Gloria Deo Academy Joplin

National Native American Day is on October 10. Join us for Opening Ceremonies starting at 8:30 am at the Joplin Campus. 

The Joplin Campus 1st Grade History Celebration is on October 10 at 6 pm. Please contact your child's teacher for more information. 

End of 1st Quarter/Teacher Inservice- NO CLUBS- All grades at home

Parent Teacher Conferences are on October 24-27.

Uncommon Approach. Exceptional Results. At Gloria Deo Academy, we take an unconventional approach to education. This has made GDA one of Springfield’s largest and fastest-growing private schools. Our approach is designed to develop students through classical Christian learning in the knowledge (grammar), understanding (logic), and wisdom (rhetoric) of each subject with increasing sophistication as age, [...]

Literary Character Dress Up Day/CIA Day ($1 jeans/athletic pants or shorts) $1 slice Pizza Day

K-3rd grade Thanksgiving presentation during Opening Ceremonies is on November 16. This day will be a full day of school. 

Last Day of Friday Clubs (Fall session) is November 18.

All grades school at home- NO CLASSES ON CAMPUS

THANKSGIVING BREAK-NO SCHOOL

CIA Day ($1 jeans/athletic pants or shorts) $1 slice Pizza Day

Teacher Inservice- NO CLUBS-All grades school at home 

Celebrate Jesus with us this Christmas! Join us on December 12 from 6-7pm in the large sanctuary at Calvary Baptist 600 E. 50th st. Joplin, MO for the 2022 GDA Joplin Christmas Program. *Students need to be there in costume by 5:15.

Christmas Parties/PJ Day/CIA Day ($1 jean/athletic pants)/$1 slice Pizza Day is on December 14, 2022.

Gloria Deo Academy Joplin will host the 2nd grade History Celebration on January 23 at 6 pm.

Gloria Deo Academy Joplin invites you to the 2023 Daddy Daughter Tea on February 3 at 6pm. More information coming soon. 

GDA kids learn through the proven classical approach to become strong thinkers who stand for truth. Christ-centered learning: Your children shouldn’t be treated as social experiments to test the latest fads in education. GDA uses the same time-tested approach that founded the most prestigious universities in our country. Custom-fit for your child: Sitting still, locked [...]

February 22 is CIA Day ($1 jeans/athletic pants)/$1 slice Pizza Day at GDA Joplin.

GDA Joplin's 3rd Grade History Celebration is on February 27 at 6 pm.

Teacher Inservice- NO CLUBS-All grades school at home is on March 3, 2023

GDA Joplin's Grandparents Day event is on March 6, 2023. More information coming soon.

GDA kids learn through the proven classical approach to become strong thinkers who stand for truth. Christ-centered learning: Your children shouldn’t be treated as social experiments to test the latest fads in education. GDA uses the same time-tested approach that founded the most prestigious universities in our country. Custom-fit for your child: Sitting still, locked [...]

History Day is on March 15 (Joplin Campus) for 4th , 5th , & 6th grades from 9-10 am.

Classes resume after Spring Break on March 27, 2023 for the Joplin Campus.

Can-Struction- Opening Ceremonies/CIA Day ($1 jeans/athletic pants)/$1 slice Pizza Day is on March 29, 2023.  Can-struction is coming up on March 29 during Opening Ceremonies. Can-struction is a wonderful GDA tradition that gives students a tangible way to serve the Joplin community by donating non-perishable food items. All students are encouraged to bring non-perishable food [...]

National Find A Rainbow Day is on April 3. Dress like a rainbow at school!  I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again [...]

Easter Parties at GDA Joplin! Let’s celebrate the resurrection of Christ together as a GDA family on April 5, 2023.

GDA kids learn through the proven classical approach to become strong thinkers who stand for truth. Christ-centered learning: Your children shouldn’t be treated as social experiments to test the latest fads in education. GDA uses the same time-tested approach that founded the most prestigious universities in our country. Custom-fit for your child: Sitting still, locked [...]

Stanford Testing- 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th Grades ONLY on April 24-May 3, 2023.

GDA Joplin's Kindergarten History Celebration is on April 24 at 6 pm.