Student Life · Prayer
Prayer.
The day is punctuated by prayer, and the year is built around the Church's calendar. Both are shown here as they actually run.
8:00 – 3:30
Five days a week, on campus.
6 blocks
Fifty-minute periods, every day.
4 pauses
Chapel, then the Third, Sixth, and Ninth Hours.
50 min
Lunch and field time, outdoors.
The day, to scale
Every block's height is proportional to its real length. Hover any block for detail.
Five-minute transitions between blocks are omitted for legibility, and the shortest prayers are drawn at a minimum height so their labels remain readable. On feast days, the school follows an alternate schedule so students can attend the Divine Liturgy.
A year that keeps the feasts
The school year runs in three trimesters — September to June, 177 instructional days — and threaded through it are the feasts of the Church, kept as school days with the Divine Liturgy inside them. The year opens with the Blessing of the Waters on the first day of school and moves through the great feasts: the Nativity of the Theotokos, the Elevation of the Holy Cross, Theophany, the Three Hierarchs on Greek Letters Day, the Presentation, the Annunciation, and the Ascension, among others.
Three shapes of a school day
The Daily Schedule
Six fifty-minute academic blocks, punctuated by Morning Chapel and the Third, Sixth, and Ninth Hour prayers.
The Liturgy Schedule
The Divine Liturgy is served mid-morning inside the school day, and all six academic blocks continue at forty-five minutes. Worship does not cancel learning; they share the day.
The Studio Schedule
On sacred-arts intensive days, shortened periods open a two-and-a-half-hour studio block for sustained work.
Great Lent and Holy Week
Great Lent begins with students in session on Clean Monday, and the fast shapes the season's rhythm. During Holy Week, students remain in session with the liturgy schedule on the days the Church appoints, and an early dismissal midweek. On Great and Holy Friday the school day moves to the parish: students attend the Royal Hours, spend the afternoon in writing and hymn workshops, and that evening the youth chant the Lamentations they prepared. School resumes after Pascha.
Each year's dated calendar goes out to enrolled and inquiring families.