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The Whole Duty of a Child

Elizabeth Cogburn

Elizabeth Cogburn

The Whole Duty of a Child

Recently we memorized the poem in Pre-K, “The Whole Duty of a Child” by Robert Louis Stevenson. Promising to describe the whole duty of a child in a mere four lines is a hefty task, but one I think Stevenson mostly achieves. “A Child should always...

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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....

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A painting by Аскалон, titled Saints of the Sloboda Region

All Hallows Day

Elizabeth Cogburn

Elizabeth Cogburn

All Hallows Day

The host of Saints surrounds us and continues a life of prayer and devotion. Throughout the year we remember various saints like Thekla and Athanasius. At our school we take particular care to remember the saints of our four houses: Saint Lucy, Saint...

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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...

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Students from the Kindergarten class

Rules for Grown-ups: A Socratic Dialogue with Pre-K Students

Elizabeth Cogburn

Elizabeth Cogburn

Rules for Grown-ups: A Socratic Dialogue with Pre-K Students

The other day I forgot to take my shoes off when I entered the classroom. This is against our Pre-K classroom rules and my students were quick to point out my offense. I appreciated their candour, apologized, and promptly removed my shoes. Puzzled at...

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The Garden of Gethsemane Stained Glass from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels' Crypt Mausoleum

The Sword of Holy Week

Elizabeth Cogburn

Elizabeth Cogburn

The Sword of Holy Week

On Thursday, a host of Roman soldiers come to arrest Jesus. Their swords glimmer in the torchlight. In response, the apostle Peter launches himself at a slave-boy and swings a sword to slash off the boy’s ear. Jesus rebukes Peter and restores the boy’s...

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Prosphora From and For The People

Elizabeth Cogburn

Elizabeth Cogburn

Prosphora From and For The People

On Monday the Pre-K and Kindergarten students made prosphora, the bread used for the Eucharist and the blessed bread. I overheard the following conversation: “This isn’t bought in a store?” wondered one student.“No” their friend responded, “The...

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Giving Thanks for Advent

Elizabeth Cogburn

Elizabeth Cogburn

Giving Thanks for Advent

Advent and Thanksgiving overlap for Orthodox Christians this year. It is one of the few times that a great fast and a great feast fall at the same time. Naturally, it is impossible to both fast and feast simultaneously. In Advent we are to give up meat,...

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Giving and Keeping Names

Elizabeth Cogburn

Elizabeth Cogburn

Giving and Keeping Names

The naming of cats is a difficult matter, it isn’t just one of your holiday games – T.S. Eliot, The Naming Of Cats Names are strange. Most of our students have names they did not choose, given to them by parents who had only just met them....

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