St. Croix Preparatory Academy

st. croix preparatory academy is a k-12 public charter school in stillwater, minnesota. our mission is to develop each student's academic potential, personal character, and leadership qualities through an academically rigorous and content rich educational program grounded in a classical tradition. scpa based on a classical model of education. a classical model focuses on providing students with the life long educational tools to learn and think for themselves. the classical tradition is grounded in the time-tested methodology of learning called the “trivium”, which recognizes that critical learning skills must precede critical thinking skills. the trivium methodology is organized into the three stages of learning -- grammar, logic, and rhetoric -- which correspond to the general stages of a student’s cognitive development.