From Upper School Principal Caleb Sasser’s commencement address to the class of 2024. It is with great joy that I address...
Published Articles
The following articles are taken from the Excelsior, a quarterly WCA publication highlighting the building blocks of a Classical Christian Education and its results.
Treasured Traditions
The students of the Westside Christian Academy class of 2024 celebrated the completion of their classical Christian education...
The Shepherd Teacher
I was thrilled to be invited back a second time to speak at the Association of Classical Christian Schools’ Repairing the Ruins...
Directing Affections to Beauty
The topic of my talk at the Association of Classical Christian Schools’ Repairing the Ruins national conference in June was...
Life Looking Forward
What do you want your life to look like? Where do you see yourself ten years from now? These are questions that seniors...
Let Him Lead
Throughout our Upper School careers, we studied many texts that traced the theme of longing for the pastoral life. In The...
Every Time I Remember
Class of 2023, If you have known me for any amount of time you will know that I can tend to be a bit forgetful. I forget where I...
A Father and Son Support Gospel Ministry in Guatemala
My wife and I determined years ago to find an overseas mission trip for each of our children at least once during their teen...
One Generation Shall Commend Your Works to Another
Christian Education, Global Missions, and International Student MinistryWhen my wife and I learned that the theme for this year...
Let Your Light Shine
Socrates takes credit for a quote that says, “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” He presents...
A Look Back: Guidance, Growth, and Gratitude
It was August of 2009. The king of pop, Michael Jackson, had passed away earlier that summer. The cost of a gallon of gas was...
Lessons from a Megabus
This is the second half of a commencement address given by Headmaster Jim Whiteman to the class of 2022 on May 20. And now for a...