by John Heitzenrater | May 18, 2022 | From the Headmaster's Desk-Reflections on Classical Education
The morning dew drips from a blade of grass, as a deer, like a general, stands tall in the field overlooking his domain. Overhead, in a hue of red, blue, purple, and gold rises the sun, like a proud master stretching his arms to announce the beginning of a new day. At...
by John Heitzenrater | May 16, 2022 | From the Headmaster's Desk-Reflections on Classical Education
Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me: for Thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave from Book VII of the Republic has been a mainstay of discussion for millennia. As a whole, the dialogue wrestles with the definition...
by John Heitzenrater | Jul 29, 2021 | Education, From the Headmaster's Desk-Reflections on Classical Education
Classical and Orthodox: An Essay of Education’s Permanent Things Part III-Classical and Orthodox Education: What’s in a name? In their desire to set themselves apart from the nonsense going on in many public and private schools, many classical schools...
by John Heitzenrater | Jul 21, 2021 | Education, From the Headmaster's Desk-Reflections on Classical Education
Classical and Orthodox: An Essay of Education’s Permanent Things Part II-Classical School Distinctions In last week’s post, I started a discussion about classical and Orthodox education. In this week’s blog, I will investigate those areas which make...
by John Heitzenrater | Jul 13, 2021 | Education, From the Headmaster's Desk-Reflections on Classical Education
Classical and Orthodox: An Essay of Education’s Permanent Things Part I- An Introduction Undeniably, there has been a shift over the last century in what schools teach as well as the way they teach. The product of this shift should cause all of us to pause, for...
