Teacher Blog
Integration in the Second Grade Classroom
"Integrating subject areas is one of my favorite parts of teaching in a Christian classical school. I have countless opportunities to do this throughout the day. For example, one week we studied Nebuchadnezzar’s dream where he saw an image that was made of gold,...
A Teacher’s Perspective
This past Saturday morning, while working at Café on the Park at the Wheaton Public Library, I saw my freshman English teacher from college. I had recently gone through my old college files, and I had intentionally looked at my essays and papers from Ms. Hecht’s...
The Costliness of the Hi-Tech Learning Experiment
This Time Magazine article discusses the pitfalls of replacing teachers with technology in the classroom.
Testimonial from Ann Nikchevich
I am very eager to share with you why Naperville Christian Academy is not one choice among many schools, or even one choice among many Christian school, but is entirely different in nature from any educational institution around, certainly any I have ever...
The Cultural Value of Christian Higher Education
Christian colleges can develop students in ways few other institutions can. As you read this article, wherever you see "Christian college" replace it in your mind with "classical Christian school". The heart and soul of what we do is the same, we just start younger:...
The Gratuity of Beauty
The other day I was on the phone as I arrived at school, and I waited in my car in the parking lot until the conversation was over. All of the sudden a gold finch (the state bird of Washington!) landed on a shrub just outside my car. I was so happy. They are...
Freedom, Truth, and Education
From Stratford Caldecott's, Beauty in the Word: Rethinking the Foundations of Education: "The modern mistake about freedom...is that freedom has nothing to do with truth. We imagine that the more choices we have, the freer we are. In reality, a multitude of choices...
The Philosophical Difference Between Classical Christian Education and Public Education
At the classical Christian school where I work, we are constantly looking for new ways to increase enrollment in healthy ways. We do this by maintaining those students who currently attend, and bringing in new families. Over the past 2 or 3 years we've improved our...