Mr. McReynolds’ wife, Heather, began exploring education options available here in the Rogue Valley nine years ago when her oldest son was only one year old. At the time, she couldn’t really put in words what she wanted but when she happened upon the website of a nearby classical Christian school in Roseburg, Geneva Academy, she and her husband, Ben, experienced a quick and massive redirection in life. The vibrantly traditionalist and academically deep vision that steered this Christian school was unlike any they had ever seen. They were immediately aware that they had found something far more important than just an education option; they had stumbled upon a reason for hope in our time.

Over the course of a few months and with the addition of a few friends and families, they had decided that they were going to start a school and they quickly received their first donation to begin the process of incorporating as a non-profit organization.

Knox Academy opened its doors seven years ago to a classroom of three kindergarten students. A pastor on our board had remodeled the back room in his church building, and we began there at Family Life Church and even grew to four students during that first school year! And for us at that time, it felt like growth. Since then, we have grown steadily to a student body of 89 students and a faculty of sixteen. We have moved several times to allow for this growth, sharing space with several ministries in the Rogue Valley.

Today we rent space from Trinity Baptist Church on Corey Rd, just south of White City. In this facility, kindergarten through sixth grade classes all have their own dedicated classrooms, and our upper school students, grades 7 - 12, share the rest of the building, which means holding classes in the sanctuary, teacher's lounge, coffee nook, pastor's office, and cafeteria. We've enjoyed many institutional milestones in this facility including graduating our first senior, starting a concert band, doing our first high school stage play and our first spelling bee, staffing our first office, and taking on a full-time head of school.

The classical Christian education movement is turning many heads today, as well it should.

Recently, a study was conducted by Notre Dame to measure and compare the lifestyle outcomes of different education options available today. Classical Christian schools, some of which are now educating 3rd generations, had graduated enough students to participate in this study, and the data produced in this survey was astonishingly encouraging, revealing several areas in which classical Christian education graduates were clear leaders. According to this Cardus study, graduates were more prepared for academic achievement, ranked higher in their ability to think independently, and had a better outlook on life. Even more importantly, they retained not only their conservative and traditional values, but also their Christian beliefs as evidenced in a lifestyle of Christian practices. And finally, they ranked higher as societal influencers, an aim that any institution committed to the Christian worldview in our postmodern age should believe essential.

As Christians, we have much ground to regain in our failing civilization, and we have little time to lose as our most precious resource, our children, are the primary target of those who would destroy us.

A couple of years ago, the ACCS, the Association of Classical Christian Schools, of which Knox Academy is a member, collaborated with Pete Hegseth of Fox Nation to produce "The Miseducation of America", an illuminating history of the development of the American educational system as we know it. This series follows the decline of education from the early 1900s, providing evidence that the "paideia" that governed education all through Chrystendom, a paideia rooted in classical literature and Christian theology, had been replaced through Enlightenment thinking, industrialisation, and mass immigration, with purposes that no longer aligned with those that built our civilization. Instead of leading students to discover truth, the very concept of absolute truth was gradually rejected and undermined. No longer were students' affections being trained toward goodness, at least not a "goodness" shared with that of our ancestors. And the appreciation and creation of beauty was jettisoned in the interest of efficiency and eventually rebellious individualism. The study of Latin, logic, rhetoric, and philosophy were spurned and relocated to specialized degrees at colleges and universities. leaving several generations of Americans with little, if any, thoughtful defense against the influences of progressivism in our era. The series ends with a powerful plea to parents to enroll their children into classical Christian schools.

Knox Academy is relatively young and small, but we are growing and we are in need of support. While we are very pleased with our current location, and invested in it as well, our facility's space limitations have already forced us to turn away hopeful families. Our solution is to purchase a piece of property directly behind Trinity Baptist Church, 2524 E Gregory Rd, and equip it with a couple of double-wide mobile classroom units, a move that would allow us to remain in our current location for another five years or so. We anticipate this project to run $400,000-$450,000. With the addition of upper school classes these last two years, we have also felt the keen need to hire a classically trained teacher, so we've added $50,000 to our fundraising goals for a grand total of $500,000. All financial investments in Knox Academy have gone toward advancement and tuition relief for families in need. The three kindergarten students that first enrolled with Knox Academy will be in Jr. High next year. Your investment in our institution will help us to provide them and the five others that have joined them in sixth grade with a strong and vibrant Jr. High and Sr. High program. Behind them are many, and eventually hundreds, of other students who will, year upon year, take hold of the academic and spiritual goals upheld by Knox Academy and supported by her benefactors.

Knox Academy is named for the Scottish reformer, John Knox, who, for the sake of his nation, stood against political corruption in his day and set important educational precedents that we enjoy today. By asking you to invest in our institution, we believe we are asking you to join ranks with him and the multitude of people who have labored to build a good land for their children and grandchildren. This is what we are fighting for, and this is why we have started Knox Academy. Christian education is "the last light on in Western civilization" and it deserves every ounce of strength that we can afford to give it.

Please consider investing in our school by making a donation by the year's end.

You can give online through Paypal or you can mail a check to us. If you'd like to give a gift of stock, please contact our office.

We had a gift of $10,000 come in just yesterday, and we need 10 more!. Would you consider being one of those?