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Dave St. Martin: Athletics at a Christian Private School
Liberty Classical Academy’s Meaningful Purpose “Liberty classically educates children to be moral leaders that impact the culture for Christ” What does that mean? How is that accomplished? Our Christian, private school reaches into the community through a variety of ways. I would like to focus on our athletics program and how it can have an…
The education of great thinkers throughout history
What do Copernicus, Martin Luther, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglas, Marie Currie and Albert Einstein all have in common?
They all received a classical education.
Benefits of Summer Chores
Summer has arrived and your children are home with nothing to do. As a favor to your kids, enlist their help with household chores—they will benefit greatly. Giving children household chores at an early age helps to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance with many benefits academically, emotionally and professionally.
The Art of Classical Rhetoric – Invention
Aristotle famously stated that rhetoric is “an ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion.” In other words, rhetoric is about finding all communicative options in a given situation and carefully choosing effective tools that will most likely persuade your audience.
Why Stay Through High School?
If you read last week’s blog about the senior thesis, you saw that our students put the kind of work into their final semester that many colleges don’t require of their upperclassmen. They demonstrate a series of learned skills and acquired abilities that will benefit them for the rest of their lives.
Why We Do What We Do: The Senior Thesis
Families choose Liberty Classical for a variety of reasons. For some, it’s a safe environment. For others, it’s the private school level of personal attention. For some, it’s about being Christian. For some, it’s classical education. For most, it’s a combination of these. There’s a lot that goes into education at Liberty.
Liberty Classical Alumni Spotlight: Ben Leone
We were recently blessed to have Liberty Classical Academy alumnus Ben Leone share about his life and activity since graduation from Liberty in 2009.
Why We Do What We Do: Learning at Liberty Classical
Why Does Band Start in 4th Grade? Liberty Classical students start taking band in the fourth grade. It’s scripted into our students’ schedules and into teachers’ days. But why start it in fourth grade? Is there a reason behind this standard we’ve set?
What happened to the theater?
First Century Theater The story is told of a theater in the first century, run by the Romans, that was put up for sale by its owner. The building likely boasted of some of the same artistic and architectural splendor of many structures from that time. Considering Rome’s appetite for beauty…and its tendency for excess…it…
Liberty Classical Alumni Spotlight: Marisa Hubin
We were recently blessed to have Liberty Classical Academy 2011 alumna Marisa Hubin provide us with an update on her life and activity since graduation from Liberty. Marisa, please share your activities post-graduation from Liberty Classical Academy. After graduating from LCA in the spring of 2011, that fall semester I began my undergraduate at Northwestern University…