Like a tree, whose roots are firmly planted in the ground and whose branches reach toward the sky above, education at The Heights is at once traditional and forward looking. While drawing liberally from the western canon and \u201cthe best that has been thought and said,\u201d to borrow Matthew Arnold\u2019s phrase, a Heights education is nevertheless at home in the modern world.\xa0 Neither the buried archives of special collections, nor the high-rising offices of enterprising tech start-ups are uncharted waters for Heights alumni.\xa0 Because of the double-nature of our approach to education, the question of how The Heights fits into the classical school movement produces an interesting and important conversation. To help us think through the ways in which The Heights is in dialogue with both the classical and contemporary worlds, we welcome Head of Upper School, Michael Moynihan, back to HeightsCast. With over twenty-five years of experience as a teacher, Michael offers us a nuanced discussion of:
Whether or not one\u2019s work is clearly connected to the classical ideal of contemplation, the goal of education converges in the heart of a man who knows he is a son of God; and who, like the Son of God, sanctifies his ordinary work.
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Suggested Reading\xa0
The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers\xa0
Passionately Loving the World by St. Josemaria Escriva