Real balance. School, family and life.
Four core subjects. Every school day. A Monday–Thursday school week, 8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Four core subjects. Every school day.
120 school days • six 55-minute blocks • 8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Calisthenics: 8:30–9:25 a.m.
The four core subjects each receive a full 55-minute block. Latin meets for 30 minutes twice weekly; Theology meets for 30 minutes twice weekly, paired with lunch.
Paper and pencil for in-school work; no laptops or tablets for schoolwork in class.
Monday–Thursday school week
Boys hate feeling their time is being wasted. At COTA, it isn’t—and they know it.
He has time for family, for what he loves, and for work to earn money.
He has the energy to be effective in those pursuits—not just the time.
20% more time in each core subject
Compared with an illustrative rotating block schedule (160 school days, each class meeting 5 of every 8 days, 55-minute classes). Not an average of any school or sector.
100 × 55 = 5,500 minutes
+1,100 minutes = 20 extra classes per subject, each year
The advantage compounds over four years
Per subject over four years: 26,400 vs 22,000 minutes
More time is an opportunity: for close reading, revision, proof and careful explanation.
We don’t waste their time. We don’t fill time. We cut straight to the chase.