October 6, 2022ByadminThe Regina Academies, What is Classical Education

The Parent – School Partnership

It is critically important for parents to remember that, according to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, they are ultimately responsible for their children’s education. Children do not belong to teachers, schools, the community, or the government. A school’s only purpose is to enter into a partnership with the family in a very narrow, and delegated...

March 8, 2022ByadminThe Regina Academies

Are our lives meaningless?

Are our lives meaningless? Absolutely not. Pope Francis wrote in Evangelii Gaudium that “formation in the via pulchritudinis (the way of beauty) ought to be part of our effort to pass on the Faith.” In the Regina Academies, we have an opportunity to surround our students with beauty, whether it be in nature, the liturgy,...

October 29, 2021ByadminWhat is Classical Education

The other pandemic

Smartphones have been made an indispensable appendage for anyone who must function in society. But with their necessity, the challenge to discipline ourselves to use them responsibly is great. For children and their parents, that can be especially difficult.

August 6, 2021ByadminUncategorized

First annual Regina Academies boy’s summer camp

Few would question, at least with any credibility, that our culture is experiencing a crisis of manhood. Author and farmer Jason Craig published an excellent book in 2019 that addresses this problem called Leaving Boyhood Behind. The book lays out a plan for fathers, brothers, uncles, and others to help young men grow to be...

May 24, 2021ByadminCritical Theory, What is Classical Education

Teaching history

Teaching history is fundamental to a classical education. It is a collection of memories handed down in stories that define who we are. Those stories are preserved and come to life in great literature through which we can see the historical struggles and triumphs of our shared humanity. We can only truly know who we...

May 7, 2021ByadminThe Regina Academies, Critical Theory

Becoming masters of words

There has never been a more critical time for the Regina Academies. The Incarnation, not Critical Theory or any other ideology, is the foundation of our curriculum. We teach, with absolute confidence, that we can understand and communicate truth through language. Our goal is that students become masters of words.

February 2, 2021ByadminCatholic Schools Week, What is Classical Education

Concerned about your children’s education?

The Regina Academies go beyond vague talking points about about how education prepares kids for college and career, to emphasize the critical importance of a Catholic education on the intellectual AND religious formation of children.

January 4, 2021ByadminRegina Academies Hallmarks

Leisure and Play

The Regina Academies have high academic expectations for our students, but rigor and leisure are not mutually exclusive. If anything, leisure, properly understood, is the complement to rigor.

December 18, 2020ByadminUncategorized

The Word was made flesh…

In this rancorous time in which we live, Christmas reminds us of what is truly real: The WORD who was “made flesh”; What is really TRUE: He was “full of grace and truth”; and, what brings us LIFE: “In him was life, and the life was the light of man.”

December 8, 2020ByadminUncategorized

Covid-19 Vaccines and Catholic Conscience

On December 7, 2020, The Regina Academies presented John Brehany, PhD, STL, Director of Institutional Relations at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in an online seminar to discuss how the Catholic moral tradition can be applied to assist Catholics in forming their conscience and evaluating the acceptability of vaccines currently in production for Covid-19.

November 5, 2020ByadminRegina Academies Hallmarks

Imagine…

The mission of Catholic classical schools like the Regina Academies is first and foremost to nurture better human beings by forming their moral imagination in faith and reason. Lest parents fear that their children will not receive the education they need for success in life (the failed promise of public education), an education that forms...

October 20, 2020ByadminRegina Academies Hallmarks

Originals or Photocopies?

Carlo is the perfect model of virtue for young people today. He was a typical teen who loved to play soccer, loved video games, action films and animals. His motto, however, “To always be close to Jesus” was indeed extraordinary.

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