The Great Adventure
In a way, starting a classical school is like Buck’s journey in Jack London’s The Call of the Wild – leaving the known for the unknown, learning a new landscape and the laws of the land, and sacrificing for the good of self-mastery that yields freedom. CCA is actually more than two school-years old. More […]
Can AI Make Us Virtuous?
One afternoon, a couple of months ago I came across an advertisement for a new school concept that uses AI-based education paired with practical life skills workshops – and have been thinking about it ever since. At the AI-based school students spend two hours a day working on content courses at their own pace on […]
And if thy mind observe me well…
A recent post from Hillsdale K-12’s blog, The Classical Classroom, discussed the importance of observation and gave practical application for teaching the art of it to scholars. The article affirmed what we do at Columbus Classical Academy and is well worth the short read for all who wonder why classroom classical education is done best […]
The Beauty in the Struggle
January came in snowy and cold – colder than the parts of the country that are typically subzero at this time of year! But what a delight it was to welcome our scholars back to campus and begin the third quarter of our school year. A couple reminders about routines and expectations and off we […]
The War of Words
Sometimes understanding what a classical school is can seem somewhat like the men who follow orders in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem The Charge of the Light Brigade. Like you’re charging forward on the battlefield of education and hoping the leaders don’t blunder. Unlike the men in the poem, we welcome questions from parents who seek […]
Equipped for the Journey
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. We talk and eat and visit and munch. The sea of lunches and humanity is […]
Rejoicing, Playing, and the Gift of Fellowship
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 is knowing. But we also play and laugh and wave at each other and relish […]
Love Rightly & Live Well
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 hate – service and selfishness. At one point, a character leans into another just as […]
Routine & Order: The Conduit to Learning & Joy.
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 old person (man or woman -you pick the trope) sedately manages their class with a […]
From Summer Adventures to Mathematical Exploration
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 for fall. Ah, but those summer adventures! As a child growing up in rural Northwest […]
