The Odyssey  is a fundamental text, one every high school student ought to read, and while most studies engage with the monsters and exotic islands, no one talks about the most compelling theme: the healing of the soul.   When Odysseus leaves the shores of Troy, with victory still reverberating in every plank of his black ship, the first thing that he and his companions do is to sack the city of the Kikonians, dividing up the spoils and the women. The spirit of Ares still inh

An idea is the living thing that captures the heart; its not the other way around. An idea tamed through analysis is no longer the wild thing of the jungle; rather it is the beast behind bars, not quite fully monster, but not quite fully tame. Real ideas capture us and weighty ideas devour us, keeping us up at night.

The best education should be incarnational, uniting mind and body, form and content, ideas and words.

Beauty, Simplicity, and Timelessness are the three core values that drive this program. We, teachers, lead souls by Beauty . . .