Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado (ACANC) is a tuition-free K-12 American Classical charter school affiliated with Hillsdale College's K-12 charter school initiative. Ascent Classical Academy develops the moral and intellectual skills, habits, and virtues upon which independent, responsible, and joyful lives are built, in the firm belief that such lives are the basis for a free and flourishing republic. This is achieved by working to train the minds and improve the hearts of young people through a classical, content-rich education in the liberal arts and sciences, with instruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue in an orderly and disciplined environment.