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Archives for Curriculum

Curriculum

Count the Cost, Part IV: Failure

February 6, 2021 by Katherine Bradford

count the cost

Count the Cost is a blog series designed for prospective parents. In our fourth installment, we asked Miss Katherine Bradford about how a classical school’s high standards inevitably mean that students will deal with failure. (Spoiler Alert: We think that is a good thing.) Katie was a founding teacher at Oakdale Academy in Waterford Township […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Admissions, Character Education, Count the Cost, Culture, Curriculum, Grit, K-12 education, Parental Partnership, Rigor, Virtue, Worldview

Training to Serve: Our Physical Education Curriculum

October 7, 2020 by Sydney Ackerman

Human beings are composed of Mind, Soul, and Body. As a classical and Christian school, you are right to assume that we care about the mind and soul. But how many classical school graduates do you hear about in the NFL? Did we forget about the body? (The short answer is “no.”) The education of […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Character Education, Curriculum, Grammar School, Grit, K-12 education, Lifelong Learning, Logic School, Physical Education, Rigor, Virtue

“Beauty out of dust”: Our Art Curriculum

July 31, 2020 by Kyria Beals

God the Creator has formed us to be worshipers, creators in his image, and stewards of what he has made. He creates universes out of nothing but words! He forms living beings out of dust and calls them good! We create art with lowly paper and paints, clay and scissors. In studying and practicing art, […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Art, Curriculum, Grammar School, K-12 education, Logic School, The Liberal Arts

“Joy beyond the walls of the world”: Why & How We Teach Lit

July 9, 2020 by Stefan Hull

We teach literature at CCA because of its unique ability to make a profound impact on a reader. The best stories prepare students for the great, life-long battles they will face as they strive to live righteously. They also give memorable encouragement to persevere in the fight. The Development of the Moral Imagination Preparation for […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Curriculum, Grammar School, K-12 education, Literature

From Great to Okay: What we’ve learned about distance learning

May 19, 2020 by Caroline Hummel

We at Cedar Classical Academy are confident that, right now, mid-pandemic, we continue to offer the best K-6 educational option in Lansing. Now beginning our ninth week of distance learning, we have kept our mission alive. Cedar Classical Academy’s culture has been marked since our founding by parental partnership, high standards, character emphasis, and real […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Character Education, Culture, Curriculum, Grammar School, Grit, K-12 education, Literature, Mathematics, Online Learning, Quarantine Chronicles, Science

“Beauty is not an elective”: Our Music Curriculum

February 8, 2020 by Caroline Hummel

Here is a glimpse of Wassail & Carols, our December 12 celebration of Christ’s incarnation through recitation and carols. This was also a night to revel in the musicianship that our music teacher, Mrs. Peng, has been teaching to our students. At Cedar, we like to say that beauty is not an elective. We think […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Culture, Curriculum, Extracurriculars, Grammar School, Music, Quadrivium

The Mission Series, Pt. III | “Give me a place to stand and I shall move the world”: A Well-Ordered Understanding of Reality

March 6, 2019 by Emma Setterington

This post is the third in a series aimed to unpack the kind of education Cedar Classical Academy will offer, through the exposition of our mission statement piece by piece. In our previous posts, we have covered parental responsibility and school partnership in bringing up children (Pt. 1), and the key concepts of moral and […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Curriculum, Mission Series, Mission Statement, Order, Worldview

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