Next Meeting

Hey Guys,

The next meeting will be at 3pm on August 2nd in the Library if it is available.  Hope your summer and summer reading are going well!!

Mark

Things to Come

The new school year is just around the corner and I would like to check in with everyone and make sure they are keeping up with their summer reading.  Some of you may be done by now.  We will plan on meeting the week of preplanning in order to get a jump start on the year.  I hope to be able to address the faculty during our first meetings back, but will have to be added to the schedule.  I also am going to try and address the entire PA with our plans and vision so that we will have communicated with all aspects of the school, with the exception of the students.

In other news, it sounds like Sandy and Jackie had a great time and learned many things at the conference in NC this past month.

Hope you are having a restful summer.

mark

New Member

Well, it looks like we are finally adding a board member. 

Mark Mosher has agreed to join the committee.  I think he is an excellent addition to our group and look forward to getting a number of things accomplished this year.

Mark

Reading List

The Total Reading List is as follows with *'s indicating the summer reading list.

1. The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers *
2. Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning by Douglas Wilson *
3. Classical and Christian Education by Gregg Strawbridge *
4. An Introduction to Classical Education by Christopher A. Perrin *
5. The Case for Classical Education by Douglas Wilson
6. The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
7. The Seven Laws of Teaching by John Milton Gregory
8. Repairing the Ruins, edited by Douglas Wilson

Summer Reading List

The first two things everyone should be reading or already have read for the summer reading list are:

1. Lost Tools of Learning (reread from time to time)
2. Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning (Douglas Wilson)

The rest of the list is at school and I will get it posted next opportunity I get.

mark

Summer Reading

Hello all! I'm really excited to join you in thinking and talking about classical education at WCA. I just wondered - where can I find the summer reading list?

New Member

Hey gang,

Just wanted to let you know that Cindy Young will be joining our committee.  This should round out the committee as we now have representatives from all aspects of WCA.  I am looking forward to a fruitful year this coming year as we will be driving this vision forward!!!

Mark 

Conference

I'm looking forward to going to the conference. Is there anything in particular that you all want me to be focusing on? If you go to the ACCS website you can view a pdf of the conference lectures. There are a few I specifically want to attend but haven't make up my mind about all the sessions and would welcome your in put.

Thanks,

Sandy

Spelling Bee in People Magazine

My wife showed me an article about past winners of the national spelling bee and Irving Belz the winner from 1951 in his advice to young spellers says,


"Read a lot- and learn classical Greek and Latin"

Let's not mistake learning Latin and Greek with Classical Ed, but not at the same time downplay the importance of learning root languages to better knowing and understanding our own either.  The first three words I think are even more valuable to our discussion.  Read a lot-  this is an important part of being a life long learner, one of the most important aspects of Classical Education!!

Mark

Welcome to the new blog

Hey gang,

I hope that you have had a restful summer thus far.  Just to update you on some things.

1.  Please respond to this post once you have joined the Blog

2.  Please visit the link by clicking on the post title and explore the ACCS (association of classical christian schools) web site

3.  Please let me know how your summer reading is going thus far and what resources you lack

4.  We are sending a team to the ACCS conference in Raleigh-Durham.  Sandy Stowe, Beth Beck and I believe Jackie Booth will be representing WCA.  I hope to get there thoughts and comments upon their return!!  Please thank Judy Childs if you see her for organizing this effort.

5.  If there are any topics you wish to discuss, you should be able to post on the blog.  Let me know if you can't.

6.  Please check this blog daily if possibly, weekly at minimum.  We asked you all to be part of this team because we felt your expertise and enthusiasm would be greatly beneficial to our cause, so all voices are equally important.

Looking forward to a great summer of learning.

Mark