by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Of Pomegranates and Tetramorphs Why in the world is Baby Jesus holding a pomegranate? And what are those four strange creatures surrounding Him? This talk is a quick primer on symbols in fine art. We will look at a selection of master paintings, identify the...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Reading Scripture with Bonaventure The heart of the Medieval interpretive enterprise was how one read Scripture, which was understood to be a complex book holding many layers of meaning. But in learning to read it well, one did not just learn how to read other...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Piety and Classical Education Summary Speaker...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Teaching for Goodness Embodied Virtue Formation Greek paideia included within it not just the transmission of information but also training in virtue, by which the student would live wisely and well. How, though, do we teach virtue in a classical Christian...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker The Mirror of the Soul The History and Purpose of Theatre in the Classical Tradition Why has theatre held such a central place in Classical Education? From the Festival of Dionysia in ancient Athens to the Cycle Plays of the medieval Church and the poetic...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker The Rota Disputationis Imagine a teaching tool that empowered the student to engage with each element of classical Christian education: reading, writing, critical and creative thinking, dialectic and Socratic engagement, artistic expression, physical movement...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Architecture Imagination, Emulation, and the Liberal Arts Architecture, much like Law, Politics, or Medicine, is one of those applied disciplines residing just outside traditional boundaries of the seven liberal arts. Reflected in Vitruvian catagories of...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Teaching Long-form Writing to Adolescents in the Age of AI Large Language Models have made it more difficult to teach teenagers to write. The challenge presents us with an opportunity to develop a deeper, more resilient, classical pedagogy of writing....
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker All of Christ for All of Life Hybrid Schooling and the Recovery of Christian Paideia Hybrid classical education is often misunderstood as a compromise, but at its heart, it is a profoundly faithful model for forming students, and families, into Christ-centered...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Friday Night Lights without the Football How to Maximize Campus Fellowship and Celebration on a Budget Over the years we have developed a series of events that provide a “Friday Night Lights” feel but which are based around our school culture....
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Prepared, Not Afraid A Practical Guide to School Safety Classical Christian schools feel a real tension: we want campuses that are warm and welcoming, but we also know we live in a world where wise preparation is necessary. This session will connect the...
by beth mccabe | Feb 27, 2026 | Speaker
Speaker Teaching through Liturgy, Catechism, and Discipleship This talk will highlight practical methods for Lower School teachers focusing on the liturgy of the classroom day, how to apply chants and catechisms, and training through discipline and discipleship. What...