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Flag Football Team Huddle in the Rain on a Grassy Pitch
  • Athletics
  • Community
  • Formation
Chekube Mokolo

What does it take for boys to become men? In ancient times some boys entered manhood after the slaying of a wild beast or some contest to prove one’s strength. Our flag football boys haven’t been slaying any wild beasts, but they are maturing, nonetheless.  

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3 Children Playing Soccer (Legs and Shoes)
  • Education
  • Formation
  • Theology
Nicholas Dalbey

It occurred to me that training is precisely the whole purpose of school and a hallmark of the Christian life. But training for its own sake is never useful. We must train for something. So, what exactly does school train us for? 

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Aristotle and Descartes on Community
  • Community
  • Philosophy
David Gilbert

I once heard a critique of Descartes: Descartes’ method ignores a fundamental human impulse to community, and so, must not be the best way to knowledge. Why did Descartes presume to seek knowledge in isolation? Why did he suppose that, divorced from others, his method would be the most reliable foundation for knowledge?

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Scripture and Art
  • Art
  • Beauty
  • Education
  • Formation
Melissa Klotz

The goal in Art classes at TSCS is to seek beauty and excellence through artistic endeavors while upholding the Christian truth that God is the Divine Creator, for as stated in Ecclesiastes 3:11, “He made everything beautiful in its time.”

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The Sheep and the Shepherd
Chekube Mokolo

Most days, my Kindergarten students enjoy some outdoor free play following our P.E. class activities and exercises. A few weeks ago, this free play was taking place near Bragdon Wood, our mini forest on campus. My students had spread out across the area, which also happens to be near our sheep pen. Some climbed trees while other explored the fields in imaginative play. A few students visited our sheep, Lara and Luna, and I followed along.

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