The following articles are taken from our monthly newsletter Reflections, a WCA publication highlighting the building blocks of a Classical Christian Education and its results.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I could never answer this question with the title of a profession but answered by simply saying that I wanted to help people and make a difference in their lives. Born and raised in Westlake, OH, I graduated public high school...
G.K. Chesterton once said that “Education is not a subject, and it does not deal in subjects. It is instead the transfer of a way of life.” Classical education is not a new phenomenon. It is not some new idea that a few privileged modern literati have cooked...
I would like to offer you a peek into the Humanities classroom. The detective in Umberto Eco’s mystery novel, The Name of the Rose, William, considers the entire crime scene, a monastery in 14th century Europe, to be a speculum mundi–a microcosm of the world. It...
How do we approach math and science from a Christian worldview? There are two primary reasons to explore the disciplines of mathematics and physical sciences from a Christian worldview, and those are: the fulfillment of the Creation Mandate found in Genesis 1 and as...
In the novel The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien, Treebeard claims that “Saruman has a mind of metal and wheels, and he does not care for growing things.” Saruman is intent on acquiring complete power, and he is using man-made creations such as orcs to gain it. In the...
“If I have two pizzas, each cut into eight slices, and there are six hungry fourth graders, how many slices would each one get?” The answer could be 2 with 4 left over. Or perhaps 2 2/3. But in real life, questions need to be asked. Does it matter if the hungry...
Many of my colleagues—most of whom are engineers—are surprised to learn that Sarah and I send our children to a school that emphasizes ancient languages and literature rather than science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). For many the Classical part of my...
C.S. Lewis eloquently summarizes my love for great literature in his book An Experiment in Criticism, “The best safeguard against bad literature is a full experience of good; just as a real and affectionate acquaintance with honest people gives a better protection...
Here is a quiz for you. Just how much time at school do you think your young child should spend in outdoor free play? Twenty minutes? An hour? None at all? Adults often do not ask this question thoughtfully. When I asked a few children what school would be like if...
Each day at WCA, we are about the business of educating and preparing leaders to impact the world for Christ. Offering students God’s truth and knowledge of our world, past and present, serves to equip them mightily for whatever our Lord calls them to do. Winston...
Each day at WCA, we strive to educate and prepare leaders to impact the world for Christ. Offering students God’s truth and knowledge of our world, past and present, serves to equip them mightily for whatever our Lord calls them to do. I have been blessed to be a...
In a recent presentation I made to young moms, the question was asked, “What do you wish all parents knew before their child starts school?” While I can answer this thought-provoking query from the perspective of someone who’s been in the school business for three...