Posts on Encouragement

Apr 17, 2023

Get Ready for Our 2023 National Conference Events!

Each year, we invite Classical Conversations® families from communities across the nation to get together in one place for two large events sponsored by the non-profit organization the Classical Conversations Foundation—National Conference and National Commencement. Now, with the 2023 National Conference and National Commencement fast approaching, we’d like to share what you...

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Apr 05, 2023

Up from the Grave He Arose

It is Holy Week. For Christians, we are hushed, reflective, repentant, and pensive. The perfect Son of God, Jesus Christ, who came to earth to live a sinless life, offers himself as an unblemished sacrifice as payment for the sins of the world. He is crucified, dies, and descends...

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Mar 15, 2023

2023 National Conference: Register Now!

Classical Conversations® families—mark your calendar for Thursday, May 4, through Saturday, May 6, 2023. You’re invited to our annual National Conference near our home office in Southern Pines, North Carolina! Presented by the nonprofit the Classical Conversations Foundation, this family-friendly, three-day event is a great opportunity to connect with...

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Jan 16, 2023

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they cannot communicate; they cannot communicate because they are separated.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. The Meaning of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day...

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Dec 29, 2022

Happy New Year Homeschoolers!

Who’s ready for a brand-new year of homeschooling? (Mixed audience reactions follow…) Whether you’re excited to start homeschooling in 2023 or could use at least an extra four weeks of Christmas vacation before getting back into the swing of things, we want to wish you and all other homeschool...

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Dec 26, 2022

Does Your Home School Need a Fresh Start for the New Year?

Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it.” This proverb is quoted by Miss Stacy in the movie version of Anne of Green Gables. I often repeat it to my children. At the start of this homeschool new year, I am thinking of painting it over the doorway...

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Dec 22, 2022

Merry Christmas From the Bortins Family!

Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled...

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Dec 05, 2022

How Homeschoolers Celebrate Christmas All Year

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall...

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Nov 29, 2022

Support Homeschool Families on Missions!

Each year, the charitable, non-profit organization, the Classical Conversations Foundation, provides homeschool students with grants to serve on short-term mission trips through the Homeschool Families on Missions program. We’d like to encourage you to support the Homeschool Families on Missions program by donating just $1.10. This small gift can...

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Nov 28, 2022

Happy Advent Season from Classical Conversations!

Thanksgiving is over… which means Christmas is right around the corner! So begins this year’s advent season, a familiar time of joy and celebration with family and friends. What’s the Meaning of Advent? The advent season is often overlooked as a celebration in and of itself. Rather, these several...

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Nov 24, 2022

Thank You!

First of all—Happy Thanksgiving! Second, you know what Thanksgiving means—you’re more than halfway through the semester! The holidays are upon us, and whether it’s your first semester homeschooling or your last, you’re almost to Christmas and a well-deserved rest. Thank You Classical Conversations® Parents… With that said, we want...

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Nov 10, 2022

How to Honor Our Veterans

When Benjamin Franklin was asked whether or not the United States of America was a democracy or a republic, he gave this answer: “A republic, if you can keep it.” To say this a different way, freedom is won in each generation, and each generation has to ask whether...

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