Three ways it harms us - and what to do about it MARY BLAKE FLETCHERis a graduate of Westminster Academy in Memphis, TN, and winner of the 2022 Chrysostom Oratory Competition.In 1994, the CEOs of some of America’s most established tobacco companies denied to Congress...
Image: Iceland by Jonny Auh on Unsplash Century Watch This Year in History - A.D. 1122The Althing (Icelandic: Alþingi) is the national parliament of Iceland, established in 930 A.D. at Thingvellir (“the assembly fields”), 28 miles east of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík....
By Kristina Cowan Read more: Part I and Part II Why Language-Focused Education Matters To shape our image-driven, internet-saturated world, our children need a sharp command of language. Thankfully, classical Christian education (CCE) is language-focused, not...
A Review of Tony Reinke’s Competing Spectacles: Treasuring Christ in the Media Age Many spectacles compete for our attention and affection, and our devotion to them is distracting us from focusing on our families, friends, community, and Christ. Whether it’s video...
A Headmaster’s Perspective “Men’s” magazines have women on the cover; women’s magazines also have women on the cover. Women are just more beautiful than men. A beautiful woman is like an army with banners. Just give up. I met one of these women and I was intoxicated....
By HANNAH K. GRIESER "EVERYONE WANTS THE APPLES; VERY FEW WANT TO PLANT THE TREE AND WAIT." THE SMALL BEGINNINGS OF A CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE A Christian college started in my family’s dining room. True story. But as exciting as that might sound when I say it now,...
This year in history In A.D. 122, the Roman Emperor Hadrian landed in Britain and headed directly to Rome’s northernmost frontier fort at Eboracum (modern day York, England). He brought with him the 6th Legion (Legio VI Victrix). The mission: build the Vallum...
DO NOT VISIT AN ACCS SCHOOL, BECAUSE IF YOU DO... Allow me to say this…back in 2006 when our oldest daughter was three, we made a decision we were going to send our children to public schools. A few months after making that decision, I suggested to my wife that I was...
Spring 2022 Raising Deep Thinkers and Tomorrow’s Leaders in a Tweet-Filled World Round Two We are back in DC…after a three-year hiatus from the fast-paced, at times overly-competitive, and politically-driven lifestyle (of course, there are many positives as well—the...
Contact or Support The King Alfred School What is the most common response to the idea of classical Christian education (CCE) if you mention it to a typical person in the UK? According to Thomas and Hayley Bowen, the founders of the UK’s first classical Christian...
"Congratulations on launching PIA today! I’m proud of you, Mom!” Kahindo Mbodwam read these words right after she awoke from a nap on opening day at Poiema International Academy in Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo. Exhaustion had set in. But when she saw the...
A New Documentary | The Miseducation of America I bought an old motorhome once. It wasn’t long before the door didn’t quite close. We made do with a bungie cord. !en the tires blew. The cab over the front seats started to sag. When the engine quit, I realized it was...
By Hannah K. Grieser Boredom has to be one of the most common complaints of childhood. Once the shock of being born wears off, it doesn’t take long for kids to start being bored. Despite all the countless gifts around them, kids will still flop on the couch with a...
By MICHAEL CRAVEN Reprinted with permission from Breakpoint and the Colson Fellows Program. The poet Billy Collins once quipped that “all babies are born with a knowledge of poetry, because the lub-dub of the mother’s heart is in iambic meter.” I would add that it is...
By Thomas Garfield Brian wasn’t having any of it! As the rest of his first-grade class confidently strode on stage and began their short skit, he huddled, quietly crying, behind the curtain on stage right. After the assembly his mom and I discussed whether Brian...
By Julie Nagem A Simple Life A Westminster Academy alum recounts the path that led him here. One spring evening, Frank Roberts, was looking at pictures of his young family and he felt a feeling of thankfulness for all they had been given. “I just felt like we had been...
