Atlanta, GA, June 17-21, 2024BY LILY SAVAGE A Reflection on the National Honor Choir Aristotle in his treatise, Politics, defines the purpose of music as “leisuring well.” By leisure, he means the finding of pleasure and happiness in contemplating what is good. A...
BY NAOMI NOBLEA Student’s Perspective on Passing the TorchIn my senior year, as I look toward graduation, I reflect on my classical education. A significant part of my experience, as for many of us, has been my study of Latin. There are two ways I might describe my...
By Nate Ahern See More Conundrums Have questions about classical Christian education? We are here to help! Q: Why do classical Christian schools require uniforms? A: For a rich, rigorous school, a dress code is usually essential, typically via school uniforms. What...
BY KATHARINE SAVAGE Life as It Should Be Recently I took my girls to see a performance of the ballet Don Quixote. It was a beautiful, energetic, brightly colored feast for the senses. When the lights came up on the stage, I had a lightbulb moment. I remembered that I...
BY JUNIUS JOHNSON "All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, Twas God that made them all." —Cecil Frances Alexander The World through the Eyes of a Child A favorite word of adults is just: “It’s just a stick;” “It’s...
BY DEVIN O'DONNELL Pro Vita Mundī In June, classical Christian educators from across the country and beyond (including people from eastern Europe) came to gather together in Pittsburgh for our annual Repairing the Ruins conference. The excellent workshops and good...
BY JILLIAN BARR WINNER OF THE 2023 CHRYSOSTOM ORATORY COMPETITION What We’re Missing in Modern Music From my grandpa playing Johnny Cash on his old guitar, to my mom singing U2 in the kitchen, to Seeds Family Worship on the radio, and to the classical music tracks...
By Emily Morales Apologetics Resources Equip Parents for Today’s Ideological Arena If you have seen the holiday classic, A Christmas Story, then you remember the part where nine-year-old Ralphie, while assisting his dad in setting a “world-record” for the time it...
BY DAN SNYDER THE BIGGER PICTURE Sitting in a Kansas public high school science classroom during a state music competition, we were listening to a rapturous piece by Stravinsky on a solo cello when I was impressed by a sign on the wall. It read, “Science, Technology,...
Preparing Our Kids for Life in the Classroom and Beyond According to Keith McCurdy, a licensed counselor who has worked with thousands of families, our culture’s embrace of what he calls “therapeutic” parenting is having a devastating effect on our kids. The...
“And having thus passed the principles of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and geography, with a general compact of physics, they may descend in mathematics to the instrumental science of trigonometry, and from thence to fortification, architecture, engineering, and...
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By Tim DernlanPlease pray for them as they prayed for you many times while I was with them.On Sunday, February 19, I boarded a plane in Pensacola, FL, to begin the thirty-six-hour journey to Tanzania. Karen Elliott, Executive Director of the Rafiki Foundation, had...
Four ways to keep kids (and their parents) learning The first few weeks of summer vacation, we do nothing but rest. As a parent in a collaborative model of education, I carry a significant educational burden all school year—there’s a lot of listening to...
Have questions about classical Christian education? We are here to help! Q: “Why does a classical Christian school spend so much time on mythology and ancient pagan cultures?” A: Beginning in second grade, our students embark on a journey through history, often...
Five ways to learn alongside your child BY JAMES COWART With very few exceptions, parents of students in classical Christian schools are not classically educated. Many of us, probably most of us, attended and then graduated from government schools or...
