Bradford Academy Blog

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. It is a holiday intended to promote the virtue that we too often neglect: THANKFULNESS. We do that by getting together with family […]

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 […]

How Important is Your Child’s Education?

How important? How important is your child’s education? I am not just referring to his or her schooling, but to the entire nurturing and development of your child. What is […]

Quick Obedience

Thoughts on obedience and parental responsibility from our Headmaster, Jeff Johnston, written in 2010: Our students regularly enjoy exciting activities in P.E., activities calculated to develop several essential skills. While […]

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 […]

Classical Christian Education on the Rise

Classical Christian education has experienced massive growth in the United States and has become a considerable market force. Sarah Hernholm reported on the phenomenon for Forbes in an article titled […]

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. […]