Tried and True
Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna, was martyred in A.D. 155. According to the account of his martyrdom, when he had been asked to swear upon the name of the emperor, he boldy replied, "If you vainly...
View ArticleUpcoming Lecture
For the past five years I have been co-director of The Episteme Lectures (www.epistemelecture.org). This is a series of lectures given at North Central High School by scholars on a variety of topics....
View ArticleClassical Education and the Community
Yesterday evening six of my Latin students from North Central High School used their Classical learning to bless the lives of children at The Julian Center, a nonprofit agency providing counseling,...
View ArticleDeath's Duel
The great English poet John Donne (1572-1631) delivered his final sermon in 1630. It was during Lent and was titled Death's Duell. The following is the conclusion of that sermon, and I found it so...
View Article_ _ _ at School
What three-letter word rhyming with "nod" fits into the blanks in the title of this post? If you are a student at Lakeview Elementary School in Mt. Juliet, TN, you will never know. This article on this...
View ArticleHow Democracies Become Tyrannies
An article from American Thinkertitled "How Democracies Become Tyrannies" not only puts forward an insightful view of the times through the lens of Book VIII of Plato's Republic, but also presents an...
View ArticleSpecial Facilities Update
The Facilities Committee and the Board are excited to say that our search is nearly over! We have narrowed the options to two final properties, one in the west 86th Street area and one near 131st and...
View ArticleLatin Grammar and Chemistry
I spoke today with a Latin II student at the public high school where I teach. She informed me that she could not take Latin next year because she was enrolling in a veterinary science class that would...
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Our New Home for 2009-2010
A lot has been happening this summer, and we want to share with you some of the changes that are taking place as we look toward the new school year. After many long, prayerful meetings and exploration...
View ArticleWe Have a Location!
We have a location!Union Chapel Church met for the last time to allow a final opportunity for Q&A, open debate as part of the Administrative Council procedure and then to approve the lease...
View ArticleWhy Our School Exists
I ran across the following article and found it to be an insightful and incisive argument for why The Summit Academy exists. It is not long and is well worth your time to...
View ArticleAristotle and Contemporary Theatre
I just finished reading the play The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman. Before continuing, let me say that I could not recommend it for its moral content, for its content is absolutely amoral from a...
View ArticleCursive
It is sad to report that at least one suburban public school district has chosen to replace time spent teaching cursive writing with time spent teaching children how to operate a computer keyboard. Do...
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Lone Fountsby Herman Melville (1819-1891)Though fast youth's glorious fable flies,View not the world with worlding's eyes;Nor turn with weather of the time.Foreclose the coming of surprise:Stand where...
View ArticleThe Worth of a Book
As I commented in another post, I recently read the play The Laramie Project so I could be more prepared for the local high school that is performing it this fall. As that post indicates I was not...
View ArticleOn Libraries
I imagine that Zenodotus must be spinning in his grave. Don't remember who Zenodotus was? Let me give you a hint: had he married a modern girl, her name very likely would have been Marian.* Still don't...
View ArticleChristian Atheist Citizens
In his last book before his death earlier this year, American Babylon, former-Lutheran-pastor-turned-Catholic-priest Richard John Neuhaus, who was once named by Time as one of the "25 Most Influential...
View ArticleFaithfulness in Exile
In Philippians 3:20, NIV, Paul writes, "But our citizenship is in heaven." Our life on earth is one of exile, and there are different ways we can live out our life while on the journey home. In his...
View ArticleOn Golf
We had the opportunity to watch Jacob, a junior at Summit, in the final round of his golf tournament on Sunday. Jacob is our son's mentor and also coaches several of the younger Summit boys in golf. To...
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Suffering to Aid the Suffering
I ran across the following line today in Vergil's Aeneid.Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco. (Aeneid, I.630)Queen Dido of Carthage is welcoming Aeneas and men to her city after they have landed...
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