Winter 2017 Lunch in the Devil's Triangle. Rather than aircraft or ships, students occasionally disappear this time of year into the educational equivalent of the Devil’s Triangle. Every year as a headmaster, some parent would invite me to lunch, “I’m not sure this...
Winter 2017 ... and they all find something on which to agree. Classical Christian education has come a long way. It traveled thousands of years to reach us where we are today, and it’s spreading. Here are three takes on classical education from perspectives you might...
Winter 2017 This Year in History: 1517 Christmas (Almost) Cancelled: 500 Christmases Since Wittenberg Who knew, that fateful day of 1517, how far the reaches of a monk’s protest, nailed to the door at Wittenberg, would go? You might be surprised to learn that...
Winter 2017 Awhile back, a World magazine post on divorce and its effects got us thinking. Quick Links: View the World article at https://world.wng.org/2016/05/sins_of_their_fathers_mothers As a former headmaster, I saw too many families in the process of breaking up....
Winter 2017 Last year, Highland Rim Academy’s survey revealed that an astonishing 97% of the families found the school by word-of-mouth.The following stories reveal what a chance meeting can mean in the life of a child. ★ LIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY, WHITE...
by George Grant | Winter 2017 Learn more about the ACCS Boniface Award THE BROAD OAKEN TABLE in the hall of Wittenberg’s modest Black Abbey manse was crowded and clamorous as Master Luther’s students waited anxiously. This was always a highlight of their week:...
by Scott Yenor | Winter 2017 Where has all the wisdom gone? Quick Links: To watch Dr. Scott Yenor's Fox News interview, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHG4GJrJpfs If you are over 40 but not yet retired, you probably had a college education that was composed...
Winter 2017 A Path Well-Defined According to Mary Kathryn Davis, there is a direct link between her insatiable appetite for beauty and her education. It was the pursuit of God’s truth, goodness, and beauty that cultivated her interest in history and fine arts,...
by Timothy Pauls | Winter 2017 Practicing Holidays Quick Links: Traditional Church Calendar (PDF) The year is full of holidays. From December through May, the holidays we celebrate are largely sacred in origin. The biggest, of course, are Christmas and Easter, but...
Fall 2017 Greetings from The King’s College in NYC! It was an honor to be with you during the ACCS conference in Pittsburgh last week. Thank you for your warm welcome. I felt I was part of a community of leaders who are collectively doing something significant for the...
Fall 2017 Classical education can do today what it has done before. A friend who attends Oxford University reports that the Christian scholarly publication First Things has been moved to a rack at the library designated as “hate speech.” Already in 2017, we’ve...
Fall 2017 The National ACCS Oratory Contest 2017 Winners Each year, students from ACCS member schools compete in a national oratory contest. But these probably aren’t like the speeches most of us remember from high school. CHRYSOSTOM MEANS “GOLDEN MOUTHED” IN GREEK....
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Fall 2017 THE QUICKEST ROUTE FROM THE HEAD TO THE HEART IS A STORY. —DAVE RADFORD, CREATOR OF THE GRAY HAVENS Gray Havens Website | How They Met | The American Idol Experience | Albums on Amazon | Tour Info UPDATE: Summer 2018 “High Enough” soars into the top twenty...
Blakey Prize in Fine Art: ACCS National Fine Arts Competition Review Entry Deadline | See Entry Details High school students (grades 9–12) from ACCS member schools compete with their peers from other ACCS member schools in a national visual arts competition. Each...
Fall 2017 THE NEXT BEST THING "I wish I could go back to school!" It’s a common lament from parents of classical Christian school students. While we can’t do much to reverse time, we can offer suggestions. Increasingly, we’re hearing that parents have found a...
