Bishop Reicher

Classical School Community

A “beautiful one-of-a-kind partnership” is flourishing in the classical education movement as UD builds a traditional Catholic K-12 curriculum supported by the university’s acclaimed classical model. “This is a time of both great challenge and enormous opportunity for Catholic education at every level,” said President Thomas S. Hibbs, Ph.D., BA ’82 MA ’83, upon the announcement of UD’s new partnership with Bishop Louis Reicher Catholic School in Waco.

“All of our institutions need to work more closely. We need to build institutions that are focused on the formation of young persons in the intellectual and moral virtues, in the understanding and practice of the faith, and in the skills they need to participate fruitfully in the world of work and in the communities of Church and state,” said Hibbs. “It is my hope that this collaboration will be grounded in deep and abiding friendship between our institutions and will become a model for other Catholic schools.”

UD’s K-8 humanities and Latin curricula will pilot this fall at Bishop Reicher and at three charter schools in the dioceses of Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth.

The partnership provides students open access to research tools and resources, such as summer academic, athletic and fine arts camps, and UD’s nationally ranked study abroad programs; students will also receive preferred admission to the university.

Read more about this classical school partnership at udallas.edu/bishop-reicher.