual Percentage Rate is the advertised rate. Borrowers credit score must be 680 and above to receive the 3.99% interest rate. Terms not to exceed 60 months; debt to income ratio not to exceed 45%; loan to value not to exceed 125% of NADA value. **Oer not valid for existing Credit Union loans, or renances of recreational vehicles or vehicles used for business purposes; some vehicles may not apply based on age or condition; not valid on indirect loans.Oer only good on new, pre-owned and renanced vehicles August 1-31, 2019. Call: 303.424.5037 Click: Fideliscu.org or Come by today Uniting Your Faith and Finances NEW | USED | REFINANCED ** 60 Months 3.99 % APR * Find your car today! Auto Rates starting at HOSTED BY FR. STEVEN J. PETERSON & VIA TRAVEL 11 DAYS: MARCH 16 - 26, 2020 $3499 FROM PHOENIX, DENVER OR MINNEAPOLIS *Air/land tour price is $3029 plus $470 gov't taxes/airline surcharges SIGN UP TODAY TO AVOID DISAPPOINMENT!! For a More Information, Please Contact: Fr. Peterson: Tel: (507) 273-4916 / Email: sjp4646@gmail.com Kendra Wilt at Via Travel: Tel: (660) 287-3724 / Email: kwilt27@gmail.com We want them to be holy. I would say that is our biggest overarching goal, that we want to form saints in the sense that they are thinking people who are well-educated and well prepared to engage the world and make a contribution in society." DR. R. JARED STAUDT " OUR LADY OF VICTORY For more information, visit ourladyofvictorydenver.com