The Time of Our Lives
We’re coming into that beautiful stretch of the school year, arguably my favorite, in which our students are enjoying the change of season and the coming of a long Christmas […]
Thoughts on Expressive Individualism
It’s been over two years since Carl Trueman published the book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self. People are still talking about it, which for our society suggests […]
What’s Most Important in the Classroom? The Teacher
Years ago in the early 2000s, an educational consultant I respected confidently asserted that I had better pay attention to remote learning. He suggested that the school would increasingly face […]
The College Faith Experience: Growing, Not Surviving
I am deeply invested in the success of your children as they move through the regimen that is New Covenant Schools. About this time each year I think about the […]
Classical Education, Mozart and the Class of 2022
In this edition of QUID NOVI we highlight the class of 2022. While you might be meeting them for the first time, we are preparing to say our goodbyes at […]
Eloquent in the Written and Spoken Word: The Senior Thesis Project
While the New Covenant curriculum includes many unique features spanning the grades, the most notable is the senior thesis project. The classical, Christian program of study is designed to develop […]
Theology: The Queen of the Sciences
In the picture above, the seven liberal arts, pictured as maidens, are each shown holding an object that identifies them. By the fourth century of the Christian era, the liberal […]
The Advantage of a Classical, Christian Education
I have often been asked, “How would you summarize the advantages of classical education compared to modern education models?” First, we should make sure we understand what we mean by […]
Christian School: What Does That Mean?
Part 3 of a series by John Heaton, Headmaster In the twenty-five years from 1960 to the mid-80s, there was an explosion of Christian schools across the country. The first […]
Christian School: What Does That Mean?
Part 2 of a series by John Heaton, Headmaster In our last QUID NOVI I discussed the rise of Christian schools in the last half of the 20th century. (If […]
