In this edition of QUID NOVI we highlight the class of 2022. While you might be meeting them for the first time, we are preparing to say our goodbyes at a soon-coming graduation! Many of the members of this class started right here in kindergarten; others ...
New Covenant has been named one of the Top 20 Schools - finishing 5th in the nation - in the Classic Learning Test’s 2020-2021 National School Rankings. This award recognizes our students for collectively receiving one of the highest median scores in the ...
While the New Covenant curriculum includes many unique features spanning the grades, the most notable is the senior thesis project. The classical, Christian program of study is designed to develop a student’s facility in the written and spoken word, a pro ...
In the picture above, the seven liberal arts, pictured as maidens, are each shown holding an object that identifies them. By the fourth century of the Christian era, the liberal arts had been developed as branches of knowledge, and were understood as a wa ...
Part 3 of a series by John Heaton, Headmaster In the twenty-five years from 1960 to the mid-80s, there was an explosion of Christian schools across the country. The first generation of these schools was often interested in segregation or in protecting ...
Part 2 of a series by John Heaton, Headmaster In our last QUID NOVI I discussed the rise of Christian schools in the last half of the 20th century. (If you missed it you can read it here.) I pointed out that many of those schools were born out of segre ...
Part 1 of a series by John Heaton, Headmaster The first thing that comes to mind when I think about Christian education is that I am a product of it. I never attended public schools and I did not attend a public university. That is not to say that I wa ...
Little known to most people, even many students of the Bible, are the men and women who were engaged in the construction of the very first House for God in human history. It may have escaped our notice, but the later chapters of the biblical book of Exodu ...
This sign is pretty funny. It made the rounds on Facebook, and while I probably wouldn’t post it at New Covenant, I sympathize with its message. First, let’s admit it: kids forget stuff. In Grammar School parents pack their children’s backpacks and lunche ...
The following is part 3 of a series adapted from the Headmaster’s address to the school community at Convocation, August 15, 2021. I’ve taken a few issues of Quid Novi to share and expand upon parts of my address from the 2021 Convocation held in Augus ...
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