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Reflections on A Generous Orientation

Presented by Leslie Moeller. Continue Reading

Session 1: Shepherding Middle Schoolers into Maturity

Slides linked HERE Middle school teachers are well acquainted with the familiar refrain, “I could never teach middle school.” Too often, these students are defined by immaturity and low expectations, as though genuine growth must wait for… Continue Reading

Strong Classical Homes Make Strong Classical Schools

Slides HERE Classical Christian schools labor each day to shape the affections, habits, and imaginations of students. Yet when the school day ends and children return home or depart for afternoon activities, that formative work is either… Continue Reading

Augustine's De Magistro: Teaching, Learning, Signs, and God

Augustine’s De Magistro (On the Teacher) is a brief and often overlooked dialogue, yet it holds enduring significance for both the development of Augustine’s thought and the philosophy of education. Its reflections on knowledge, signs, and… Continue Reading

From Screens to Scrapes - What Does a Classical Recess Look Like?

Modern assumptions often treat recess as a pause from “real” learning—a necessary release of energy before returning to academic work. Yet within the classical tradition, play carries a richer and more purposeful vision. From Plato and… Continue Reading

Charlotte Mason as Generosity

Session recording from Summer Conference 2026. Continue Reading

Watching the Back Door - How To Track and Make Sense of Attrition Data

Slides HERE Many schools assume the reasons families withdraw are already well understood. Often, the data tells a more nuanced story. Does a school consistently track attrition? Is that information interpreted with clarity—and used to… Continue Reading

The Expected Word - Writing Help from Dorothy L. Sayers

Slides HERE “The expected word has no power to stimulate,” Dorothy Sayers once observed. This breakout session revisits five hallmarks of strong writing drawn from Sayers’s reflections: the use of concrete nouns, the distinction between… Continue Reading

Cover and Cultivation - Rethinking Education with Greystone's Mechanical Arts

Slides linked HERE Greystone Theological Institute is intentionally integrating the liberal arts with the mechanical arts, the ethics of embodiment with the ethics of technology, and the world of Scripture with the worlds of human labor… Continue Reading

An Education In Wonder

At Rochester Classical Academy, an education shaped by wonder stands at the heart of learning and forms a defining element of lower school culture and classrooms. But what is an education in wonder, and why does it matter so deeply within… Continue Reading

What Hath Athens to do with Silicon Valley

Slides HERE As classical educators, we tend to praise the study of grammar, logic, and rhetoric (and rightly so!), but we often get uncomfortable when we are confronted with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and we may… Continue Reading

Student Support in a Christ-centered, Classical School

Slides linked HERE Classical classrooms are uniquely positioned to serve a wide range of learners, yet many schools experience attrition when educators or families feel ill-equipped to address common learning differences. Concern over… Continue Reading