Ty Fischer

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Say Goodbye to Books?

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 14, 2009 3:18:01 AM
I just breezed through Dr. Barrett Mosbacker’s “Welcome to the Library. Say Goodbye to Books” article from the Christian ... Read More

The Value of a Classical Christian Education

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 6, 2009 3:36:51 AM
We spend a lot of time reading the Great Books at Veritas Academy. Our Omnibus has been a paradigm that has encouraged a great number of people to read the Bible and Plato, Aristotle, Dante, ... Read More

Educational Fear

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 5, 2009 10:33:00 AM

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The Value of Classical Christian Education

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 2, 2009 6:53:52 AM
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Bombadil, Berry and Chuckling at the Ring

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 30, 2009 7:20:26 AM
Sunday night, the stay-up-late-reading part of my family was reading through The Fellowship of the Ring. Everyone should read about Tom Bombadil while sitting around a fire pit. ... Read More

The Value of Classical Christian Education

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 29, 2009 3:29:24 AM
Recently, I met with a leader in Lancaster County public education. He graciously had agreed to talk with our board of governors concerning preparing kids for global competition. He made a great ... Read More

SATs Decline at County Schools

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 22, 2009 7:56:21 AM
Ok, I had a story to post on the blog, I was going to send you to links and everything, but I went to the online version of the paper and the story is missing. I will continue to try to ... Read More

Back to School Night

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 16, 2009 6:49:14 AM
We had a blast at Back to School Night Last Night. Here are my comments just in case you were not there:

Enduring Commitments in Changing Times

Once upon a ... Read More

News and Recommendations

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 15, 2009 6:31:02 AM
This “Word from the Headmaster” marks a time of real change at Veritas Academy. Much of our Parental Memo will be migrating to our new ParentsWeb website. You are really going to ... Read More

Day One X 13

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 9, 2009 3:47:49 AM
Today was the first day of the 13th year of my adventure here at Veritas Academy. I was still nervous. I got up at 3. If I looked punchy at the Convocation, it was that enough ... Read More