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2022 End of Year Appeal

It is no wonder that classical education is finally being recognized as a viable method of educating children where they learn only what is true, good, and beautiful. What is now popular has been known and offered by our academy for more than a decade. As we begin our...

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First Day of School

St. Therese and Chesterton students gathered on the steps of Craigiville Bible Church for the last time. We thank the Elders at Craigville for providing us a home for six years. September 19th.  Our first day of school! A late, but beautiful start, the children...

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The Corona Debacle

by Katarina - Grade 11 (April, 2020) The first duty of man is the seeking after and investigation of truth - Cicero -Our students of Rhetoric were assigned to write an opinion blog expressing their view of some aspect of the current Corona virus and how it has...

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History Teaches “His”story

Teacher Feature: Mrs. Nadia Maczaj - Teacher of History, Geography and other things by Mrs. Raciti “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard At the Saint Therese Classical Academy each subject, the liberal arts,...

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QUARANTINED – A Student’s View

(Therese, an 11th-grade student of STCA, uses her artistic ability and her beautifully articulated thoughts to express what many are feeling during this time) Recently, I went for a walk outside on a beautiful sunny day. Being locked indoors for so long, the breeze...

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A Hidden Treasure in the Arts

Teacher Feature: Carlise Azmitia - by Mrs. Raciti  “Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.”  - Pope John Paul II At the Saint Therese Classical...

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Offering it Up

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” What a proper quote from J.R.R....

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The Show Must Go On

March 2020, we had a lot going on at the school. Students were busy with their studies, art, music, and sign language, and we were making progress with our upcoming dinner theater performance of "The Gutbucket Cafe". Everything was going great, but in a moment it all...

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The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: Patrons of Rome

Saints Peter and Paul, two well-known apostles and leaders of the early Church that shared the Gospel despite the persecutions that they both faced. Imprisonment, beaten, and both suffered martyrdom, these didn’t stop Peter and Paul from sharing the Good News of Jesus...

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G.K. Chesterton: A Model for the New Evangelization

Chesterton Academy is named for the great English writer and Catholic convert, G.K. Chesterton (1874- 1936). Chesterton is a model for our school because he exemplified the Catholic faith through a life filled with joy, wonder, and gratitude.Chesterton was considered...

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