school

Its tyme 2 lern Engrish

August 17, 2009

Anthony T. Lane School is just a few miles from my home in Fairfax County, Virginia. It’s a school for lower grade levels, the kind of school that used to be called a “grammar school.” After seeing this sign up for more than a week, it might be a good idea for the administrators to [...]

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The Office of School-Teacher in the LCMS

June 26, 2009

I’ve often thought that the late Professor Kurt Marquart’s discussion of the one divine office and auxiliary offices in his book The Church: Her Fellowship, Ministry, and Governance (Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics, vol. IX, pp142f) is the most excellent explanation I’ve encountered: [The office of school-teacher] belongs … to the “offices of parents” to see to [...]

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From the mouths of babes

November 5, 2008

I give a religion quiz to the 7th and 8th graders in our parochial school each Friday. Usually it is just writing out their hymn stanzas assigned for memorization that week, along with identifying some terms and multiple-choice questions on Bible stories or doctrines. We’ve been working our way through the Te Deum, and we [...]

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Light in the darkness

June 5, 2008

Last night was supposed to be the Baccalaureate Vespers for our parish school; but we had some major storms in the area, and power was out from about 3:30 p.m. on. So, we held the awards ceremony as scheduled in the undercroft, where there was still some natural light, saying Responsive Prayer and awarding the [...]

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Plunderers and heretics

March 10, 2008

Last Thursday, our parochial school held her annual “Evening of Recitation and Song.” The amount of work–all memorized–these students had done was impressive, and it confirmed in my mind the value of a classical education. Our interim principal, Jacquelyn Veith, has done a wonderful job, and is a true Godsend. This has been a trying [...]

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Dr. Gene Edward Veith is Excited…

August 25, 2007

…and so am I. Read why here.

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The Gospel in Song at City Hall

May 2, 2007

Our entire school had the opportunity to sing and recite poetry in front of City Hall today as part of Alexandria’s lunch-hour concert series. What a fabulous job they did! They proclaimed the Gospel in song, singing Lutheran hymns with gusto. (Shhhhhhhhh! Don’t tell them that kids aren’t supposed to like that stuff!) Thanks to [...]

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