Fall Retreat 2020

Association Updates

The Canon at Work in Today’s Complex World
The Canon at Work in Today’s Complex World

What does it mean to be a good citizen, and how do good citizens make the decision to resist or rebel against governing authorities? This is an enduring question faced by citizens and subjects for millennia, and it is a question at the… Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


Forbidden Love: A Black Woman’s Journey to Falling in Love with Classical Education
Forbidden Love: A Black Woman’s Journey to Falling in Love with Classical Education

Dr. Anika Prather will share her story of her journey to Classical studies. Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


Time-Saving Tools for Admission/Marketing Professionals
Time-Saving Tools for Admission/Marketing Professionals

Most school Admission/Marketing professionals have far more to do than they have time to accomplish. In this session, we’ll explore inexpensive (or free!) automation tools that can revolutionize the way you work. From website forms and… Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


Financial Sustainability
Financial Sustainability

Take your school from surviving to thriving! To be sustainable financially does not happen overnight. There are many steps and processes that impact your entire school. Come listen to Kelly Blake outline the key points for financial… Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


A Thought Experiment for Our Divided Times
A Thought Experiment for Our Divided Times

The South African-born comedian Trevor Noah asserts that America has a serious problem hitting it hard right now. “Nuance means you can’t just take a stand and fight the other person. Nuance means we have to talk [think] a little bit… Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


A Liberal Education for All: Lessons from Charlotte Mason for the Modern Classical Renewal
A Liberal Education for All: Lessons from Charlotte Mason for the Modern Classical Renewal

What can we learn from the experience of Charlotte Mason, a British Christian educator, and the ‘liberal education for all’ movement at the beginning of the 20th century? In all the unrest and turmoil of our world around race and class… Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


Q&A Patio with Kristin Cole
Q&A Patio with Kristin Cole

As President of A. Larry Ross Communications, Kristin Cole provides strategic leadership to the agency account team, consults on crisis communications and reputation management projects, and leads the company’s vision and mission. She will… Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


The Board in the Real World: Board Chairs Talk about Their Boards’ Work This Year
The Board in the Real World: Board Chairs Talk about Their Boards’ Work This Year

Board chairs from three classical Christian schools in different geographies with different challenges and opportunities will talk about how their boards are being flexible in the face of unexpected upheavals while still keeping a… Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


What Has COVID Taught Us About Leading Well
What Has COVID Taught Us About Leading Well

This panel shared COVID plans at the SCL digital conference. They will reflect on what they have experienced since that time and what they have learned about leading in a crisis. Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


How to Build a More Resilient Gen Z
How to Build a More Resilient Gen Z

Teen and pre-teen years are formative already. How will 2020 impact the way Gen Z develops into functioning adults? The way we shape their worldview in this very moment can make the difference between anxiety and resilience – in Gen Z and… Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


The Sacred Synthesis
The Sacred Synthesis

In this seminar, we will survey the ways that the great ancient and medieval Christians transformed pre-Christian thought by sifting, synthesizing, and transforming it in light of the lordship of Christ the Logos and his gospel of… Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020


Reading the Texts
Reading the Texts

Classical Christian teachers are accustomed to reading educators like Dorothy Sayers, C. S. Lewis, and Stratford Caldecott, but most would not know what to read from the host of Black Classical Christian educators who came before them… Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2020