"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel de Montaigne
Truly, there is much about the circumstances of our ... Read More
Today's announcement from the Governor that schools are officially shuttered through the end of the academic year was not exactly unexpected. But it was jarring nonetheless.
The reality of ... Read More
(A note of introduction from Veritas)
One of the hardest things about not being in school together during this ...
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You've probably seen the memes by now. You know, the plethora of tongue-in-cheek shareables dotting social media feeds and poking fun at all these new "homeschooling parents."
Saying ... Read More
One of my favorite parts of my job is also one of the most mundane. Once a week, I greet students as they arrive at Veritas Academy (each day, a different school administrator takes on this ... Read More
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire”.
I definitely agree with William Butler Yeats in this quote as far as it concerns the broadest goals of education and ... Read More
This blog was originally published in February 2018, and updated in 2020.
If we celebrated Easter the same way we celebrate Christmas, the ... Read More
It's nearly impossible to capture ALL the goodness that happens at Veritas (and other Classical Christian Schools around the country), but once a month, we're going to try to show you just a few ... Read More
“Indeed, there is something in the very form of reading—the shape of the action itself—that tends toward virtue. The attentiveness necessary for deep reading (the kind of ... Read More
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” -Hebrews 12:11
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