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Principles Learned Through Piano Practice

Mandi Atweh

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Mandi Atweh

Principles Learned Through Piano Practice

Most of us have read or heard of the studies that show the mental benefits that come from learning a musical instrument. Such benefits include the development of fine motor skills, opportunity for frequent brain stimulation, improvement in cognition and...

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Surprised By Beauty

Lydia Holt

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Lydia Holt

Surprised By Beauty

I’m constantly met with the thought that music is just an extra, an add-on, outside of the “core” of classes that every student needs to build on for success. On the other side, it seems that every article I read on the contrary is about how music...

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Sonnet for the End of the Year

Kris Yee

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Kris Yee

Sonnet for the End of the Year

On the eve of a nice, long holiday, I’ve been tasked with writing a blog. I found myself too weary to do so. Instead, I’ve written a curtal sonnet for our beloved students, faculty, and families. I present it for you here with my deepest love....

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On Naming

Sarah Fraps

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Sarah Fraps

On Naming

“As the most effective prayer the Church Fathers use the phrase, ‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.’ This prayer is the key to the spiritual life. It is a prayer that cannot be taught either by books, or by spiritual fathers or by anyone else....

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Choices

Laura Nicol

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Laura Nicol

Choices

I was halfway through writing a word on the whiteboard for a student to copy when, suddenly, he said, “I’m not sure that I want to be a teacher when I grow up.” I turned around and looked at him – a lanky five-year-old whose feet didn’t touch...

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Good Will Reading

Nick Dalbey

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Nick Dalbey

Good Will Reading

Some of my earliest and favorite childhood memories involve reading and listening to stories: everything from my dad reading The Chronicles of Narnia out-loud before bedtime, to road trips where my family would listen to tape recordings of Hank the Cow...

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Doing Hard Things

Lucas Gaddam

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Lucas Gaddam

Doing Hard Things

Imagine two rooms, one a nursery and the other a 5th grade classroom. From one, you hear wailing and crying and the other, silence. But the wailing is not coming from the nursery this time, but from the 5th graders who have just had to do the unthinkable...

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Why We Learn Languages

Michelle Lozano

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Michelle Lozano

Why We Learn Languages

Some of my favorite moments as a Spanish teacher are when a student comes to class excited to share about an interaction that they had using the  Spanish language. “I ordered food at a restaurant this weekend,” one tells me. “I attended Spanish...

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In, With, and Under

Daniel A. E. Reynolds

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Daniel A. E. Reynolds

In, With, and Under

I don’t necessarily endorse Luther’s group of prepositions with which he tried to explain his doctrine of consubstantiation – how he thought Christ was really present in the Eucharist. It has been helpful to me over the years, however, in trying...

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It is We Who Are Not Yet Sound

Jon Mueller

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Jon Mueller

It is We Who Are Not Yet Sound

What is the worst thing that can happen to you? What is the event or situation that presents the greatest danger of evil and misfortune to an individual regardless of age, sex, or background?  Midway through the dialogue Phaedo, Socrates presents...

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