One of the insights of classical, Christian education is that education is much more than information transfer, or preparation to take tests. It is a rigorous training of the whole soul: body, mind and spirit. As Plutarch wrote long ago, “the mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be…
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A phrase often repeated around Chapel Field is 19th century educator Charlotte Mason's famous observation that "all education is self-education." This might sound like a strange thing for a school to affirm. If everything is self-taught, why go to school at all? Why seek out teachers if we don’t need them? Of course, a little time and attention reveals that that's not what Mason is suggesting. The profound truth at the heart of this quotation is this: anything a person learns they ultimately have to see for themselves…
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If you’ve been around Chapel Field for any length of time, chances are you’ve heard snatches of something called the “Non Nobis.” You’ve probably heard it sung, too, because one of the distinctive things about a Chapel Field education is that Chapel Field students sing…
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Every academic year at Chapel Field centers on a spiritual theme. Chapels, morning assemblies, discipleship groups and our book studies bring us back to these themes and help…
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