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Our Teachers are Nuts
(by Geoff Brown) Well, I’m just gonna call it. We’re far enough into the year, just weeks from finishing, and you know it’s true too. Our teachers are nuts. C.S. Lewis explained their particular brand of insanity best when he described a scene wherein everyone within a crowd was running in the same direction. And,…
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School Choice is Working
(by Geoff Brown) It’s working. Simply stated, it’s working. No debate about it. And, as a result, school choice can no longer be a right vs. left, conservative vs. liberal, Republican vs. Democrat issue. It is a fundamentally true, clearly demonstrable, non-partisan reality. In the short time since signed into law, school choice, as realized…
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Throwing our Students to the Lions
(by Geoff Brown) The mission statement for Northwest Christian School is posted in every classroom and office on this campus, a point of reference for each decision we make and each direction we take: “The mission of Northwest Christian School is to provide a Bible-based program of education that enables students to develop a Christian…
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Four Last Songs
(by Geoff Brown) They are called “Four Last Songs”. As he wrote them, Richard Strauss called them his “posthumous songs” – as his health faltered and he approached the end of his life, he knew that they would be the four last songs he would ever write. A German composer most recognized and revered for…
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Second Graders and Dental Work: A Good Idea?
(by Geoff Brown) On the window to my office, I like to hang challenging math puzzles for our elementary students. They are not easy but if a student is the first to find a solution, I reward them with a big box of candy. This week, a second grader and I are standing outside, looking…
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Biblical Worldview: The Only Cure for a Culture-wide Wound
(by Geoff Brown) Famously, in I Corinthians 15:55, the Apostle Paul asked, “O death, where is thy sting?” Well, Paul, two years ago today, we found it. If you’re still looking, that sting is at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. And, even though there are as many as 1,635 miles between Nashville and Phoenix,…
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Who are the Heroes that we Celebrate within our Homes?
(by Geoff Brown) Admittedly, I have not always had a knack for choosing my heroes. When I was around ten years old, the ABC-produced television program “Starsky and Hutch” ran for four seasons at 9:00pm on Wednesday nights. My parents, who until this day remain unmatched in their “coolness”, not only allowed a Starsky and…
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Pursuing His Purpose: Guiding Students toward their God-Given Calling
(by Samantha Maszton) As educators and parents, God has entrusted us with the incredible responsibility of shaping our children both academically and spiritually. In that spirit, as part of the partnership between Northwest Christian and your family, the mission of Northwest Christian School is to provide a Bible-based program of education that enables students to…
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Ensure Your Child’s Success by Letting Them Struggle
Most parents may not be forking over a hundred grand to fake their child’s SAT score, but they’re doing something that I, as an educator, find concerning and harmful: eliminating as much struggle for their children as possible.
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