GCA Orientation 2024-25

08/05/24 • 34 min

In this episode, Dean of the Upper School Luke Shawhan and Dean of the Lower School Kaitlin Short join teacher Barry Kinzer to go through orientation information for families at Grace Classical Academy.
Upcoming episodes of In Pursuit of Virtue will discuss various topics related to Classical education in a Christian context, but this episode is specifically for our GCA community.

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Stories of God’s Faithfulness – Part 2

It’s always encouraging to think back on all the ways God has blessed our school, from the opening of the doors to the people He has brought and all the ways He has shown His goodness. In this episode, we reminisce and tell some of our favorite stories of God’s faithfulness to GCA.

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How Can Parents Support Classical Education at Home?

In this episode, we give some updates about changes in administration at GCA. Then, we get into a question submitted from a GCA parent. Jennifer, Jed, David, Luke, and Kaitlin discuss the question: “How can parents support classical education at home? Specifically in the areas of teaching and reinforcing virtue and wisdom?” Ultimately, three factors (among others) must be present for virtue and wisdom to take root: opportunities for kids to grow, opportunities to fail, and opportunities to repent.