Student Life
House System
Chesterton Academy’s House system is drawn from the 1,000 year-old tradition of Christian education exemplified in the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge. The Houses provide real, tangible community within the larger school, giving students the opportunity to take ownership, fulfill the call to leadership, and to cultivate the ideal conditions for virtue. Each House has two Senior and two Junior prefects, two faculty advisors, and several parent liaisons.
Encountering Christ
Catholicism is central to our mission. For this reason, every school day begins with Mass. We teach theology out of the Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and papal documents. The priests of the St. John Society will serve as chaplains of the school. Other important ways we live the faith include annual pilgrimages and retreats, modest and wholesome extracurricular activities, and sacred art and crucifixes adorn the hall and the classrooms.
Faith in Our School
Sung Lauds on Monday
Daily Mass on Tuesday through Friday
Angelus before Lunch
First Friday Adoration
Weekly opportunities for Confession
Retreats and Days of Recollection for Feast Days
Athletics
In our inaugural year, our students kick-started our Archery Program with great enthusiasm and initiative. Our students traveled to La Pine, Oregon to compete in the State Tournament, coming in third place.
Besides our Archery Program, sports at Chesterton Academy build off of programs offered by the Corvallis School District. Since the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit we will encourage sports at every level and will seek to build upon our initial offerings so that we may provide a strong athletic program.
