MAR 2022
Catholic Schools Week A Time to Celebrate the Gifts and Blessings of Catholic Education
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atholic schools are indeed a gift. They are a place where students are nurtured — not just in reading, writing, and math, but also in their faith. It’s a joy to take time to celebrate the gift of Catholic education, just as our Holy Family Classical School students, faculty, and staff did during Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 30 through Feb. 5. Holy Family Headmaster Marcel Brown, Ph.D., came to Holy Family Classical School about two years ago. He was especially pleased to celebrate the students and school this year after the COVID interruptions during the 2020-21 school year. “I loved seeing everybody excited to be involved in the mission of our school,” he says. Dr. Brown notes the week’s closeness to the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas, on Jan. 28, as St. Thomas Aquinas’ writings and teachings are paramount to education. Dr. Brown also appreciates that there is a whole week to celebrate Catholic schools, the same
way as the liturgical year includes eight days for celebrating Christmas and Easter. Two years ago, Holy Family Classical School became a school grounded in Classical Education. This is a different approach to education than what we are accustomed to. “In Classical Education, everything we do reaches back to the beginning of known history,” he says. “We start by going back to the beginning and marching to the present.” Since making the change to Classical Education, the school has enrolled about 100 students. Holy Family Classical School is also grounded in the liberal arts. “There’s really been a boom in enrollment,” Dr. Brown says. “People are excited about what we have to offer at the school.” Our Catholic Schools Week celebrations kicked off on Jan. 29 with an open house at the school. It was continued on back cover
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