His challenges to reading began early, with two eye muscle surgeries by age four and numerous months of doctor’s appointments, eye patching, and changing glasses prescriptions before he ever entered the doors of his classical school. Desiring to give our son a firm...
By David Goodwin In October, 2023, a social media user posted about her surprise after a random conversation revealed her husband thought of Rome several times every day. The post went viral. After women began asking men about Rome and posting similar results, the...
BY BILL STUTZMANWhen it comes to educational comparisons, even classical types might fall for the old fallacy of “chronological snobbery,” as C.S. Lewis called it.[1] In the classical world we readily accept that newer does not equal better, but we sometimes forget...
When Classical Education Meets the Trades In 1824, the world’s First municipal fire fighting service, the Edinburgh Fire Establishment, was created in Edinburgh, Scotland, by 24-year-old James Braidwood. A Builder with a Classical Education James Braidwood was born in...
I never thought I would end up in the middle of an F2 tornado – especially not in Knoxville, Tennessee. Every kid grows up with some irrational fear; mine happened to be storms. I hated strong winds when I was young because I was terrified a tornado would hit my home....
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...
