by The Classical Academy | Feb 2, 2026 | Dean's Dispatch
It is February, 1776. Relations with our country’s sovereign and legislature have been crumbling for years now. You remember the Stamp Acts, don’t you? And the Tea Tax? We had such fun unloading those tea crates into Boston Harbor! Last spring British troops tried to...
by The Classical Academy | Dec 30, 2025 | Dean's Dispatch
On January 1, 1804, after the final battle defeating the French, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the leader of the Haitian revolution, declared independence for the colony and renamed it “Haiti” after its Native American Taino name. The freed Haitians made a humble squash...
by The Classical Academy | Dec 2, 2025 | Dean's Dispatch
As we come into December most of us can’t help reflecting on God’s goodness. We look back on a year and remember previous Christmastimes; we imagine what we might buy (or get!) over the holidays; we look forward to laughing with family and – we hope – some...
by The Classical Academy | Nov 7, 2025 | Dean's Dispatch
There’s one Bible story that stands above so many others in discipling and disciplining kids, and it’s kind of a pet peeve of mine that it’s in hardly any children’s Bibles! The one defining story that can be used as a picture for interpersonal relationships,...
by The Classical Academy | Sep 30, 2025 | Dean's Dispatch
Last week I heard a sportscast and the topic was “Which quarterback, X or Y, gives their losing team the best chance to succeed?” This is a typical sports debate. Nothing is ever decided, and if the media pundits agree on someone then that player flops, they all claim...
by The Classical Academy | Sep 2, 2025 | Dean's Dispatch
Manners are not Virtues Every nation has social and cultural norms and expectations for polite society. They are different all over the world, but every people group has constructs for how to demonstrate courtesy. Here in the United States, we highly value saying...
