Veritas et Virtus

Sarah Spaulding

The Official Blog of Columbus Classical Academy

We eat lunch in Great Hall, the largest gathering place in the building. Upper School scholars filter in joined by Lower School scholars after recess on most days, but on Fridays we have lunch all together – faculty and scholars....

Indeed, classical education causes our scholars to rise up – to work hard – to take on complicated ideas – to stand toe to toe with their unknowing to discover the satisfaction and joy that comes from the struggle that...

Yesterday I supposed that to be a just person one must first be honest with themselves and others. Today I’ll add on to it with humility. In a culture that tells you – you are the center of it, humility...

Justice requires honesty – that’s an important part of our honor code. You have to be truthful with yourself and with others. Afterall, the guilty must confess and the innocent never should. To be just is to give others their...

When CCA has sophomores next year, they will get to read Charles Dickens’ book, A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens takes the readers on a masterful journey through the good and the bad – justice and injustice – love and...

On September 11,2001 the United States experienced the worst terrorist attack in her history. It is a uniquely human endeavor to think of those you do not know and care about them, hurt for them and those who did know...

To some, the thought of students in desks facing the front of the room seems like the beginning of the quintessential scene in a time-period film straight from the depths of a boarding school in centuries past- a dower faced...

The new academic year approaches in August – the adventure that is summer and the rest that comes from long, slow days in the sun yield to days that start shaving off the sun set minute by minute in preparation...

Classical education is a lot like a formal dance or a called dance. There is an orderliness and purpose to its processes and educational goals all while cultivating in the scholar the joy and delight that comes from learning a...

It is my pleasure to give the remarks for the closing of our inaugural year. This is a momentous occasion – worth the celebration and time reflecting on what we have done here together this year. As I look around...

Welcome to Veritas et Virtus, the official blog of Columbus Classical Academy. Here we will share news and reflections on classical education.

Welcome to Veritas et Virtus, the official blog of Columbus Classical Academy. Here we will share news and reflections on classical education.

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