by office | Dec 27, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content
J.R.R. Tolkien once suggested that the great desire of Elves was to realize “imagined wonder” so powerfully that they and their hearers could almost forget the story wasn’t real. Many readers, especially the young, find themselves gripped almost that powerfully by...
by office | Dec 20, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content, Reading Room
The first thing one notices about St. Thomas More Academy is the joyful atmosphere. This is not an institution, but a community. From the fire pit, to the chicken coop and organic garden, and especially to the beautiful chapel now under renovation, there is a sense of...
by Andrew Seeley | Oct 31, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content
May 2017 For some teachers, 10th grade is a dreaded age in the classroom. But not if you’re teaching rhetoric. There’s just something about teaching the art of persuasion to sophomores—those “wise fools”—that brings the adjective of that epithet to the forefront:...
by office | Jul 25, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content, Reading Room
In the cultural wasteland of the ’70s, where peace and love had degenerated into sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, precious few lights beckoned to youth who met license, pornography, and drugs everywhere. Yet Providence did not wholly abandon us. From time to time, I...
by office | Jul 25, 2018 | Archives, Member School Content, Reading Room
For classical educators, developing the human person is the primary goal, and the cultural treasures of the past are the principal means to that goal. Making the thoughts, words, stories and beauty of Christian civilization a living part of students gives them...
by office | Jul 25, 2018 | Archives, Reading Room
By Daniel Coupland What makes a good teacher? The answer to this question depends in part upon the mission and purpose of the school at which the teacher works. When we talk about the notion of good in connection to teaching, we need to think about whether the...
