Ellen Finnigan holds a B.A. in English from Boston College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. She has worked as an Editorial Director for an online media network, written a political column for a daily newspaper in Washington D.C., lived on a Catholic commune, and worked as a House Facilitator for aContinue Reading
One of the most fun traditions at Kolbe Academy is Crazy Hair and Hat Day. Each year, the ante is upped by teachers and students alike. 2019 was the most creative yet! Check out the photos of this year’s winners at each grade level. 6th Grade – Timothy C. with the “random hat-inator.” Continue Reading
Tell us about yourself? What grade are you in, how long have you been homeschooling/online schooling? I’m in twelfth grade now, and I started homeschooling in ninth grade. Throughout high school I’ve mainly taken Kolbe online classes , but I’ve also taken a couple online classes from other sources, some community college classes, and some classes at homeContinue Reading
What does an average day of teaching at Kolbe Academy look like? I have two really sort of busy days. I get up really early, and I’ll prep for the day. It usually takes a couple hours to get fully ready. Then I’ll log in at ten o’clock to a room ofContinue Reading
Our Director of Academic Services, Mr. Everett Buyarski, was born and raised in Southeast Alaska. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Gonzaga University, where he spent two years in the seminary before discerning he wasn’t called to the priesthood. He is married to his beautiful wife Melissa, and has five sons, Nathaniel, Aaron, Peter,Continue Reading
When I lived in Germany, I would walk my oldest daughter to her elementary school, Bonifatiusschule in Göttingen, taking her younger sister with me. After the drop-off, the younger one and I would typically cut into the old city to pick up fresh bread for the day and to get our breakfast before taking herContinue Reading
Counting My Blessings Banríon S. S-s-s-s-s-s-s-s. It wasn’t a loud sound. But it wasn’t a good sound — because it was not a normal sound to hear while driving down the road at 65 miles per hour. I directed my teenage driver daughter to pull off the road, which she did. I got outContinue Reading
By Eoin Suibhne I was reading recently a letter written by a diocesan priest (published anonymously) detailing the struggles that faithful priests undergo in these perilous times for our Church. The letter revealed from the inside the mindset of those priests who have chosen to break their vows and how they persecute those priests loyalContinue Reading
Porcupines and Temperaments In high school while browsing at a religious goods store, I came across a slim volume with the enchanting title The Delicate Art of Dancing with Porcupines: Learning to Appreciate the Finer Points of Others. The cover was adorned with a cartoon of chubby, grinning porcupines in mid-step, dancing in redContinue Reading
The following was written by Kolbe Academy theology teacher, Mr. Nicholas Senz . Recently America Magazine featured a school that is scrapping its traditional junior high faith formation program in favor of what it calls “conversational catechesis.” A seminar-style format encourages students to “talk openly about difficult and complex questions of faith.” It is hoped that such an approach “could beContinue Reading