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…
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Giving 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…
Read MoreThe Race Set Before Us
By Marla Helseth I recently had the privilege of doing a “fun run” with our Agape Christi Cross Country team and even though I ended up running the fastest mile I’ve run in a long time, just about the entire team still smoked me! I’m one of those runners who actually loves running, so when coach Brett Toney asked me…
Read MoreThe Contagious Passion of a Moth Farmer
By Kelina Toney “I have the best job in the world, I am a moth farmer!” The guest speaker, Mr. Jachus Sundby started his presentation on moths with a burst of enthusiasm. As he described the process of catching, breeding, and raising giant silk moths, Hyalophora cecropia in particular, he continued to captivate his audience with his passion and excitement.…
Read MoreWe Desire to Fear Your Name
By Marla Helseth “We desire to fear your name.” This is what Nehemiah said to the LORD when he prayed for the people of Israel in chapter 1 of the book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah also asked God to do very specific things within the prayer: “Please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open that You may hear the…
Read MoreConsuming the Classics
By Marla Helseth “WHEN at the first I took my Pen in hand,Thus for to write; I did not understandThat I at all should make a little BookIn such a mode; Nay, I had undertookTo make another; which, when almost done,Before I was aware, I this begun.“The Author’s Apology For His Book, by John Bunyan The words “classic” and “classical”…
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