Fall Family Barn Dance is Friday, October 16
Join us for a family dance party at the school on Friday, October 16, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Tickets are $7 each.
Cornerstone Community Schoolhouse is a classical Christian school in Caldwell, Idaho, for kindergarten through 6th grade.Keeping Jesus at the foundation of education.
Students learn Literature, Latin, Math, Science, History and Geography alongside God’s Word, and the life skills that go with them.
Proverbs 22:6, the verse the school is built on.
A wave from the school sign, then a run across the lawn.
Filmed from above at 912 W Linden St, Caldwell.
School is Monday through Thursday. Fridays belong to your family.
- Monday9:00 – 2:30
- Tuesday9:00 – 2:30
- Wednesday9:00 – 2:30
- Thursday9:00 – 2:30
- FridayNo school
- Kindergarten through 6th gradeThe grammar stage of a classical education, taught in small multi-age classes.
- Provisionally accreditedThrough the Classical Latin School Association, and working toward full accreditation.
- Memoria Press curriculumUsed complete and with fidelity, so there are no gaps from one grade to the next.
What a Cornerstone student studies
- Literature
- Latin
- Math
- Science
- History
- Geography
Classical education teaches students how to order things rightly and judge them well. Every subject is tied back to Scripture, so children learn to hear echoes of the gospel in what they read, count and memorize.
And the skills to serve with
Manners, gardening, sewing, cooking, building, music and art are part of school here. So is the Missionaries in Training class, where students learn there are many ways to be a missionary: they can pray, give, or go.
Three ways to be part of the school
Full-time, K through 6th
Monday to Thursday, 9:00 to 2:30
The complete classical program: Primary School for kindergarten through 2nd grade, Grammar School for 3rd through 6th.
Part-time kindergarten
Monday to Thursday, 9:00 to 11:30
A morning kindergarten option for families who want a shorter school day.
Homeschool partnership
1st through 6th grade, flexible
Morning core subjects or afternoon enrichment classes like P.E., art and Readers Theater, while you keep your homeschool structure.
Trivium is Latin for “where three paths meet.”
A classical education follows the way children actually grow, in three stages. Cornerstone teaches the first, and hopes to add the next two as the school grows.
Grammar
Up to about age 12
The foundation: memorization, recitation and repetition. Young children are naturally good at this, so this is when the facts go in.
Taught at CCS todayLogic
About ages 12 to 15
Students learn to think critically, asking clarifying questions to make sense of everything they have learned so far.
Hoped for as we growRhetoric
About ages 15 to 18
Students begin to form their own ideas and share the knowledge they have gathered in the first two stages.
Hoped for as we grow
A one-room schoolhouse, on purpose
Children of different ages work alongside each other here. They hold each other accountable to grow in four things:
- grace
- grit
- gratitude
- grammar
A student can spend more time where they are weak and move ahead where they are strong. That builds real grit, and it lets children take ownership of their own work.
Meet the teachers
Each one engages students differently. All four share the same passion: serving Jesus by teaching the children of this community.
Recognized, and held to a standard
Provisionally accredited memberClassical Latin School Association, April 2025
CLSA Standard MemberClassical Latin School Association
Boise Moms’ Choice AwardTop 5, 2025
Family events, all year round
School here includes the whole family: barn dances, potlucks, movie nights, field trips and a talent show.
Coming up
- Mon Aug 31Meet the Teacher Night6:00 pm. Orientation for all new students joining the school.
- Thu Sep 24Field trip: Discovery Center11:30 am. Fees may apply.
- Fri Oct 16Fall Family Barn Dance6:00 pm. A family dance party.Buy tickets, $7 each
- Thu Nov 19Thanksgiving family potluck11:30 am
- Fri Dec 11Christmas Movie Night6:00–8:00 pm. The annual winter family movie night.
- Thu Feb 25Field trip: Warhawk Museum12:30–2:30 pm. Fees may apply.
- Fri Mar 12Open House and Art Show6:00–8:00 pm. An art and ice cream social
- Thu Apr 15Talent Show6:00 pm. Families and students can both take part.
- Thu May 6Moms and Muffins8:45–9:30 am.
- Thu May 27Mastery Celebration11:30 am. Celebrating students’ academic success with awards.
- Fri Jun 18Fathers and Floats6:00 pm. Celebrating fathers.
School news
On Linden Street in Caldwell
Cornerstone was created for families who aren’t sure about homeschooling, need extra support, or are looking outside of public schools for what their children need.
You’ll find us at 912 W Linden St, Caldwell, ID 83605, with bright classrooms inside and a playground on the lawn.
Come see a school day for yourself.
Enrollment starts with a tour or an open house. Bring your questions, and bring the kids.
912 W Linden St, Caldwell. School runs Monday to Thursday, 9:00 to 2:30.