I have just finished writing a letter of reference for my oldest son, who is in his senior year and hopes to attend Thomas Aquinas College. After eleven years of homeschooling, almost ten of those with Kolbe Academy, I will soon have my first graduate. Time to reflect back on those ten plus years andContinue Reading
Easter Sunday found them sleeping; unable to stay awake. The deep sleep of unbearable grief. Fear, pain, shame, disappointment…a pall too heavy to shake. Who could understand the events that preceded the dawning of this Pascha? A lifetime ago they had shared the cup, drank in thanksgiving, satisfied every hunger with the Bread of Life.Continue Reading
I stood agape beneath a side-wall crucifix that seemed to appear out of nowhere. I had been watching the sanctuary at the front and only saw Jesus on the Cross after entering deeply enough for a parallel gaze once I turned. Dully illuminated, the body affixed to the wood at its usual three points wasContinue Reading
Asynchronous platform: Set up folders for each week with all of the work for that week contained in the folder. Include a preview of the reading for context, a short summary of what they will read, along with key points and questions for them to be thinking about as they read. Consider having older studentsContinue Reading
Kristin Tolentino (mom of 3rd grader) states: “We are communicating via Seesaw. There are assignments for every day, but they are all due 3pm Friday. I like that because you can adjust if needed. I had [my daughter] work ahead so she could do ‘fun stuff’ on Friday like working in her Brownie painting badgeContinue Reading
Teachers are used to having to adapt. New modes of learning, new technologies, new students, new schedules, new policies; these are all par for the course. However, no one could have predicted teachers would be asked to adapt to a completely different educational structure (in one day) due to a global pandemic. As many teachersContinue Reading
In the coming weeks, many parents will find themselves directly supervising, supporting, and facilitating their children’s learning in the home for the first time. We are praying for all of those in our country and in the world who are suffering due to the impacts of the coronavirus, and we here at Kolbe Academy wouldContinue Reading
There are certain standards that we should try to achieve at each level of a child’s education. First and foremost would be working toward the completion of the material in the course plans for the subjects taken. When first beginning home schooling and for some students, this is not possible so we have to rememberContinue Reading
In Francis Crotty’s Implementation of Ignatian Education in the Home , he describes lectio cursiva and lectio stataria (page 25). Bacically, the idea is that some things in a given subject can be covered relatively quickly, while other things can be chosen to go into in more depth. The variety between a broad overview and an indepth focus helps train the studentsContinue Reading
Michael is a doctoral student at the University of Mary’s graduate program in physical therapy. As you will learn in this episode, he has always had a passion for helping others, a passion which has directed his life choices. To listen to his story, click “play” above. To help fund his wayContinue Reading
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