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Learning How to Learn: The Senior Thesis

“The thesis is there to prove that we are no longer just students, absorbing information from other people. In the thesis project, we find our own sources and reach our own conclusions…we truly have to create something.” This, according to...

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Teaching from a Biblical Worldview

As a young girl growing up in a small North Carolina town, I loved playing school and having the complete and total attention of the many stuffed animal students that filled my living room classroom. I knew at seven years...

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Sacramental Moments: Following the Rabbit Trails

As a lower school teacher, you must be an expert multitasker. In the span of one minute, you may be helping one student with a math problem, opening a thermos for another, and spelling a tough word on a scrap...

Why Study Rhetoric?

There is perhaps no more misunderstood or misused liberal art than rhetoric. As a “subject” taught in classical schools it is a mystery for those looking in from the outside. What could possibly even be taught in such a class?...

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“You Teach Logic to Middle Schoolers???”

“You teach logic to middle schoolers???” This question is the most common response I receive when I tell people that I teach eighth grade logic. Others include, “Isn’t that a contradiction?” “They’re too young and wild to study logic!” and...

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What Is Knights’ Fest?

What is Knights’ Fest? Field Day? Spirit Week? A study of medieval history? A time of fellowship and fun? The answer is yes . . . all of the above! For about twenty years, Cary Christian School has celebrated Knights’...

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Making Memorization Fun: Songs, Jingles, & Chants

Watch Video The Presidents Song Watch Video The Capacity Song As the introverted-est of introverts, I never once answered the question of “What do you want to be when you grow up?” with anything that would require me to do...

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Cultivating Meaningful Relationships

“By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” – John 13:35 One Building One of the first things people notice when they visit Cary Christian School is that all our...

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Pursuing Sacramental Moments

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...

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Exploring God’s Creation in Science Class

Did you love science class as a student? Or, did you find it tedious, difficult, or even just plain boring? I will admit, I did not always love science class as a student. I spent many an hour engaged in...