During my first year as a teacher, there was this moment. We were discussing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and the students were trying to prove they were smarter than Edmund. They were adamant that they would not have fallen for the lies of the White Witch. They were all confident that her…
As I listen to parents, most seem convinced that Cary Christian School is a really good school. It offers children a degree of knowledge, a set of tools, and a code of conduct with which few schools can compete. All the same, most parents would still argue that we could and that we should be…
My intrigue with classical and Christian education began just over 25 years ago. Convinced that the modern approach to education was a failed experiment, I had started looking for a different answer when I stumbled across Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning. The argument in the book to use an ancient tool called the…
Last year the board launched a five-year strategic plan: Called to Cultivate. We would break the soil, remove hindrances, and nurture strength and beauty. We would prepare for growth and improvements in our classrooms, culture, and campus. Well, if I used the metaphor of cultivating to process my first six months in Cary, I would…