By CHRISTOPHER MAIOCCA Given our infatuation with competition, titles, and trophies, it is strange that no contest or sanctioning body has arisen that can officially coronate “The Greatest Orator in the World.” We know, for example, who the world’s strongest...
Maps and explanations of plant hardiness zones for North America. -The Old Farmer's Almanac: What Are Plant Hardiness Zones? Find Planting Zones For the US And Canada -Agricultural Research Center: Plant Hardiness Zone Map -Urban Farmer: Vegetable Planting Schedules...
We received so many cute shots of students enjoying nature and the outdoors from our members that we felt they merited their own post. Stay tuned as we add more photos.
BY LIZ HORST Culture is not an intellectual abstraction. It is human energy expressed through creativity, conversation, and community. --Dana Gioia In a 2013 article, “The Catholic Writer Today,” the poet Dana Gioia probes a wound he believes should trouble all...
Further Study | More Artwork from the Spirduso Studio | More of the Story AN INTERVIEW WITH Ken Spirduso "When I arrived at the Disney studio and began working in Layout, Aladdin had just left our department, so I began work on a Roger Rabbit short called ‘A...
ACCS Getty Tour Discount | Phil Keagy Exclusive Clip | And Can It Be? New Hymns? | By Keith and Kristyn Getty — Christmas is a time to remember …
To watch the Hurricane Michael story click the link below: https://vimeo.com/362111352 LIONS BUILD! That’s the motto of Covenant Christian School in Panama City, FL. On the anniversary of hurricane Michael, headmaster Michael Sabo says there is a silver lining...
Winter 2018 In the early 1990's, the "good life" found Peter Baur working as an admissions officer at his alma mater, the 150-year-old, top-rated preparatory school in the state of Pennsylvania. His institution was among the elite power-schools that broker entrance...
A note from Mr. Hopkins: We will gladly donate a boat and oars to the next ACCS school that wants to get into rowing. It won’t be the prettiest shell out there, but it will be sound and a good foundation for a start-up team. [email protected] AUGUSTINE CLASSICAL...
Good Morning America | Scoring Matrix & Team Roster | Battle Cry | Competition Timeline Mock trial is a good fit for classically trained students as it combines knowledge, logic, and rhetoric, the very framework of classical education. -- Jason Whatley Being...
In Charles Dickens’ 1861 book Great Expectations, Pip is a young orphan with no prospects—and no one expects much of him. An anonymous gift of wealth comes his way, and things change. He is expected to become a gentleman. In this simple synopsis, we catch a glimpse of...
By Megan Best An answer from an alumna turned teacher My enthusiasm for classical Christian education stems from my belief that it inspires an affectionate relationship with truth, empathy, and wisdom (among a whole host of other virtues). John Ruskin,...
By Emily Dewind “Attention ladies and gentlemen. Because of the Islamic holiday of Ramadan, an international day of fasting is taking place today. Eating and drinking of any kind will not be permitted in public. Thank you.” This was the cheerful announcement made...
By KATHARINE SAVAGE Where I live, mention the Great Books or the Western tradition, and you are likely given a polite sneer, at best. At worst, you’ll hear the all too familiar string of adjectives: “racist,” “post-colonial,” “bigoted.” And this is a real conundrum...
Men are not Angels Thomas Hobbes, describing a condition without government called the “state of nature,” said that the life of man without authority is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Human beings are naturally ambitious, greedy, interested in their own...
In the year 410 AD, a new “order” for governing nations emerged, not from a king, but from a theologian. His idea remained with us into the twentieth century. Its slow loss threatens our freedom in the twenty-first. The sacking of Rome by Aleric the Visigoth inspired...
