A Message from the Headmaster
This past week, I had the privilege of engaging in many meaningful conversations with parents throughout our campus—in the carline, during meetings, and in passing. As I listened to your feedback and thoughts on our community, I found myself reflecting with great humility.
Over the last few months, we have shared a lot of information with you. We have talked about our curriculum, our partnership with Hillsdale, and classical education and shared many articles. These things are deeply important to the academic foundation of our school.
But information alone does not build character.
One conversation this week stopped me in my tracks. A parent noted that while we teach these virtues in the classroom, the real work happens at home, that families must live these values so children can see them in action, not just hear about them in a lesson or only see them in a school.
That struck a chord with me. We often speak of virtues like Perseverance and Temperance as things we teach children, but the truth is, we are all students of these virtues. I will be the first to admit that I still have to practice them daily. There are days when my own perseverance is tested, or when I must dig deep for temperance and patience.
We are all learning. We are all growing.
This is why we cannot be a school that simply hands out grades, we must be a community. We also need you to take the concepts we discuss in the classroom, these ideas of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness, and breathe life into them at your dinner tables and in your daily routines.
When your child sees you struggle and persevere, they learn more than any textbook could teach them. When we align what happens at school with what happens at home, we aren’t just teaching students, we are raising good people.
Thank you for walking this path with us. It is not always easy, but it is always worth it.
With Appreciation,
Angel Hennig
Headmaster