Habits of the Heart in the Home: Respect
Written by DeeDee Feeney | 4.23.20 At Coram Deo Academy, we help our students practice habits that will benefit them for life, not just for school. Rather than using behavior modification, we…
Habits of the Heart in the Home: Responsibility
Written by DeeDee Feeney | 4.28.20 At Coram Deo Academy, we help our students practice habits that will benefit them for life, not just for school. Rather than using behavior modification, we…
Learn by Telling: The Power of Narration
By Jason Barney, Principal If you are a parent or student in the Coram Deo community, you are no doubt aware of some changes at school from previous years. One…
Four New Elevator Pitches for CCE
by David Seibel, Head of School A few years ago, I wrote an elevator pitch for explaining to people what classical Christian education is. Although I still hold to what…
Sowing the Seeds of Virtue, Part 1: Is Virtue Even Christian?
By Jason Barney, CDA Principal This is the first installment in a series of short essays written by Principal Jason Barney. Jason Barney was awarded the Henry Salvatori Prize for…
Sowing the Seeds of Virtue, Part 2: Stocking the Memory
By Jason Barney, CDA Principal In the opening to this series, I discussed the lamentable absence of virtue in our modern thinking about parenting and education. We looked at how the…
Winning the Culture War, Part 1
By David Seibel, Head of School This article is an adaptation of the talk given at Grandparents Day on November 4, 2022. Is Coram Deo Academy trying to win the…
Winning the Culture War, Part 2: Create a Compelling Counter-Culture
By David Seibel, Head of School This article is the second and final part of a talk given at Grandparents Day on November 4, 2022. The first part of this talk considers…
The Ideal Education: Why We Do Not Have One and What You Can Do About It
by Dr. David Seibel, Head of School This article was originally given at a Community Leaders Breakfast on February 15th, 2023. My title today is based upon a book that…
Head of School or Heart of School?: A Summary of My Doctoral Dissertation on The School Lifecycle
by Dr. David Seibel, Head of School I was recently talking to another headmaster, and she said she thought her title should really be “Heart of School.” I am not…
