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About Aletheia

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In 2000, several families began to discuss the need for a unique kind of school in Peoria. They envisioned a place where learning was grounded in the Scriptures, where Christian virtues would be modeled and taught, and where students would be challenged academically. A commitment was made to establish such a school.

The founding board, prompted by the article The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers, began to examine school models with a classical and Christ-centered approach to learning. After visiting Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, attending the annual conference of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS), and evaluating the performance of students in such classically-oriented schools, the board decided to adopt the classical and Christian approach. But while we had a vision and a mission, we had no students and no teacher! Praying that God would provide a teacher if it was his will for the school to begin, these families saw an amazing answer to prayer in the provision of Aletheia's first full-time teacher for the Kindergarten class.

OUR HISTORY

2000
  • The founding board, prompted by the article The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers, began to examine school models with a classical and Christ-centered approach to learning. After visiting Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, attending the annual conference of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS), and evaluating the performance of students in such classically-oriented schools, the board decided to adopt the classical and Christian approach. But while we had a vision and a mission, we had no students and no teacher! Praying that God would provide a teacher if it was his will for the school to begin, these families saw an amazing answer to prayer in the provision of Aletheia's first full-time teacher for the Kindergarten class.
2002
  • September 2002 – Aletheia School opened its doors to three Kindergarten students and 2 first-graders. The half-day Kindergarten was taught by a paid teacher and the second- and third-graders were taught by a volunteer who was also a mother of one of the students.
2003
  • Spring 2003 – The board voted to begin planning on moving the school to West Peoria where the encouragement of a local church could be secured, along with a greater population of possible students. Later that summer, permission was secured to meet in the facility of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) whose new building is situated along Kickapoo Creek Road in Peoria county. Over the following years, Aletheia continued to add new families, hire new staff, and adapt to the changes that occurred. Soon, our enrollment was exceeding the space provided at Redeemer.
2006
  • August 2006 – Aletheia moved to a new facility in West Peoria, where grades K-7 were offered. This location allowed us to expand our classrooms, adding a science lab, library, and gymnasium. When the building was purchased by Peoria County in 2011, Aletheia once again moved—this time to a North Peoria location with plenty of space for expansion.
2008
  • September 2008 – Aletheia began offering preschool for the 2008/2009 school year. Aletheia currently operates as a Pre-K through 8th Grade school. Our commitment to parent involvement and small class sizes continues to make Aletheia unique as we train students to know the True, the Good, and the Beautiful, and let their lives be changed by it.
Future
  • Into the Future – It is our desire to provide an affordable Christian High School alternative in the Peoria area. We are currently researching this option and planning for future growth.
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