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Living Memento Mori Part 4: Suffering when You’re Not the Sufferer
Emily DeArdo in her book Living, Memento Mori, has a chapter titled, “In It Together.” This chapter is associated with the fourth station of the cross in which Jesus meets his mother on his way to his crucifixion. Mother and Son are in this together. Emily refers the reader to the time soon after Jesus’s…
Why We Don’t Start
Hello and Happy New Year Home Schoolers! Below are a few thoughts I’ve had as I’ve started the new year. A few weeks ago I got a prompt by Facebook to wish a friend a Happy Birthday. I thought to myself, sure, yes. It had been a while since we had corresponded. Actually, quite a while. This…
Test When?
Will students who were previously attending campus classes return backmto school the first of May? If they do, most kids will have spent 6 weeks away from the books. I know, some schoolwork is supposed to be continuing, but I’m guessing probably not that much. No blame here. It’s too much to expect parents to…
Clarifying the Confusion About Grade Levels
September 1st is an important date for home schoolers. It’s the date ESD’s use to initially assign the grade level of six year olds who will be home schoolers. The administrative rules are clear that this grade level is kindergarten.* In another place seven-year-olds are identified as first graders.** Still, there remains a lot of confusion…
Holiday Greetings!
In keeping with the Black Friday holiday sales, we have decided to offer an early bird discount ($5.00 to $10.00 off per student testing) to families who register and pay now for remote testing that will take place next year, 2023. If you’re planning on testing anyway, this is one way to save some money. …
Living Memento Mori Part 10: The Cost of Following Jesus
Does looking at a crucifix make you uncomfortable? It does me. Most of us would say we prefer to look at an empty cross. One person I spoke to at a church I was visiting pointed to the empty cross behind the pulpit. She enthusiastically exclaimed, “No crucifixes at this church, just empty crosses. We…
