Heroes

by Dr. John Scholl, Academic Dean and Rhetoric Director This year, the TCS ninth graders are engaged in a four part study of the ancient world—Israel, Greece, Rome, and early Christianity—and at each stop along our journey we have analyzed heroes, men and women who were idolized by these cultures. Thus far, we have compiled a long list of men …

The Heavens Declare

by Kate Patrick, Rhetoric School Math/Science The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard… The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord …

Singing the praises

by Brandon Pafford, Choir Director Greetings from the TCS Choir Director! Teaching choir is a fascinating position with many challenges and rewards and I am honored and blessed to teach at TCS. I love working with the students on the aspect of music making. In my first TCS blog post, I’d like to share a little about myself as well …

Great Expectations

by Sarah Pfannenschmidt, Logic School Humanities teacher While in Dallas at the ACCU conference last summer, I had the privilege of listening to Classical educators Douglas and Nancy Wilson give a session entitled, ‘High Expectations.’ I’m not sure what appealed more: the chance to hear the Wilsons speak or the possibility of defining what ‘high expectations’ means. There’s something about …

Observations and an invitation

by Kyle Bryant, Director of the upcoming TCS Heights Campus My first few weeks at Trinity Classical School have been many things—informative, encouraging, challenging, and life-giving. There is so much to learn, understand, and implement that sometimes it feels overwhelming. But through all of that, I still walk through the halls of TCS thinking, “This exists?” What a gift from …

Slaying the dragon

by Michelle Graves, Logic Humanities teacher There is a dragon in education that will steal your child’s treasure. John Mays, science teacher and Novare textbook publisher, calls it the “Cram-Pass-Forget” dragon. At conferences of classical Christian education Mr. Mays sports a campaign button with the red circle-and-slash symbol obliterating those three words. He starts his talk with a thought experiment: …

Combating Privileged Elitism at TCS

by Neil Anderson, Head of School Last year at Closing Assembly, I felt a deep conviction to steadily and publicly acknowledge that any success we’ve had at TCS comes from God. I firmly believe this school is not a man-made endeavor. Any good that exists in us personally or institutionally comes from our Heavenly Father. The task at hand for …

A Life of Education

By Jasmine B., Logic School teacher I stood in front of a father and his two uniformed children at the grocery store the other day, eavesdropping.  “Nine times two is?” “Eighteen!”  “Twelve times three is?” “Twenty four?” “Say what now?” The kids laughed, but Dad looked pretty serious. “Thirty-six,” his son said, and Dad immediately cracked a smile. “No more …

Annual Pep Talk

By Neil Anderson, Head of School  It is time for our beginning of year pep talk. I know you need it, so don’t resist. I refuse to begin until you take a deep breath, smile, and say out loud “I am not crazy for doing this.” Well, in fact, you are a bit crazy, but that’s what makes it good. …

From the Desk of Mrs. Anderson…

by Marian Anderson, Pre-Grammar Academic Director At the end of every school year, I start a mental yearly review and summer planning list. I know all the different aspects of this model of schooling and what it takes to get my four kids out the door, ready and in proper uniform, on the first day of school. I know what …