Classical and Christian Christmas Education
If you have been reading the Bradford Bulletin, you will have seen Mrs. Mitchell’s Christmas thoughts. You will find the full text below. Enjoy! Classical and Christian Christmas Ellen […]
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Posts by Jeffrey Johnston
A Thanksgiving Proclamation Made by Congress in 1777
This morning I spoke to the Upper School students about the congressional Thanksgiving proclamation of 1777. This proclamation was made to encourage all the people of the United States to […]
The Why
In Simon Sinek’s 2009 TED Talk and NY Times best seller, Start with Why, he tapped into a very ancient concept. Aristotle and the Greeks called it the telos, or […]
Informed Patriotism
An Erosion of the American Spirit? I am going to start this year by sharing an extended quote by President Ronald Reagan. I’m going to begin where he finished. This […]
Lord of Christmas and Everything Else
Christ is the Lord of Christmas. While this may appear to be a fairly innocuous and an uncontroversial statement, it is a statement that needs to be repeated. We are […]
Sing!
A comedian once said that we parents don’t really want good children, we just want quiet ones. As with so many quips, there is an element of truth in it. […]
A Habit of Effective Parenting
Start With a Vision of Your Goal In Stephen Covey’s landmark work, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, he listed the characteristics or behaviors of effective people. In the book, […]
Bradford Lecture: Baccalaureate 2023
The Blessing of a Classical and Christian Education The following is the text from the talk given at Bradford Academy’s 2023 Baccalaureate Service on Thursday, June 1st, 2023. It was […]
The Word of the Year
A recurring theme this year in my talks to the children has been the importance of words. By that I mean to convey to all our students that how we […]