by The Classical Academy | Apr 4, 2019 | Holidays
Spring weather is finally peaking its head out and with that, comes preparing for the celebration of Easter. Christmas is the birth of Jesus, when God sent the Redeemer to mankind. But, Easter is the pinnacle of the Christian faith when Jesus died and rose again! Why...
by The Classical Academy | Mar 30, 2019 | Behavior Management, Parenting
It’s nearing the end of your home day schoolwork. As your child begins cleaning up their work space, Mom starts checking over their work making sure everything was understood and done correctly. You notice that she missed a couple of math problems so you circle...
by The Classical Academy | Mar 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Why do we memorize poetry? Why do our students participate in Recite Nights? Isn’t memorization just “kill and drill?” an educational past time that should be drown out by now? Absolutely not! When you set out to achieve something, the first thing...
by The Classical Academy | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Why care about reading? Why care about reading the Great Books? What exactly are the Great Books? What value do they bring to life? What am I missing out on? In classical education, you hear a lot about The Great Books. Many classical schools even have a statement...
by The Classical Academy | Feb 8, 2019 | Literature, Middle School
The middle/logic school years don’t have to be a daunting, dreaded, peer pressure filled time in students’ lives. As adults, we far too often hear stories from people’s middle school years that have negatively affected them long into their adulthood....
