Year after year, the Lord brings amazing families to the Austin Classical School community. You might be curious about why families choose our Christ-centered, Classical, collaborative model, so we asked them! Today we’re chatting with Tim and Brittney French, who
As this school year comes to an end, we can all celebrate the closing of a challenging season. However, it may have contained some enjoyable moments for you and your family as well, as you spent time learning at home
Habit #5: Do hard things with peace and joy As we wrap up our series on the 5 Habits of Highly-Effective Co-Teachers, we’re turning today to two small words that can have a huge impact during this season: peace and
Habit #4: Communication is key! As we look at some key habits of effective co-teachers this week, one thing that might be easily overlooked is the idea of communicating with the various stakeholders. In the midst of this extended time
Habit #3: Rolling with the punches (with grace and flexibility) We’re back again with our series on the 5 Habits of Highly-Effective Co-Teachers. In our previous posts, Habit 1: Stewarding your time well, and Habit #2: Taking time to prepare
Habit #2: Preparing to teach Welcome back to our series on the 5 Habits of Highly-Effective Co-Teachers. Like it or not, this season has made homeschoolers and co-teachers of us all! While we typically spend several days preparing our collaborative
Habit 1: Stewarding your time well Whether you’ve been homeschooling for years, or you just picked up the reigns a few days ago, there’s no doubt that this season has required us all to make some adjustments. While we normally
“He’s coming!” Oh the excitement that must have stirred in Mary and Joseph’s hearts as they awaited the advent, the coming of their precious son. The advent- the coming or arrival- of this baby boy had been set into motion
As we begin the next chapter in our walk through the virtues, we find ourselves examining the idea of justice. While thinking through how best to introduce this topic to our students, a story from my childhood stood out fresh
“It’s the story the Maker has always told, and the story my child, is true.” -Andrew Peterson. My family just finished reading Andrew Peterson’s excellent fantasy series The Wingfeather Saga and I have that familiar ache anytime I come to
In 480 BC, an estimated 200,000 warriors led by Xerxes, the King of Persia moved into Greece. A force of this magnitude met very little resistance. That is, until they arrived at the mountains of central Greece with only one
During the month of October at Austin Classical School, we’ve been looking at the virtue of Courage. In chapel, we discussed how the courage of David to face Goliath was rooted in his faith in the promises of God. Mrs.
Well, it’s official – Colonial Day was a huge success! We took a deep dive into our history curriculum this week, donned our best colonial outfits, and celebrated with a huge potluck lunch and colonial games. It’s fair to say
As a school, we’re studying virtues this year, and we chose to kick things off with a fairly hefty one: love. Confession, this virtue isn’t something that comes naturally to me. And now that I think about it, that’s the
Most Christians know the story of how Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, humbled Himself to serve His disciples. We know how He rose from the table, removed his clothes, girded a towel around His waist, and washed
In the previous post, we ended with a consideration and a question. The consideration: our cultural forces are perhaps too great to bear on our hearts, and the hearts of our students. All around us we see evidence of hearts
In science our students learn that Pressure = Force / Area. Essentially, pressure is calculated by measuring a particular force as it is applied to a particular area. And as you might imagine from looking at the equation, Pressure increases
In the last post on attention and formation, we looked at the ways in which both the farmer and the classical educator attend to the past. By attending to our history, we recognize that we do not exist in a
Our Pre-K program at Austin Classical School is a wonderful place for our students to have a ton of fun while getting ready for Kindergarten! We asked some of our Pre-K teachers for the inside scoop about what happens in
Over the course of Holy Week, many of you probably saw images and video clips of Notre Dame Cathedral engulfed in flame. As the heart of France required 400 firemen to save it from collapse, the world watched and wept.
Our School of Logic Mustangs took to the track yesterday for their first-ever meet! The 5th-7th graders competed in the long jump as well as various distance running. Though it was a long day, their attitudes never waned, and we
When I played basketball in high school, the third quarter was always the most difficult eight minutes of game time. Any momentum our team built up in the first two quarters seemed impossible to maintain after that fifteen-minute break in
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