Archives for 2018

Galen Nicol

The Flatlands of Learning

In addition to teaching Astronomy and Math to the third grade, I oversee their lunch. During this period, I read aloud to them so that they can be edified by excellent stories and so that they eat more quickly and have some time for charging around outside...

Thalia WestmorelandSep 07Comments Disabled

A painting by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a young woman in a dark green dress, standing in front of a shelf of blue plates. The painting is titled "Cinderella"

Glass Slippers on a Tall Ladder

Elizabeth Cogburn

Elizabeth Cogburn

Glass Slippers on a Tall Ladder

Blog header is a painting by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, titled “Cinderella” and displayed in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. To learn more about this painting and view the unedited version of the painting, please click here! One of the lovely...

Thalia WestmorelandSep 05Comments Disabled

A line of children on their way across the school's parking lot.

Returning to the Atrium

Sarah Zimmermann

Sarah Zimmermann

Returning to the Atrium

“To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom.” – Dr. Maria Montessori On the first Tuesday of the school year, Mrs. Cogburn and I brought the Pre-K and Kindergarten students...

Thalia WestmorelandAug 28Comments Disabled

A photo of the school's icons and wooden doors.

The Third: Come Holy Spirit

The Third: Come Holy Spirit

Four years ago around Saint Valentines Day, my pastor, Father Richard, said: “Why not start a school?” That seemed . . . Crazy. Eventually I got an offer for a college presidency, but Father Richard kept saying: “Why not start a school?” I said:...

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A photo of three students in the garden.

From the Gardener’s Desk

From the Gardener’s Desk

I have been met in the garden many times this first week back to school with exclamations of “Wow everything is so green! How is that possible in the Houston summer?” I always respond, “I watered the garden and took care of it over the summer...

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A one room school house in front of a field.

“Like a One-Room School House”

Emily Kasradze

Emily Kasradze

“Like a One-Room School House”

Header image credit: Brylie via Wikimedia Commons The similarity has occurred to many of our parents and teachers. It is a regular comment from visitors who learn we have ages four through college at The Saint Constantine School: “Like a one-room...

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T.S. Eliot’s Dry Salvages and the Christian Philosophy of A.E. Taylor

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T.S. Eliot’s Dry Salvages and the Christian Philosophy of A.E. Taylor

Jesus saved a hurting T.S. Eliot. And Eliot, the greatest poet of the twentieth century, thought Jesus could save us as well. A person can hate the conclusion, but if English is your mother tongue, then you cannot ignore Eliot or his ideas. He shaped...

A painting by Rothko, titled "The Tentacles of Memory"

Brothers Karamazov and the Power of Memory

Robert Stacey

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Robert Stacey

Brothers Karamazov and the Power of Memory

On my desk sits a small, clear acrylic cube. Inside that cube rests an old baseball. On the surface of that baseball is printed the swashbuckling emblem of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Surrounding that emblem and covering the rest of the ball are a number...

A Springtime Garden Poem