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CCF18---Commonplacing

On Commonplacing

“Buy the truth and do not sell it.” Proverbs 23:23 If you are listening carefully, you might hear a new word bouncing around the classrooms and hallways of GFA: “commonplacing.” If you have not heard
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CCF10 - Aesthetic

GFA’s Desired Outcomes for a Graduate – Part 5

Guard your heart with all diligence, for out of it flow the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23 We are nearing the end of our series on the six characteristics our school board has identified as
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CCF9A - Books and Ideas

GFA’s Desired Outcomes for a Graduate – Part 4

“We must [not] try to keep out of [our student’s] mind the knowledge that he is born into a world of death, violence, wounds, adventure, heroism and cowardice, good and evil…. Since it is so
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CCF8 - Masterful Command of Language

GFA’s Desired Outcomes for a Graduate – Part 3

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.’” – Proverbs 25:11 A few weeks back we started our series on the six characteristics our school has established as being the
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GFA’s Desired Outcomes for a Graduate – Part 2

“It seems to me a brief and true definition of virtue is ‘rightly ordered love.’” – St. Augustine Two weeks ago we started a new series on the six characteristics our school has established as
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GFA’s Desired Outcomes for a Graduate – Part 1

We have spent the past few weeks discussing the nature of classical Christian education (cCe) and why it is good. We emphasized four core components of cCe: its telos, its structure of Grammar-Logic-Rhetoric, some of
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dance

The Case for a Social Dance Program

Christian schools of all kinds often find themselves in an awkward situation: we exist in the shadow of much larger public schools, and many of our teachers, students, and families are more familiar with the
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The Case for a School House Program

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have
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What is Classical Christian Education and Why Does It Matter – Part 4

This is the fourth and final installment of our series on What is Classical Christian Education and Why is it Good? In the first three newsletters, we discussed the purpose or telos of education, the
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Christian School

What is Classical Christian Education and Why Does It Matter – Part 3

This is week 3 in our series on classical Christian education: what it is, and why it is good. In the first two weeks, we looked at the purpose of education – its telos –
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Christian School

What is Classical Christian Education and Why Does It Matter – Part 2

Last week we began a series of newsletters discussing the nature of classical Christian education (cCe) and exploring why it is good. The first letter covered the most important aspect of classical Christian education, which
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Christian School

“What is Classical Christian Education, and Why Does It Matter?” – Part I

Classical Christian education can be a difficult term to nail down. If you ask ten different people what it is, you’re likely to get ten fairly different answers: some people will describe it as a
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