Foothill Lyceum is a classical school. Students read the books that shaped the questions, argue about them in small seminars, and learn to reason carefully in writing and aloud. Mathematics and science are taken in sequence, Latin from the seventh year, and nothing is assigned that a student cannot be asked to defend.
Formal logic is taught as a subject, not a byproduct. Students learn to name a fallacy, follow a proof, and tell a strong argument from a merely confident one.
Most classes are seminars of a dozen or fewer. The text is on the table, the question is open, and every student is expected to speak and to be answered.
Writing is revised until it is clear. Students give recitations and defend a thesis each spring — the same skill, out loud, in front of people who will push back.
The honest way to judge a school is to watch an hour of it. Families are welcome any Tuesday or Thursday during term.