The novel, as a Western literary tradition, can be traced from the Greek epics of 2000 years ago, through the epics and romances of the medieval ages, down to today’s classics. It was in the Christian West that narrative was refined into this “novel” literary form—the...
James Fenimore Cooper’s The Spy, written in 1821, was the first American novel to become a bestseller at home and abroad. It was also the first historical and patriotic novel written by an American. The Spy is the story of the most elusive and skillful double agent of...
“THE SCORPION AND THE FROG” Double Murder at the River By Reuben Eggleston Lewis Clark Christian School Staff Reporter, Lewiston, ID At 3:27 PM, Thursday, a local frog and an unidentified scorpion drowned in the White River just north of Smallville in what...
This Side of the Wardrobe Lessons from Literature Series: Part I By Louis Markos Lewis’s fifth novel in the Chronicles of Narnia series is set during the Golden Age of Narnia when the four Pevensie children rule from the four thrones in Cair Paravel. Most of this...
By Hannah K. Grieser All five of our kids have attended an ACCS school that welcomes students from a variety of Christian denominations. This means it’s not unusual for some of those denominational differences to surface in casual conversations or in classroom...
By Kristina Cowan Read more: Part I The teachers and the curriculum at classical Christian schools work together to raise up generations of strong, smart, principled human beings, readying them for a time we parents one day won’t see. If we want to secure our...
By William Bryant Q: What about non-Western authors? History? Culture? This curriculum sounds very Anglo-centric. A: We twenty-first century American Christians haven’t settled something in our minds, really settled it, and then unapologetically ordered the...
By David Goodwin, President, ACCS Summer is both a blessing and a curse. As we see various declining patterns for our sons in American society (college attendance and graduation, independent living, marriage, etc.), and increased hostility toward masculinity, we might...
A robot whirs through the hallways of a classical Christian school. In the back of the class, it observes teachers; it stands sentinel at the morning ceremony; it greets prospective parents. Could this be: a. The beginning of an 8th-grade boy’s writing assignment? b....
BY TY FISCHER GOOD LESSONS RESULT FROM HARD CIRCUMSTANCES I sparred with a friend a few times in high school. He was a talented boxer. He had a way of teaching me. As we moved around the ring, he would say, “Get your hands up.” He wanted me to block punches thrown at...
By NOAH PAULS Noah Pauls graduated from high school in 2017. In February, 2021, he returned to his alma mater to deliver this special message in person to the current student body. It is much easier to navigate the world as a slave to sin. The reason is that as...
By Kristina Cowan Read more: Part II Wow, that was fun!” my sixth-grader says as he darts from the doorway and bounds to my car. “What was fun?” I ask. I assume he’s referring to an exchange with his friends. “The school day, Mom. It was great. A lot of fun.” Middle...
POETRY OUT LOUD 2ND PLACE WINNER, WASHINGTON STATE “It is my hope that if I am asked about this poem, I will be able to truthfully and compassionately share the truth about unborn lives, and that this dialogue will challenge others to reconsider their position on...
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By Ty Fischer A deadly virus. A novel population. Mitigation efforts fail. Churches divide. The body count grows. Some lock their families away in hopes of avoiding illness. Classical Christian schools have not been immune, having witnessed some of their best and...
THIS YEAR IN HISTORY The Pilgrims needed two things to immigrate to America: funding and a charter (permission) to start an English colony. Charters came from the Virginia Company of London, a corporation tasked by the Crown to support the settlement of colonies in...
