“In reading great literature, I become a thousand men and yet remain myself.”
– C.S. Lewis
Core Classics
Reading List (K-8)
Integrated Humanities Program
Reading List (9-12)
Valor Reading Lists: Joining the Great Conversation
Mortimer Adler and Robert Maynard Hutchins, co-founders of the Great Books Foundation, spoke frequently of the "great conversation," viewing the classic texts and authors of the tradition as being in dialogue with one another, taking part in an ongoing conversation about some of the most important human questions:
What constitutes happiness?
What is the nature of justice?
What does it mean to be a good citizen?
How should one live?
Adler and Hutchins strongly believed that a truly democratic education should make the study of the Great Books a part of every student’s experience. Valor believes with Adler that “there are no unteachable children” and that “all children deserve the same quality of education, not just the same quantity.” Valor is passionate about providing students of all backgrounds and abilities access to the riches of the classical heritage and the ideas it has generated.
Peruse Valor’s poetry for memorization.
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