A Coherent Curriculum

One of the most important questions we could ask of any curriculum is this: “Does the curriculum cohere?” To put it a different way, we’re asking if the curriculum progresses […]

Prayer and Noise

Americans are noisy people. At least the rest of the world thinks we are.  There is some research to support this, suggesting that Americans are loud because we occupy a […]

Predictability And Support

At the annual faculty in-service at the beginning of the 2017 term, Headmaster Heaton addressed the faculty identifying several themes important to the long-term flourishing of our school and our […]

How Order Helps

At the annual faculty in-service at the beginning of the 2017 term, Headmaster Heaton addressed the faculty identifying several themes important to the long-term flourishing of our school and our […]

From Consumer to Community

Any civilization that forgets the wisdom of history and fails to honor it will suffer two evils:  apathy toward the future and, eventually, revolution.  Revolution is a complete break with […]

By Definition: Education Is…

How words change! Here’s a good example. I have two definitions of education, both from Webster: 2017 – Education:  The action of process of educating or of being educated. BUT….back […]

From Classical Education to STEM to Helicopters

by Jay Lamagna (class of 2012) Jay Lamagna graduated from New Covenant in 2012 after thirteen years of enrollment.  He attended Virginia Military Institute where he double-majored in Electrical Engineering […]