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December Recitations
We have two special recitations this week. First, join us for our Secondary Recitation on Thursday, December 13, from 11:45 a.m.-12:10 p.m., followed the next day by our Elementary Recitation on Friday, December 14, from 8:35-9:15 a.m. Thanks for supporting our students as they share what they’ve been learning at Petra.
Next Two Weeks
So you can plan, here’s a look at the next three weeks of school before Christmas Break (note: for a complete list of boys and girls basketball games, visit our Athletic Calendar):
December
13: Secondary Recitation (11:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m. in the Performance Hall)
14: Elementary Recitation (8:35-9:15 a.m. in the Performance Hall)
19: Elementary Ornament Exchange (8:35-9:00 a.m. in the Flex Space; Elementary only)
19: Secondary Ugly Christmas Sweater Day (Secondary only)
21: Advent Feast (11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Atrium)
21: Early Dismissal (12:30 p.m.)
December 22-January 4
Christmas Break (NO SCHOOL)
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Avoiding the Altar of the “College Gods”
“You have to sacrifice yourself to the college gods.” The quote comes from this article in the September 17, 2018, issue of The Bozeman Daily Chronicle. In it, the writer interviewed local high school students (none were from Petra) describing the pressure they felt to prepare for post-secondary education. The quote was the students’ solution, […]
Winning Respect
At last week’s Schola Cantorum concert, I thanked those younger students not yet in one of our programs for the good attention they showed their older siblings who were performing. “If you want to show someone you love them,” I said, “you listen to them.” I was surprised by how many parents came up to me […]
Recitation & the Progress of Humanity
After last month’s Elementary Recitation, an uncle of one of our students found me afterward in the Atrium. After brief introductions (and with his niece’s not-quite-school-aged sibling riding on his shoulders), he told me how much he enjoyed seeing our young students recite what they were learning and how impressed he was with our school. […]
Sinners Saved by Grace or Saints Who Sin?
(The following homily was given at Petra Academy’s All Saints’ Feast.) All Saints’ Day is a holy day that the Orthodox church traces back to church father John Chrysostom in the 4th century as a recognition of saints – many of whom were martyrs – celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost. Pope Boniface IV, who […]