Veritas U on November 5

10/25/2021

Veritas News

Veritas U is our twice-annual evening enrichment opportunity for parents and grandparents. The next session will be Friday, November 5, beginning at 7 PM (come at 6:45 PM to socialize!) and will include the courses below. If you are planning to attend, take a minute to RSVP here. Please note that we will not be videotaping Veritas U sessions - we are grateful to be able to meet in-person and look forward to inviting parents and grandparents into our classrooms for these sessions:

Habits of the Household: Reimagining Family Routines as Gospel Liturgies with Parent and Author Justin Earley and Head of Lower School Tyson Lee

One of the most significant things about any household is what is considered to be normal. Moments aggregate, and they become memories and tradition. Our routines become who we are, become the story and culture of our families. This course will help us to reimagine mundane and simple family routines as gospel liturgies in our homes. Rather than seeing most of our life in the home through a practical lens, this course will help us see it through a liturgical lens, which reminds us that formation is occurring in the everyday family rhythms (after work, during meal time, moments of discipline, screen time, bed time, and more). Ultimately, our habits won’t change God’s love for us, but God’s love for us can move us to change our habits.

Book Discussion of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl Trueman with Head of Upper School Robyn Burlew

Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends—yet no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of the self. In this timely book, Carl Trueman analyzes the development of the sexual revolution as a symptom—rather than the cause—of the human search for identity. Trueman surveys the past, brings clarity to the present, and gives guidance for the future as Christians navigate the culture in humanity’s ever-changing quest for identity. Please note that participants are asked to read the book (at least in part!) in advance of the discussion.

School as Apprenticeship with Academic Dean Andrew Smith

It is common for the modern school to be a place where educating is centered around the transfer of information. In this model, the practices of the teacher, the skills of the student, and the support from parents are all aimed at helping the student learn strategies of organizing and relaying information, according to predictable patterns of explanation and assessment. At Veritas, the model of education is different. Rather than aiming primarily at information transfer, our goal with students is formation. Our purpose is to help them become something—namely, mature followers of Christ. In this session, we will examine how the Portrait of a Graduate serves as the goal for apprenticing our students.

Penetrating the Latin Mystique: What Language Learning Is and Isn’t and How We Teach Latin at Veritas with Director of Classical Language Instruction Will Killmer

Parents often find it difficult to relate to their student’s experience of learning Latin for at least two reasons: 1) most parents them have not studied Latin themselves; 2) Latin is ancient and therefore seemingly more dissimilar to the languages that parents have studied. This session will demystify Latin for parents by hands-on demonstrations of how languages are learned in general, and how we teach Latin here at Veritas. Parents will have the opportunity to experience the thrill of learning Latin in a winsome way and gain a better of understanding of how their Latin students are learning the language, with the added bonus of being able to better relate to and encourage their Latin learning students!

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