Headmaster Jed Culbertson addressed the school families and staff at Fall Kickoff sharing ten fruits of classical Christian education that he has witnessed in the last ten yeas at Agape Christi. Welcome ladies, gentlemen, young ladies, young men! It is my privilege to stand before you now as we begin our second decade. When we started our first decade, we…
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Superlatives
Our Upper School is pleased to announce the launch of a new program called “Superlatives,” (currently for grades 9+) which is dedicated to providing educational experiences for our students not necessarily common to the classroom. The first of our four-to-six week programs kicked off with Survival Training, led by Dr. Robert Vagi. Dr. Vagi has a PhD in education that…
Read MoreUpper School Retreat 2023
Familiar places present a certain kind of opportunity for us, to return to the comfort of what is known and at the same time pray for fresh eyes to see it anew, and discover. Such was the case this year at Camp Shamineau, as students in grades 7+ ventured north for our annual retreat to spend time bonding as classmates…
Read MoreEmail Archives 2023-2024
Did you lose an email? We will post the all-school emails here for your convenience. Summer 2023:
Read MoreCultivating Faithful Leaders in the Love of Christ
In 1837, Friedrich Froebel opened the first kindergarten in Blankenburg, Germany. Not two decades later, the first kindergarten in America was started in Watertown, Wisconsin. Due to Germany’s practice of creating more complex words out of simpler ones, we get kindergarten from kinder, or child, and garten, or garden. So, these schools were designed to be gardens where children could…
Read MoreGiving Thanks in Education
You take your family to church on a Sunday morning. You give your preschooler a big hug and put him in the care of the Sunday school teacher. Afterwards, you ask him what he did in class and he excitedly shows you his paper craft listing the fruit of the Spirit. Later that day, you remind your child to be…
Read MoreA Different Spirit
At 8:30 sharp each morning, Agape Christi students and teachers gather for Assembly which includes a short teaching from Mr. Culbertson, review of the scripture of the week, and a hymn of the week. The students each receive an Assembly Book that contains the music and verses to learn. On the cover of the Assembly Book is the theme of the…
Read MoreHeadmaster Announcement: Virtue Series
The holidays are a time we step back to think about what’s important in life—what truly matters. This year our school theme is ‘Virtue.’ What does it mean to live a virtuous and excellent life? Why does it matter? We are exploring with the students timeless and classical principles like prudence, temperance, and faith, among others. I hope you’ll join…
Read MoreAround the World with Grandparents
By Julie Roer, 3/4 Grade Teacher For our annual Grandparents Days event in October, upper school students created “Living History Rooms” which were themed to represent the 7 continents and 7 seas. On the day of the event, grandparents and lower school students had the privilege of “traveling” to different continent-themed rooms around the school where a group of upper…
Read MoreCherishing the Feast and Fellowship
By Marla Helseth There is an entire chapter of the book The Supper of the Lamb, by Father Robert Farrar Capon dedicated to an onion. Actually it’s about you, an onion, a paring knife and a cutting board. He says, “Do not attempt to stand at a counter through these opening measures. In fact, to do it justice, you should…
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