Archives for 2019

A Season of Goodbyes

This week, I bid goodbye to a truly remarkable group of students.

Content EditorMay 13Comments Disabled

Looking a Little Longer: Conversation in the Classroom

Laura Nicol

Laura Nicol

Looking a Little Longer: Conversation in the Classroom

Early this year, I learned a ‘trick of the trade’ from one of my colleagues. When teaching a group of young children, it can be of great advantage to you to begin class by saying, “Who has something to say to our class? Please raise your hand.”...

Content EditorMay 10Comments Disabled

Only a Girl Can Save Us

Only a Girl Can Save Us

This somewhat rambling essay has a simple theme, which shall be illustrated at the popular and theological levels. As much as male heroes feature prominently in the Christian imagination, it is the female, especially the young woman, who is necessary...

Content EditorMay 09Comments Disabled

A student holding a handful of plants from the garden

Liberty at Four

Elizabeth Cogburn

Elizabeth Cogburn

Liberty at Four

If you spend any time at our school, you will notice that we value liberty. For example, we value the liberty of parents to be involved in their student’s education by offering a block schedule that can accommodate various sorts of homeschooling....

Content EditorApr 24Comments Disabled

Avoid the Latest Elbert Hubbard

Dr. John Mark Reynolds

Dr. John Mark Reynolds

Avoid the Latest Elbert Hubbard

College, as most know it, is Elbert Hubbard’s Scrapbook. Nobody reading this has heard of Elbert Hubbard, but he is education today. His “scrapbook” promised four thousand years of education in one slim volume with beautiful binding. How big was...

Content EditorMar 29Comments Disabled

How We Play (& Learn!)

Sarah Fraps

Sarah Fraps

How We Play (& Learn!)

Look into the Pre-K or Kindergarten classrooms at TSCS, and you will notice something that may not be as prevalent in your average elementary classroom: we play (a lot)! Sure, we play outside. In fact, we have multiple recesses a day for our youngest...

Content EditorMar 27Comments Disabled

A Simple Solution to Helping Children Participate at Mass

Lauren Turner

Lauren Turner

A Simple Solution to Helping Children Participate at Mass

Any practicing Catholic parent will tell you that they have struggled at some point with getting their child to participate well at Mass. When children are young, often the struggle is to get them to sit still or at least not over shadow the Priest and...

Content EditorMar 25Comments Disabled

A World More Real

A World More Real

We live in an era of escape. The political landscape is full of false discourse and tribalism; the metropolitan landscape is full of smog and stark, utilitarian architecture. Extended families are fighting on Facebook and the monotony of the cubicled...

Content EditorFeb 25Comments Disabled

Longfellow’s Dismal Swamp