Coweta

County parents concerned about their children's

education will have another option starting in

late August.

The

Newnan Classical School will open its doors for

students from kindergarten through fifth grade at

the former Immanuel Baptist Seminary at the

intersection Of Ga. highways 54 and 34.

The

school has been searching for a home all summer

and wants to show off its location at an open

house this Monday at 7 p.m.

Classes

begin Aug. 21 for all students and Principal

Carol Brown said there are still a few slots

open.

The

curriculum, according to Brown, is back to

basics.

The

school will focus on the classic method of

learning with a Christ-centered approach.

Starting in elementary school, students will

study Latin and move on to Greek in high school.

Students will focus on logical, critical and

rhetorical aspects of education and will use the

trivium method of learning how to think, instead

of just memorizing facts to pass a test, she

added.

"Eighty

percent of our language derives from Latin. If

you're in the medical or legal profession, you

constantly deal with Latin," Brown said.

The

school is partnering with Newnan Christ Church,

where Brown's husband, Kyle, is an assistant

minister. The church currently meets at White Oak

Elementary School, but is looking at building a

church with an adjoining building big enough for

the school.

Tuition

is around $3,000 and Brown is hoping to have 50

students for the first year.

"Every

classical school has doubled after the first year

and we'd like to keep the class sizes

small," she said.

But

if 100 students want to attend the school, they

won't be turned away, she said.

There

are currently 160 classical schools around the

country, with just two in Georgia, on St. Simon's

Island and in Smyrna.

The

idea for the classical instruction came after

World War I, when several soldiers returned home

with brain damage. After the classical method

worked on the injured soldiers, educators began

wondering if the process wouldn't work for

healthy students.

The

experiment proved successful and classical

schools started popping up around the country.

Brown

emphasized that parents will be extremely

important at the new school and discipline will

be emphasized. In the school's mission statement,

an entire entry is given to discipline.

"It

is our intent at Newnan Classical School to

instruct every child to obey his parents and to

show respect to all persons," the statement

reads.

For

information on the school, phone 770-252-0110.