School Culture
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Making your Portrait of a Graduate Practical and Effective
by Lindsey Ralls Many schools have a Portrait of a Graduate, (though sometimes it’s referred to as a “Profile of a Graduate” ): a document that outlines what the school hopes to cultivate in their students by the time they graduate. The challenge, of course, is that much like a strategic plan, a Portrait of… Continue reading
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Lessons from Lewis’s “Learning in War-Time”
by Lindsey Ralls In October of 1939, at St. Mary’s Church in Oxford, C.S. Lewis spoke to an audience of undergrads who were questioning the futility of a college education in the midst of a country at war. To them, attending lectures and writing papers bordered on frivolity and selfishness when their fellow countrymen were… Continue reading
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The One Pager
Lindsey Ralls As you onboard new teachers and even new families, it’s important to have a document that outlines what education looks like at your school. Classical Christian Education is becoming an ocean, rather than a stream. And while this is a great thing, it can sometimes feel overwhelming to wade through the varieties of… Continue reading
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Flourishing In The Face Of Injustice
Bringing Black History Month to a Classical School – Lindsey Ralls The attached document outlines several ways in which a classical school can honor black history month while also moving their dialectic and rhetoric students towards making connections between history, injustice, and the idea of human flourishing. While there are multiple ways in which this… Continue reading
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Can you measure culture?
“The power of culture is measured by the degree in which it is taken for granted.” Wow. What a bold, but also very true, statement. Just this morning for example, my kids did not not tell me thank you when I woke them up on time, handed them their full lunchboxes, or made them breakfast. I wasn’t offended… Continue reading
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Pai·deia (noun) – The upbringing of a child
Prac·ti·cal (adjective) – Concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with simply theory and ideas
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