Challenge II
Freedom Provides Opportunities for Noble Choices
Ages 15–16 · Protocol
Freedom Provides Opportunities for Noble Choices
Challenge II is the year of awakening. Students begin to grasp that the freedom they've earned through discipline now opens up the possibility of noble — or ignoble — choices.
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What's Covered This Year
Every Challenge year integrates the same six strands — woven together by a single Director.
Logic
Algebra II and advanced mathematical reasoning.
Research
Chemistry with laboratory experimentation.
Reasoning
Logic progressing to Socratic dialogue and Platonic texts.
Debate
Western cultural history and analysis of seminal ideas.
Grammar
Advanced Latin grammar — translating original texts.
Exposition
Classical British literature; rhetoric and elocution.
Protocol
Local directors host a yearly formal event — Protocol — where Challenge students learn how to engage with their communities and each other with grace, confidence, and old-fashioned good manners. A real-world capstone of social and rhetorical formation.
See Challenge in Action
A look at how Directors guide students through dialectic and rhetoric across the Challenge years.
What You'll Need for Challenge II
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Books for Challenge II
The Challenge II booklist.