On Friday, March 1st, the students in the school of Logic, 12 parents, and a handful of Logic Teachers spent the day out in the Hill Country at Camp Buckner. As you may know, our current School of Logic is
We have a saying around our hallways that “our teachers are the curriculum” – and we absolutely cherish that idea. We have some wonderfully-talented instructors in each and every grade level, and we get the opportunity to meet as a
In the last post on attention and formation, we looked at inward attention. By attending inward, the farmer recognizes the presence of wayward branches in a maturing evergreen that require pruning if the tree is to thrive. Similarly, by attending
Celebrating the New Year as a teacher or co-teacher is always a little confusing. Doesn’t the “new” year start in August? And aren’t we about to spend the first five months of 2019 with the same group of students we
Save the date and plan to attend Lessons and Carols at Austin Classical School at 8:30am on Monday, Dec. 17. The program will include Christmas music, Scripture and prayers sung and recited by our faculty, staff, and parents. The whole
One of the great things about our collaborative schedule is that co-teaching parents get to decide exactly how they’ll foster learning during their homeschool days each week. Every family goes about this differently, but the underlying elements of the curriculum
Attending Inward In the last post on attention and formation, we looked at our outward gaze. Both the farmer and the classical educator, by attending outward, recognize a responsibility to cultivate an environment that promotes flourishing. At Austin Classical
This Christmas season, we had the privilege of partnering with Pathways Youth and Family Services in caring for kids across Central Texas who are in Foster and Kinship placements! What a wonderful opportunity for our students to serve and love
This semester, we’ve been looking at the idea of attending, and what that looks like not only in the world of Classical education but in a broader view, what that means as believers. This week, our Assistant Head of School,
As our study of medieval history continues, our Grammar students embarked on a pilgrimage this past week, which took them to the far reaches of our campus. They began their journey in “Canterbury”, wound their way through Europe, finally arriving
Cheezy Medieval jokes can only mean one thing! It’s castle week at Austin Classical School! Our 1st – 5th graders (and their dedicated parents) pulled out all the stops this week as they brought in their castles to show to
From time to time, we like to have just a little more fun than normal. Today was one of those days. In addition to our monthly “Wacky Wednesday”, during which we have dads come on campus to serve pizza, our teachers wanted
Attending Outward In the last post on attention and formation, we looked at our upward gaze. Both the farmer and the classical educator, by attending upward, recognize who is in ultimate control. Hint: It’s not us. At Austin Classical school
This past summer, the Atlantic published an article entitled The Dangers of Distracted Parenting. In it, the author describes a curious situation parents find themselves in today. They are more physically present in the lives of their children than in
Join us at Austin Classical school as we host author Matthew Mehan! He’ll be sharing his new book, “Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals” with us, along with a few thoughts about governing your heart with good friends and good
When people ask me how I became involved in the Classical Christian movement, my default response is that God called me to it after Graduate school. While that’s true, it’s not the whole story. After I completed my Master’s thesis
Why just spend a day appreciating teachers when we could spend a whole week? At the end of each and every school year, we set aside some special moments during which we get to love on our teachers during Teacher
There was so much to love about last night’s Spring Program! Our students, faculty, staff, and parents worked so hard to put together an amazing show! What a blessing it was to hear scripture, poetry, grammar jingles, alphabet songs, and
During our study of light, the Kindergarten class took things up a notch and decided to put on a Shadow Puppet Theater. This was an opportunity to see light at work, and be a little creative at the same time.
Well, it’s that time of year again – time to celebrate the 100th day of school! Our Kindergarten class goes all-out, since they are the ones that have been keeping track of the calendar all year. Our wonderful teachers get
Our study of history is broken up into 4 distinct parts, which we rotate through every 4 years: Ancient Times, Middle Ages, Early Modern Times, and the Modern Age. This year, we are working our way through Ancient Times, studying
Composition & Literature for our Second Graders this year has included the study of a wonderful text of rich and beautiful Jewish folktales: Solomon and the Ant Over the course of the semester, the students used this text as a
Take a deep breath, Mustangs: the end of the year is here and you made it! We even had actual snow in Austin this year. We pray that each of you is slowing down professionally, personally and as a
We are blessed with a wonderful community of families who love our school. When one of them came to us a few weeks ago and asked if we would consider taking some time in chapel to host a “Parents Choir”,
Who says memory work can’t be fun? For our Grammar students, we try to incorporate songs and jingles whenever possible to help keep our memory work exciting. This year, through our study of ancient history, we’ve been able to