The word “Florilegium” is a composite word from the Latin “flos” meaning “flower” and “legere” meaning “to gather.” In the medieval period, the word florilegium was used primarily in two ways. The Florilegium was a book of botanical illustrations or a literary anthology. In the medieval period, books were expensive and difficult to come by.Continue reading “Florilegium”
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Wendell Berry
A Common reaction to Wendell Berry:What then are we to do? We cannot go back to small town America in the mid 20th century. Can’t we? I should like every term in that proposition defined. Does “Go back” mean a retrogression in time, or the revision of an error? The first is clearly impossible perContinue reading “Wendell Berry”
FAQ
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Inaugural Cross Country Season!
Come run cross country with St. Francis Classical Academy this Fall! Our team will be training to compete in the Panhandle Christian Conference at the end of October. Runners (St. Francis and local homeschoolers) from grades 6-12 are welcome. All runners must commit to running at least 2 team runs per week. Our racing seasonContinue reading “Inaugural Cross Country Season!”
The Theorist
“Idealism is only considering everything in its practical essence. Idealism only means that we should […] ask if an egg is good enough for practical poultry-rearing before we decide that the egg is bad enough for practical politics. But I know that this primary pursuit of the theory (which is but pursuit of the aim)Continue reading “The Theorist”
Informational Open House
We’re hosting another informational open house on Friday, July 2nd at 7pm at our home. We’ll provide hors d’oeuvres and wine and answer your questions about St. Francis Classical Academy!Childcare will be provided. Feel free to contact us for directions or more information. – Bobby McGee 850-712-0709 stfrancisclassical@gmail.com
What is classical education?
St. Francis Classical Academy is an ecumenical Christian school, meaning that we enroll families from many denominations to participate in the work of classically educating their children. Our school is safe, our students laugh and are happy, we memorize the scriptures, and we sing and pray together. But, because we are a classical school, weContinue reading “What is classical education?”
What kind of people will your children become?
The father of a family who recently applied wrote the following in answer to an application question: I desire to raise children who love their souls more than their bodies, who love others’s souls more than their own, who love and fear God and His divinely-appointed authorities, including and especially the generations of wise fathersContinue reading “What kind of people will your children become?”
Why Start a School?
The good school does not just offer what the student or the parent or the state desires, but it says something about what these three ought to desire. A school is fundamentally a normative, not a utilitarian, institution, governed by the wise, not by the many. It judges man as an end, not as aContinue reading “Why Start a School?”
Kindergarten Enrollment Now Open!
K5 Enrollment Now Open for 21-22 School year.
