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The true end of a classical education is to teach students the art of learning through the classical Trivium. Here on our blog you can find our thoughts on classical education, homeschooling, and cultivating the true, the good, and the beautiful.
The Benefits of Fiction
By Ava Kitchen This speech was given as a keynote address, a culminating exercise for 11th grade students at Granite...
Tell Me the Story of Jesus
Imagine with me an expert weaver of old. The artist stands before the life size loom. She has spent days sourcing,...
A Feast of Stories
Granite’s theme for the 2021-2022 academic year is “Stories Nourish the Soul.” As Christians, Scripture is the first...
Stories Nourish the Soul
“Christian classical education is the transmission of the culture of the Church through a faculty of friends who love...
All is Full of Labor
Every man, of every time feels he is at the cusp. He is not wrong. Man was made to build, create, rejoice. All...
The Seven Laws of Building Cathedrals
As an expansion on our cathedral-vision of education, I offer this interpretation of Milton Gregory's "Seven Laws of...
A Cathedral Vision of Education
As we think about building and education, the Christian cathedral provides an especially rich metaphor for those of us...
Christ the Cornerstone
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Psalm 127:1 The language of building and...
The Peace of Restful Learning
In preparation for this academic year, tutors examined and contemplated Wendell Berry's lovely poem, "The Peace of...
Growth and Cultivation: A Lesson from Frog and Toad
There's a delightful Frog and Toad story that I haven't been able to get out of my head as we've prepared for...