by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Apr 9, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
I. These are challenging times. Perhaps, amidst the shifting sands of our social landscape, the news headlines, the real need and suffering of those around us, and the incessant activity of mind and body all these can precipitate, we may have been able to find at...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Apr 3, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
I. What I would like to offer in today’s Paideia post is twofold: 1) a reflection on storytelling (part I); and 2) an announcement in light of that reflection about a new way for CSA students to remain actively creative during this period of remote learning...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Apr 2, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
I want to offer a brief reflection today that draws some connections between Lent and the relative quarantine in which we find ourselves. I say ‘relative’ because the State of Kansas/Sedgwick county stay-at-home orders currently in place do allow us quite a bit of...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Mar 25, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
I want to begin by wishing you all a blessed feast of the Annunciation of the Good News by the Archangel Gabriel to Mary! All around the world, Christians are celebrating this great event, recounted in the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke. This “annunciation”...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Mar 12, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
In our studies of the history of the world in 2nd grade, my class has recently landed in the fascinating and tumultuous world of Ancient Rome. From Romulus and Remus through the days of the Republic right up to, most recently, Julius Caesar, the stories, historical...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Mar 9, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
The Athenian philosopher Socrates taught that the proper education of children safeguards the integrity and durability of civilization. Why? Because the “proper” education of children – a classical education – ensures that the mind, body, and soul of each student are...
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